If ND wins title, they beat the #2, 3 or 6 (Texas or OSU), #4, #8, & #22 in final reg. rankings
Where does that rank all-time in impressive seasons? 4 Top-10 wins and 5 Top-25 wins based on final CFP rankings.
It could look even better in final AP rankings, as Louisville (should) and Navy (could) end the season ranked, and Indiana unlikely to drop out of Top 10 due to the teams around them pretty much all losing bowls except Ole Miss.
My projected postseason AP rankings after ND wins title :)
1. ND - NC
2. Ohio State - Runner Up
3. Texas - SEC semifinalist
4. UGA - SEC champ
5. Oregon - 1 loss
6.Penn State - semifinalist
7. Arizona St - impressive quarterfinal
8. Tennessee - SEC bias, they end up with ZERO wins over a postseason Top 25 when 4 loss Bama drops from polls
9. Boise St - impressive quarterfinal
10. Indiana - Big 10 bias
11, Ole Miss - Best team to miss playoffs
12. SMU - worst team to make playoffs
13. BYU - best Mormon team
14. Clemson - Lucky to be here
15. Iowa St - Good final win
16. Illinois - Good bowl win
17. Syracuse - Good bowl win
18. Missouri - Good bowl win
19. UNLV - Good bowl win
20. Memphis - Good bowl win
21. South Carolina - Bowl loss, but SEC "eye test" bias (maybe/probably Bama instead)
22. Miami - LOL
23. Army - 12 wins
24. Louisville - Good bowl win and season overall, underrated
25. Navy - Anchors Aweigh after sinking the Sooner Schooners
Also getting votes - Bama (honestly, they'll probably finish around 21st even though they don't deserve it so swap in South Carolina), LSU, Colorado, USC, TAMU
Replies to: If ND wins title, they beat the #2, 3 or 6 (Texas or OSU), #4, #8, & #22 in final reg. rankings
Check who Lou beat in 1988.
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I think 89 was better. He beat Big 10 champ, PAC 10 champ, ACC champ and Big 12 champ.
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No kidding!
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This is why playoffs are best. You have to beat the best in a short window to prove you earned it.
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Interesting dynamic if it ends up ND vs Tosu: we will have beat the SEC Champ and B1G runner up..
and they will have beat the B1G Champ and SEC runner up.
We would also be the home team and would get to wear our home Blues.
He was replying to my Expected Post-Season AP Top-25.
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So Louisville beating a 6 loss Washington by one point is an impressive win
And Navy beating 6 loss Oklahoma by one point is also an impressive win
Do you have no shame whatsoever?
Lighten up Francis. I had them 24th & 25th, and UL was already #2 in also receiving votes
Louisville and Navy had seasons worthy of a low-end Top25 and finished with bowl wins. Not sure who you'd put over Louisville, since multiple teams ahead of them lost including TAMU who had the most also receiving votes.
Say what!!!!
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What the F are you talking about?!?
Who said anything about Louisville or Navy?
Meant for Turkey Irish
Trying to act like Louisville and navy deserve Top 25 finishes
It's Turkish, but you know that. The AP already has Louisville 27th and several teams lost
I'm actually starting to enjoy watching you make a fool of yourself here. There has to be a word for someone who is so smugly wrong all of the time.
Wouldn't waste my time with woodstock, he/she just wants to argue with someone about something.
It's his/her MO.
Must have a peach of a home life if this is where he/she needs to go to try and get a voice.
Trust me Turkey Irish is intentional
I am ALWAYS right
Still posting stupid shite in an effort to argue with someone about something, eh?
Good thing you have no fear of looking like an idiot, because you do it constantly.
Like what ? Do tell?
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The shame is on OU and UW. Not Navy and UL.
And certainly not on ND for beating teams better than OU and UW.
IF IF IF. Let's pull the reigns on the celebration. They 2 dangerous games away from the title.
I'm sure Marcus would agree.
Yes let's win the first before even talking about the 2nd.
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Fortunately for us it doesn't matter if we look past because we aren't playing
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That's so true but this topic won't age well if things go south.
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Things will not go south. Quite the opposite
This game is merely the tip of the iceberg. Things are only going to get better from this point on, I had the same feeling
after Lou's first year. I really don't like Penn st. A very strong dislike. If we lose thou, I refuse to let it define this year.
I hope you are right.
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Booga Booga!!!
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