USA Today article today has ND on the outside of the playoff.
Here are the USA Today college football playoff predictions after week 7:
1. Texas*
2. Oregon*
3. Miami*
4. Iowa State*
5. Penn State
6. Georgia
7. Ohio State
8. Alabama
9. LSU
10. Clemson
11. Tennessee
12. Boise State
So...let's say this is accurate.
It would have helped ND a lot if USC could have beaten Penn St. this past weekend...and if Tennessee would have lost to Florida.
But neither happened.
If you don't agree with the above...who does ND take the place of?
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This is all fun each week predict the 12-team field will be at the end....a lot football left to
...to be played which makes all of this a moot point. IMO (hope I'm very wrong) this ND team has at least 1 more possibly 2 losses coming. Way too many key injuries on both sides of the ball (and that trend may continue) in addition to the "Freeman Coaching-Factor" and crazy travel schedule at the end (NYC to play Army on 11/23 - LA to play U$C on 11/30)
Good chance LSU loses this weekend.
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They have a good chance of losing their next 3 games, but specifically..
@A&M followed by Bama.
No, let’s not ‘say this is accurate’
Please stop.
All this is a projection if the season was over today. It isn't. There are a lot of games left
If ND wins out, they will be in the playoffs.
No, this is a projection if the season plays out as they project
This projection is based on the assumption that Notre Dame loses another game, presumably to USC
Well this is not correct
Based on the fact that they have ND in the playoffs this week playing Oregon. If they were making the "assumption" that ND was going to lose another game, then they wouldn't have them in the playoff field. These projections are stupid to begin with at this point since there are so many more games to be played that will impact these projections. Like the pre-season and early season rankings. How is pre-season FSU making out?
Link: ND vs Oregon
Re: Well this is not correct
so.... a comment about projections of
1. Texas*
2. Oregon*
3. Miami*
4. Iowa State*
5. Penn State
6. Georgia
7. Ohio State
8. Alabama
9. LSU
10. Clemson
11. Tennessee
12. Boise State
is invalidated because of projections that have changed???
Have you considered the possibility that the projection changed because they have also changed the projection that ND loses to USC?
Thank you for making my point
Which was it was a projection as if the season was over today and it isn't. Everything is going to change.
Agree 100%
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This whole conversation is stupid. If they win out they are in. If they don't they are out.
The committee will take 2 teams from each conference and the 12 seed - thats 9 teams - leaves 3 spots. They are not taking a 3rd place team or a 4th place team over a one loss ND team.
I don't see Clemson in over us if they have 2 losses and we have 1.
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Chrisb, agree. But it's the ND as pretender thing. Clemson has power legitimacy. ND doesn't
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You gotta look at the schedules...Clemson hasn't beaten one team that is even .500...
Every single team they've beaten this year has a losing record.
Right. Proves my point about power legitimacy apart from schedule. Clemson has it. ND doesn't.
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Re: Right. Proves my point about power legitimacy apart from schedule. Clemson has it. ND doesn't.
So you're talking about the weight their name carries because of more recent accomplishments, regardless of how good they actually are?
Yes, it's not fair. But it is what it is. ND needs a pattern of high quality (signature) wins.
Going deep in a playoff run sure would help.
Yeah, I agree..just didn't catch that as your point.
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Thanks. To beat a dead horse: 6-0 Indiana is #11 because it's Indiana.
A Texas, Bama, Georgia, tOSU, Clemson would not be ranked #11
if they went 6-0 playing Indiana's schedule to date.
Well said.
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Or a 4th place Tennesee Really?
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Tenn still has to play Bama, Georgia, and Vandy..
so who knows what the fallout from that will be.
I think LSU will take another loss when they go to A&M...after that they have Bama, @Florida, Vandy, and OU.
Bama has Tenn, Mizz, LSU, OU, and Auburn left.
Georgia has TX, Ol Miss, Tenn, and GA Tech left
TX has Georgia, Vandy, and @A&M left
A lot of ball to be played...them projecting it now is based on where they are ranked right now. Highly subject to change.
In other words we play no one and will back into the playoff
The good teams actually play quality opponents and suffer because of it.
Got it.
Weak dick schedule gets the prize.
Not our fault Miami backed out of playing us or that FSU blows or that USC is meh..
but given the current stage in development of our young HC, would we win enough to get in if those teams were what they're supposed to be?
If we were playing a very tough schedule (as we have in so many years) and lost 3 games, would the conferences be shedding a tear or championing for us because we played a tough schedule?
Can't see any reason we should care if the tables are turned...no one cares how you got to the playoff, we would have 4 straight games in the playoff to prove ourselves...or not.
Half of Saban's NCs were gifted to him by someone else losing to let him back into the NC picture...it's just the way things go.
See 2023 Michigan
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So things will pan out.
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Who knows...we have to win out minus Benjamin Morrison
IF we manage to do that I'm super confident we're in and maybe hosting a game.
But if we drop another one, it's 'what are you looking for in the spring game?' time imo.
Correct and including years to come!
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Not sure what years to come have to do with this..
In many years, with a normal ND schedule, 10-2 would give us a good shot at the playoffs.
Unless you think we're going to continue to suffer NIU like losses every year.
Deservedly so
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SEC isn't going to get 5 teams in.
And it is the USA Today so.................
Unless the Big 12 shits the bed the rest of the year, they will have 2 teams in which at this point would ISU and BYU.
I still think the last slot come down to a 3 loss SEC team, perhaps a 3 loss Big 10 team and ND.
Almost a given: 3 SEC, 3 BIG, 1 Group of 5, 2 ACC, 2 Big 12.
LSU or Tenn or Ala will have 3 losses.
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