Fighting Muskie
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My playoff break down
As I see it, Ohio St, Penn St, Minnesota, LSU, Alabama, Clemson, and Baylor are all in “win and in” scenarios. It would be very difficult to deny a playoff berth to one of these schools in they are undefeated and conference champs.
Georgia is similarly in a win and in scenario. Hard to see a 1 loss SEC champ left out.
Oregon, Utah, and Oklahoma all need to win out and get help by having teams above them lose.
Who can’t afford a loss:
Oregon
Utah
Oklahoma
Georgia
Clemson
Baylor
Clemson gets lumped in here due to the overall weakness of the ACC. A 1 loss non-champ, particularly if they are LSU, Alabama, Ohio St, or Penn St, definitely gets in over them due to SOS.
Baylor is in here too because the human and computer elements are both down on them and they lack the name brand appeal of some of the others in the hunt. Splitting two games with Oklahoma does not imbue a lot of confidence in the Bears.
The other 5 can still sneak into the playoff with a loss right now but it will be far trickier than if undefeated.
There you have it—the 2019 CFP race is down to 11 teams.
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11-05-2019 09:04 AM |
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