(10-12-2021 03:54 PM)quo vadis Wrote:  

(10-12-2021 01:33 PM)Erictelevision Wrote:  Does ANYONE actually believe TPTB will allow Cincinnati to get into the playoff?! There’s NO WAY IN HELL A G5 is allowed a shot at a championship!

Sadly, I think Cincy has a very good chance of making the playoffs. If anything, I think the CFP would like to 'prove' that there is no bias against the G5, and so I think if any bias is involved it will be in their favor.

I say "sadly" because Cincy just does not play a playoff-worthy schedule. I mean, look at the teams Arkansas has had to face. They played Texas, then Texas AM, then Georgia, then Ole Miss. I mean, that's a murderers row - and they still have tp play Auburn and Alabama to boot!

Georgia just had a huge road game vs Auburn, and now they have to turn around and play #11 Kentucky.

IMO, it is crazy that a team that will play nobody but teams like ECU, SMU, Temple, Navy, USF, etc. can make the playoffs. It's just not a worthy schedule.

Georgia and Alabama with 2 losses probably get in ahead of Cincinnati. Big 10 champ with 1 loss. And that still leaves Oregon, Big 12 champ and a 1 loss ACC champ. They might even put Notre Dame ahead of them, especially if they can justify Notre Dame as #3 so they don't have to compare head to head (#4-#6 get compared in that manner).