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Playoff
1.Alabama
4.Michigan
2.Clemson
3.Notre Dame
*Bids are based off of schools who did not make the college football playoff*
Peach Bowl:12.Penn State (Big 10 Second Bid) vs. 11.Florida (SEC Third Bid)
Fiesta Bowl:9.Central Florida (American First Bid) vs. 7.LSU (SEC Second Bid)
Rose Bowl:8.Washington State (Pac-12 First Bid) vs. 10.Ohio State (Big 10 First Bid)
Sugar Bowl:6.Oklahoma (Big 12 First Bid) vs. 5.Georgia (SEC First Bid)
Les Miles will return to the Big 12 and coach Kansas (His first coaching job was at Oklahoma State). This will (hopefully improve Big 12 recruiting in the southeast for the Big 12) and improve defense in the Big 12.
CFP
1.Alabama-SEC (Projected Champion)
4.Michigan-Big 10 (Projected Champion)
2.Clemson-ACC (Projected Champion)
3.Notre Dame-Independent
Rose Bowl-Ohio State (Big 10 Second Bid) vs. Washington State (Projected Pac-12 Champion)
Sugar Bowl-Oklahoma (Projected Big 12 Champion) vs. Georgia (SEC Second Bid)
Peach Bowl-LSU (SEC Third Bid) vs. Central Florida (Projected American Champion,Projected Lone Group of Five undefeated conference champion)
Fiesta Bowl-Kentucky (SEC Fourth Bid) vs. West Virginia (Big 12 Second Bid)
Since the Kentucky-Georgia and Alabama-LSU games are like SEC Semifinal games into the SEC Championship in December,it got me thinking.What if there was a four team playoff for each conference IN PLACE of their conference championship game?!
Rules
The top two teams from each division in a conference will play each other to decided who will face the other division winner in the conference championship game.
If there are no divisions in the conference the top four will play in the playoff.
The rankings of the teams in each conference are based off of head to head (first tiebreaker) and their College Football Playoff Ranking (second tiebreaker).
Here’s what it would’ve looked like last season.
The records shown by the teams are their conference records.
ACC
Atlantic Semifinal
1.Clemson (7-1)
3.NC State (6-2)
Coastal Semifinal
2.Miami (7-1)
4.Virginia Tech (5-3)
Big 12
1.Oklahoma (8-1)
4.Texas (5-4)
2.TCU (7-2)
3.Oklahoma State (6-3)
Big 10
East Semifinal
2.Ohio State (8-1)
4.Michigan State (7-2)
West Semifinal
1.Wisconsin (9-0)
3.Northwestern (7-2)
Pac-12
North Semifinal
2.Stanford (7-2)
3.Washington (7-2)
South Semifinal
1.USC (7-2)
4.Arizona State (6-3)
SEC
West Semifinal
1.Auburn (7-1)
3.Alabama (7-1)
East Semifinal
2.Georgia (7-1)
4.South Carolina (5-3)
I am predicting what the committee would do at the end of the season.
These are my projections
CFP
1.Alabama-SEC (Projected Champion)
4.Michigan-Big 10 (Projected Champion)
2.Clemson-ACC (Projected Champion)
3.Notre Dame-Independent
Rose Bowl-Ohio State (Big 10 Second Bid) vs. Washington State (Projected Pac-12 Champion)
Sugar Bowl-Texas (Projected Big 12 Champion) vs. LSU (SEC Second Bid)
Fiesta Bowl-Kentucky (SEC Fourth Bid) vs. West Virginia (Big 12 Third Bid)
Peach Bowl-Georgia (SEC Third Bid) vs. Central Florida (Projected American Champion,Projected Lone Group of Five undefeated conference champion)
Why LSU isn’t in top four:Alabama is likely to beat LSU on Saturday taking them out of the discussion for the playoff with two losses.
Clemson QB Kelly Bryant was benched by Head Coach Dabo Swinney as former five-star QB Freshman Trevor Lawrence takes the starting job.”It’s like a slap in the face” Bryant said about his benching.Bryant will be transferring,and is it the right decision.Ovbiously,it is.Bryant is moving on from Clemson as he’s used the four-game and then redshirt transfer for his dream of playing the NFL.Kelly is making the right decision transferring and making the right decision.I applaud you,Kelly.
Stanford defeated Oregon 38-31,on Saturday night.
Georgia defeated Missouri,Auburn blew out Arkansas,Alabama dominated Texas A&M,and Texas defeated TCU.Michigan State got back on track against Indiana,and Penn State blew out Illinois.Old Dominion upset Virginia Tech.Clemson,Ohio State,and Oklahoma all defeated inferior opponents yesterday.
I got this article from someone I cannot name and are my hogs in the wrong conference.They have had just one top ten finish since joining the conference in 1991 with South Carolina, and since then has squandered time with Bret Bielema. While it would be easier in the Big 12, Arkansas get seven million dollars a year in the always dominant in football and baseball SEC. I mean at this point West Virginia and Texas are in the same conference but Texas A&M and Texas don’t meet once. Colorado’s move to the Pac-12 is difficult to examine. Former Arkansas player and Ole Miss head football coach Houston Nutt said “You’ve got to be better at recruiting and evaluating.” Which I mean in the backyards of powers Alabama, Georgia, Florida, and LSU is really easy, Arkansas with former Texas high school and SMU Head Coach Chad Morris goes into the lone star state with just one game a year in Texas, in Arlington against old Southwest rival Texas A&M who’ve they have lost to,what six times in a row now? While analysts have talked about that it is great that Arkansas, Rutgers, Boston College, and Louisville (and Pitt,West Virginia, Syracuse and others) that they are in power five conferences,I think those programs would beg to differ.
