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2013 Preseason and regular polls

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As of now we would have to lose 2 games to not go to the B1G championship game. Or Indiana cleans house and I just don't see that happening.

If Ohio State if left out of the NCG or loses a conference game and wins the BTCG, then they will be the only team in the Big Ten to go to a BCS Bowl.

If Ohio State goes 12-0 then loses the BTCG, then it is likely that we will get an at-large bid, and whoever wins the BTCG will get to the Rose Bowl.

If Ohio State goes to the NCG, then that is where it gets interesting. Every other Big Ten team will have at least 2 loses by the end of the year so:
6 of the 10 spots go to AQs
2 go to the SEC #2 and the Pac-12 #2
I don't see a non-AQ conference team breaking into the top 12. I don't see an AQ conference champion getting ranked lower than the top 12. So I just don't think even an unbeated NIU or Fresno St get in. Typically they got in because the Big East was aweful. Now the Big East has Louisville and Rutgers to keep that from happening.
That leaves 2 spots for the Big-12/Big-10/ACC. I think with those odds we stand a good shot. Big 12 will get 2 if between Baylor/Oklahoma there is only 1 loss. The top teams in the ACC all have rough schedules ahead. I expect they will have a 1-loss team and everyone else will have 2. In that group, a Wisconsin that cleans house from here on out, or a Nebraska that grows some defense and cleans up, or a Northwestern/Michigan that only has 2-loses to OSU get in before a 2-loss ACC team. Big ten teams bring more money, and the Rose Bowl being Big-10 v Pac-12 would prefer to bring in a Big 10 #2 over an ACC #2.
 
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The SEC champion is going to get a spot in the NCG and, at this point, it looks like their opponent will be Oregon. Our ceiling looks like the Rose Bowl, never a bad thing, even at 13-0.

Of course, something crazy could happen to open the door for us...
 
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Bestbuck36 said:
Looks like our best opportunity is to win out and play Oregon in the Championship game. They aren't losing in the PAC12 and we won't in the BiG. Up the SEC to beat each other.
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I don't see them losing either, but they play at Stanford and those games have been very close the past few years. I personally see that game as the only way we get into the NC unless something crazy happens.
 
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Anything could happen, there's a lot of football still to be played. Too bad Clemson and FSU are in the same division in the ACC. It would be nice to see them have to play each other twice (i.e. ACC CCG) and split the games, thus giving each one a loss. However, FSU still has daU and the Gators besides Clemson; and Clemson has FSU and the Cocks.
 
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The most optimistic view I have seen:

In the final weeks of the 2006 regular season, Meyer’s campaigning was akin to a presidential candidate during the stretch run. He appeared on TV and radio, selling everyone on his vision – of why Florida deserved to be in the title game over Michigan.

It worked, and the Gators won the national championship.

The bottom line is it’s still only mid-October. There were 16 undefeated teams Saturday morning. Now, there are only 13. That number will continue to decline each week. The tradition of panicking about the possibility of three, four and even five undefeated teams is nearly as rich as marching bands and rivalries.

Until November rolls around, the apprehension isn’t warranted.
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http://www.elevenwarriors.com/2013/...ason-but-buckeyes-have-room-to-make-up-in-bcs
 
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buxfan4life said:
"I think every person in America wants to see Baylor play Alabama in the national championship"

Um, no, we don't.
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Chase M. from Dallas is a moron. The only people that want to see Baylor in a bowl game are probably Baylor fans. I certainly don't want the Buckeyes to have to play them. That is a zero gain game IMO. Even a lubeless plunger insertion would yield only "it was Baylor" talk. Any thing less than that "insertion" would be fodder for mediots.
 
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