An Interesting Weekend and Why Monday Could be Really Big
Potential Top PAC Schools: Washington, Stanford, U.S.C. (loss to Alabama), U.C.L.A. (loss to A&M), Arizona (loss to B.Y.U.)
Potential Top Big 12 Schools: Texas, Oklahoma (loss to Houston), T.C.U. (Problems with South Dakota State), Oklahoma State
Potential Top ACC Schools: Clemson (Problems with Auburn), North Carolina (loss to Georgia), Notre Dame (loss to Texas), Florida State (Opening game with Ole Miss)
Potential Top Big 10 Schools: Wisconsin, Michigan State, Michigan, Ohio State
What's the Point?
Stanford plays Notre Dame, Michigan State plays Michigan and Notre Dame, Ohio State plays Michigan, Texas plays Oklahoma, Texas plays T.C.U., Texas plays Oklahoma State, Oklahoma Plays Oklahoma State, Oklahoma plays T.C.U., Oklahoma State plays T.C.U., Clemson plays Florida State, Florida State plays Louisville, Clemson plays Louisville.
Because of the opening games this week Monday's game takes on a huge significance. "IF" Ole Miss wins this is how things shake out:
Florida State and Louisville should both have a good shot at Clemson. If Florida State loses to Ole Miss and beats Clemson and Louisville drops one of those games then the ACC is in a tight spot for landing a CFP slot. With Notre Dame's loss tonight and games remaining with Michigan State, Stanford, and U.S.C. the ACC could find itself in a quality wins situation to help a 1 loss school.
With Oklahoma having lost to Houston should they beat Texas and lose to either T.C.U. or Oklahoma State and both of those latter lose a game then the same is true in the Big 12.
With 3 of the potentially top 5 programs down already in the PAC should Stanford drop a game and Washington do the same (and one will lose to the other) then the PAC finds itself in a tight spot as well.
The Big 10 by beating L.S.U. and avoiding other big games is sitting pretty.
But the SEC which was much maligned for the opening weeks performances is also sitting pretty. With an Ole Miss win we hold the hammer on the SEC and PAC due to wins over ranked teams from both. Should the Big 12 beat each other up it bodes well for our Champion even with a loss, and it bodes well for Houston which if it beats Louisville should finish the season undefeated.
I don't think we've ever had this many scenarios set up in the first week before.
Thoughts?
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