Interesting nugget I just saw...ND & Tenn are the only two in the country 3-0 vs. AP ranked teams.
Oregon and KSU are next best in this area at 2-0, followed by Texas at 3-1.
Illinois has insanely played against 5 teams who were AP ranked when they played and is 3-2 vs them.
Pretty sure this is something the committee will take a good look at.
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Teams should want the 5 or 6 seed
You get a home game and round 2 would be vs the ACC or Big12 champ. Avoid the top SEC and Big10 for 2 rounds. Gets you to the final 4 and who knows.
No way ND at 11-1 is left out.
Someone pointed out in the committee era, no Power 5/4 team with one loss has ever been ranked lower than 8th at the final ranking.
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I have us at 99+% in if we go 11-1 no matter what, with maybe 50-55% of hosting a game...BUT!!!
My "100% in" scenario is a game changer if it occurs.
If we go 11-1 and A&M wins the SEC Championship, I think we are 100% in and our chances of hosting a game go up to around 80+%.
As things stand now, first round byes would be Oregon, Miami, A&M, and BYU. ND would be the only team with a win over one of the bye teams.
Even if you play it forward to say Tosu beats Oregon in rematch to earn the B1G bye and Clemson knocks off Miami to earn the ACC bye, and A&M wins the SEC.
Now you'd have just 2 teams (both with 1 loss) with wins over bye teams: ND and Oregon (in this scenario A&M would likely be the #1 overall seed).
You're looking at probably 12-1 Oregon at #5, 11-1 Notre Dame at #6, 12-1 Miami at #7, and the next best SEC or B1G at #8.
A&M winning the SEC would be HUGE for us if we finish 11-1...we should all be the biggest A&M fans on the planet right now.
I will look at that if and when we get an 11th win. Not going to be easy to do. One at a time.
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Agree 100%, I've said many times that I'm not confident we'll actually finish 11-1.
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