Using today’s rankings, not the rankings when the game happened.
!1. Oregon - 3. Ohio St., 12. Boise
2. Georgia - @ 5. Texas, $ 19. Clemson (@ 16. Ole Miss, 7. Tennessee)
3. Ohio St. - @ 6. Penn St. (vs 8. IU)
!4. Miami - 25. Louisville
5. Texas - @ 24. Vanderbilt (@ 15. aggy)
6. Penn St.
*7. Tenn - 11. Bama (@ 2. Georgia, @ 24. Vandy)
!8. IU - (@ 3 Ohio St.)
!9. BYU - @ 13. SMU, 22. K-St.
*10. ND - @ 15. aggy, 25. Louisville (vs. 18 Army)
11. Bama - 2. Georgia (@ 14. lsu)
!12. Boise - 20. Wash St.
13. SMU - 23. Pitt, 25. Louisville
*14. lsu - 16. Ole Miss (vs. 11. Bama, 24. Vandy)
*15. aggy - 14. lsu (vs 5. Texas)
*16. Ole Miss (vs. 2. Georgia)
*17. ISU (vs. 22 k-st.)
!18. Army (@ 19. ND)
*19. Clem (@ 23. Pitt)
20. WSU
*21. Colorado
*22. K-St. - 21. Colorado (@ 17. ISU)
*23. Pitt (vs. 18. Clemson, @ 25. Louisville)
*24. Vanderbilt - 11. Bama (@ 14. lsu, 7. Tennessee)
25. Louisville - 19. Clemson (vs. 23 Pitt)
! Undefeated
*unranked loss or blowout loss
$ neutral site
Was curious if anything would jump out at me.
-Not sure BYU won’t get an at large bid if they go 12-0 and lose ccg close esp. if SMU runs the table. In fact I feel pretty good that they make it if SMU gets to ccg and loses with the same season result.
-Typical Penn St. season
-LSU two tough ones at home
-Tennessee two tough ones on the road
- Biggest takeaway is, barring the completely unforeseen, it would appear the top four B1G teams are pretty much guaranteed spots (according to many) while no specific SEC teams currently are. I wonder how the committee sees the strength of each conference and ultimately if they put as many B1G teams in as SEC teams.
If I’m IU or Penn St. I would be not be absolutely sure 11-1 gets both teams in. If I’m them I would feel much better if BYU, ND, or both drop one more.