Ohio State defeated TCU in Arlington, TX 40-28 Saturday night.
Oklahoma and Notre Dame beat inferior opponents,Iowa State and Vanderbilt respectively by ten points or less.Oklahoma State surprised some people and defeated Boise State,getting them out of any Playoff discussion.Most notably in the SEC,Alabama crushed Ole Miss,62-7,but LSU stunned Auburn on the Plains,with a last second field goal to win,22-21.Most games were top teams against inferior opponents,like Clemson defeating Georgia Southern,and Georgia defeating Middle Tennessee.Wisconsin was upset by BYU.Oh yeah,I forgot to say,Texas defeated USC.
Clemson survived on the road against Texas A&M.Not many upsets for top teams,including Alabama’s win over Arkansas State and LSU’s win over Southeastern Louisiana.Although Michigan State and Arkansas were upset by Arizona State and Colorado State respectively.Colorado defeated Nebraska to renew their rivalry,and spoil Scott Frost’s debut.Penn State crushed Pitt to renew their instate rivalry,and as you can see not many upsets happened in week two but a few.Stanford defeated USC,to end the day.
Notre Dame defeats Michigan,24-17.How will Michigan handle another bad start to a season?Can they pick it up and win a Big 10 championship for the first time in the John Harbaugh era?I don’t think so,the way this is going.
Tua Tagovailoa shined against Louisville as he scored touchdowns on three of the four drives he was in the backfield.Meanwhile,Jalen Hurst ahd one drive and passed for just thirty yards.Alabama defeated Louisville in Orlando,51-14.Tua will start in week two.
LSU,using the ground game defeated Miami in Arlington,33-17.
Other scores:Michigan State 38,Utah State 31,Arkansas 55,Eastern Illinois 20,Arkansas State 48,SEMO 21,Central Florida 56,UCONN 17,Stanford 31,San Diego State 10,Wisconsin 34,Western Kentucky 3,Oklahoma 63,Florida Atlantic 14,Ohio State 77,Oregon State 31,TCU 55,Southern 7,Maryland 34,Texas 29,Clemson 48,Furman 7,Penn State 45,Appalachian State 38,Georgia 45,Austin Peay 0,West Virginia 40,Tennessee 14,Auburn 21,Washington 16,USC 43,UNLV 21,Mississippi State 63,Stephen F. Austin 6,Oregon 58,Bowl Green 24
*=Conference Game
Week Opponent Proj. record after game
1 at.*Florida State 1-0 (1-0) ACC
2 William & Mary 2-0 (1-0) ACC
3 East Carolina 3-0 (1-0) ACC
4 at.Old Dominion 4-0 (1-0) ACC
5 at.*Duke 5-0 (2-0) ACC
6 Notre Dame 6-0 (3-0) ACC
7 at.*North Carolina 7-0 (4-0) ACC
8 Bye 7-0 (4-0) ACC
9 *Georgia Tech 8-0 (5-0) ACC
10 *Boston College 9-0 (6-0) ACC
11 at.*Pittsburgh 10-0 (7-0) ACC
12 *Miami 10-1 (7-1) ACC
13 *Virginia 11-1 (8-1) ACC
NOTE:I will be doing as many schedule predictions with one game already done as I can.
*=Conference Game
Week Opponent Proj. record after game
1 at.Notre Dame 1-0 (0-0) Big 10
2 Western Michigan 2-0 (0-0) Big 10
3 SMU 3-0 (0-0) Big 10
4 *Nebraska 4-0 (1-0) Big 10
5 at.*Northwestern 5-0 (2-0) Big 10
6 *Maryland 6-0 (3-0) Big 10
7 *Wisconsin 7-0 (4-0) Big 10
8 at.*Michigan State 7-1 (4-1) Big 10
9 Bye 7-1 (4-1) Big 10
10 *Penn State 7-2 (4-2) Big 10
11 at.*Rutgers 8-2 (5-2) Big 10
12 Indiana 9-2 (6-2) Big 10
13 at.*Ohio State 9-3 (6-3) Big 10
Week Opponent Proj. record after game
1 Michigan 0-1 (0-0) Independents
2 Ball State 1-1 (0-0) Independents
3 Vanderbilt 2-1 (0-0) Independents
4 at.Wake Forest 3-1 (0-0) Independents
5 Stanford 4-1 (0-0) Independents
6 at.Virginia Tech 4-2 (0-0) Independents
7 Pittsburgh 5-2 (0-0) Independents
8 Bye 5-2 (0-0) Independents
9 Navy 6-2 (0-0) Independents
10 at.Northwestern 7-2 (0-0) Independents
11 Florida State 8-2 (0-0) Independents
12 Syracuse 9-2 (0-0) Independents
13 at.USC 10-2 (0-0) Independents
If Texas finds Sam Ehlinger as a reliable QB,they could be atop the Big 12 with Oklahoma,West Virginia,and TCU.
(DAL) = Game in Dallas, TX
*=Conference Game
Week Opponent Proj. record after game
1 at.Maryland 1-0 (0-0) Big 12
2 Tulsa 2-0 (0-0) Big 12
3 USC 3-0 (0-0) Big 12
4 *TCU 3-1 (0-1) Big 12
5 at.*Kansas State 4-1 (1-1) Big 12
6 at.*Oklahoma 5-1 (2-1) Big 12
7 *Baylor 6-1 (3-1) Big 12
8 Bye 6-1 (3-1) Big 12
9 at.*Oklahoma State 7-1 (4-1) Big 12
10 *West Virginia 7-2 (4-2) Big 12
11 at.*Texas Tech 8-2 (5-2) Big 12
12 *Iowa State 9-2 (6-2) Big 12
13 at.*Kansas 10-2 (7-2) Big 12