(10-27-2017 10:11 AM)TripleA Wrote:  

(10-27-2017 06:34 AM)quo vadis Wrote:  

(10-26-2017 04:28 PM)YNot Wrote:  The UCF-USF loser (ie, non-champ) has a shot at an NY6 bowl. The Big 12, PAC, and ACC+Notre Dame will beat up on each other down the stretch and a few teams that are in the current top 10-20 rankings will fall - some more than once. It just depends on how much they beat up each other. .....

But, in reality, who am I kidding? The CFP selection committee will surely rank someone else into the NY6 ahead of the UCF/USF loser. Too many justifications available.

Yes, while it's theoretically possible, it won't happen, but actually for a good reason, not anti-G5 bias: The AAC has zero accomplishments versus the P5 this season. Not a single win vs P5 worth mentioning. The best P5 win that either UCF or USF have is UCF's win over Maryland, and Maryland is a 3-4 team, in 6th place in one of the B1G divisions, unlikely to even be bowl-eligible this year.

So the loser of their game won't have any accomplishments vs the P5 worth pointing to, and getting an NY6 at-large slot is about beating out P5 teams.

Quo, what is your hangup about UCLA? They are currently ranked 45th by Athlon, and Maryland is 61st.

https://athlonsports.com/college-footbal...teams-2017

In the CBS ranking, UCLA is 45th and Maryland is 80th.

https://www.cbssports.com/collegefootbal...gs/cbs/130

Not only that, but UCLA was ranked 25th when Memphis played them, and Rosen was the hottest QB in CFB.

You didn't read carefully. Neither UCF or USF played UCLA, which is why i mentioned Maryland not UCLA.

FWIW, UCLA is a better win for Memphis than Maryland is for UCF, but it is still not a very good win. UCLA is 4-3, and would be 3-4 if not for a Patriots type miracle choke by Texas AM.