RE: The Year That Is (Week 7: Alabama and Clemson cruise toward playoff berths)
December 5th Standings (sim 131)
ACC:
#1 Clemson (11-0, 10-0; 479-190)
#6 North Carolina (8-2, 8-2; 300-210) lost to Duke 24-27
#7 Miami (8-3) lost to NC State 19-22 and North Crolina 21-22
#9 Virginia Tech (7-3) lost to Miami 6-45 and Clemson 31-40
#14 Boston College (8-3) lost to Clemson 10-55
#15 Notre Dame (7-3) lost to Clemson 17-52, Boston College 28-35, and North Carolina 20-23
SEC:
#2 Alabama (10-0; 311-181)
#10 Georgia (8-2; 311-195) lost to Kentucky 24-31
Pac-12:
#4 Washington (5-0; 147-51)
#5 Utah (5-0; 187-105)
Big Ten:
#8 Penn State (6-1; 255-142) lost to Indiana 24-27
#11 Wisconsin (6-1; 210-137) lost to Nebraska 24-35
#25 Iowa (5-2; 182-143) lost to Mich St 17-20 and Penn State 10-22
#27 Ohio St (5-2; 171-168) lost to Penn State 21-43 and Illinois 19-20
#29 Mich St (5-2; 192-171) lost to Indiana 31-32 and Ohio State 28-30
Big 12
#19 Kansas St (7-3, 7-2; 319-229) lost to WVU 28-41 and Baylor 17-27
#23 Oklahoma (7-3, 6-3; 286-192) lost to TCU 23-30
#24 OK State (6-3, 5-3; 243-209) lost to Texas 14-28, KSU 16-39, and OU 21-24
#31 Iowa St (6-4, 6-3; 278-214) lost to OSU 21-24, KSU 14-23, and UT 20-21)
Top Non-P5 Teams
#3 Boise St (7-0, 6-0; 213-126)
#12 Air Force (6-2, 4-2; 312-140) lost to Boise 10-19 and Utah St 24-31
#13 App St (9-1, 7-0; 358-203)
#16 BYU (8-1, 8-1; 307-145) lost to Boise 16-17
#17 Cincinnati (8-2, 6-2; 311-193) lost to UCF 16-19 and Temple 30-31
#18 Memphis (8-2, 6-2; 357-171) lost to Cincinnati 28-39
#20 Marshall (9-1, 6-1; 346-199) lost to FAU 28-37
#22 FAU (6-1, 5-1; 224-151) lost to FIU 21-24
#37 Fresno St (5-2, 5-2; 186-176) lost to SJSU 24-27 and SDSU 21-35
December 12th results:
#3 Boise St completes their season undefeated, beating Wyoming 28-21
#4 Washington fails to complete an undefeated regular season, falling to Oregon 21-24
#5 Utah successfully goes undefeated, obliterating Colorado 60-10
#6 North Carolina conquers WCU 51-21 en route to the ACC Championship
#8 Penn State clinches the Big Ten East, beating Michigan State 32-17
#9 Virginia Tech beats Virginia 28-17
#11 Wisconsin defeats Iowa for the Big Ten West crown, 20-17
#13 App State loses to rival Georgia Southern, again, 17-28
#15 Notre Dame beats Wake Forest 53-6
#16 BYU upends SDSU, 51-21, finishing 'close' to a NY6 berth
#22 FAU destroys Southern Miss 56-10 to beat out Marshall for the CUSA East crown
#24 OK State defeats Baylor 33-28 to steal the 2nd Big 12 title game slot
#37 Fresno State slips by New Mexico, 28-21, to secure a spot in the MWCG by virtue of win% over Air Force.
December 19th matchups // results
#1 Clemson (11-0) vs. #8 North Carolina (8-2) // 42-21
#2 Alabama (10-0) vs. #9 Georgia (8-2) // 24-39
#3 Utah (6-0) vs. #7 Washington (5-1) // 30-27
#4 Boise St (8-0) vs. #38 Fresno St (6-2) // 16-19
#5 Penn State (7-1) vs. #6 Wisconsin (7-1) // 32-17
#12 FAU (7-1) vs. #33 UAB (9-2) // 21-28
#15 Cincinnati (8-2) vs. #20 Memphis (8-2) // 31-36
#18 OK State (7-3) vs. #22 Kansas St (7-3) // 17-20
#25 App St (9-2) vs. #52 Ark St (7-4) // 36-12
Playoffs // results
#1 Clemson (12-0) vs. #4 Georgia (9-2) // 34-10
#2 Utah (7-0) vs. #3 Penn State (8-1) // 17-7
#1 Clemson (13-0) vs. #2 Utah (8-0) // 20-17
Georgia passing Alabama for the 4th spot may have been controversial; the two teams were 1-1 against each other, Georgia won the conference yet lost an additional game to Kentucky. The committee went with Georgia based off perceived relative strength (the Bulldogs had just won, and looked better against most common opponents).
Vs. common opponents, Georgia had the edge:
Alabama was +29 vs. Kentucky
Alabama was +12 vs. Missouri
Georgia was +10 vs. Auburn
Georgia was +14 vs. Miss St
Georgia was +18 vs. Arkansas
Georgia was +21 vs. Tennessee
New Years Six (manual bowl pairings)
Orange: #6 Miami (8-3) vs. #5 Alabama (10-1)
Cotton: #10 Wisconsin (7-2) vs. #7 North Carolina (9-3)
Fiesta: #8 Boise St (8-1) vs. #15 Kansas St (8-3)
Peach: #12 Memphis (9-2) vs. #9 Virginia Tech (8-3)
next 2: #11 Washington (5-2), #13 BYU (9-1)
(This post was last modified: 10-21-2020 08:46 AM by Crayton.)
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