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2024 College Football Playoffs Discussion (12 Team Format)

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A 5-seed will not happen for OSU. Manuel said the current order will not change for those teams not playing this weekend. That means ND or one of the losers of the B1G or SEC CCG will be the 5-seed. Where they seed the two CCG losers is really the only decisions they have left. The 5th CCG winner is the 12th seed regardless.
 
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cincibuck said:
1. So Notre Dame's reward for pounding two service academies, the weak sisters of the ACC, Miami of Ohio, and losing to NIU at home, is to be ranked ahead of Ohio State.
2. If I'm Dan Lenning, I'm playing my #2s in Indy, saving the #1s for a meaningful game.
3. If what I see in the media in any way matches the thinking of the CFP decision-makers, it looks like the pairings are set to eliminate as many Big 10 teams as possible.
4. I'm still pissed about Saturday.
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I hope every coach starts playing their #2s in the Conference Championship games to show everyone what a farce those games are, especially now...maybe then when the ratings tank they will do away with them. The only time those games will now matter at all is if there is a "win and you're in" situation like Arizona State, and if you've lost that many games to be there, you probably shouldn't be in anyway.
 
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Bucklion said:
I hope every coach starts playing their #2s in the Conference Championship games to show everyone what a farce those games are, especially now...maybe then when the ratings tank they will do away with them. The only time those games will now matter at all is if there is a "win and you're in" situation like Arizona State, and if you've lost that many games to be there, you probably shouldn't be in anyway.
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It's a joke that Georgia is locked in without a doubt no matter what if they lose, which would be their 3rd loss.

Conference championship game only matters for the 2 lesser P4. They have made that clear.
 
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ORD_Buckeye said:
We're going to Tennessee. I've said that all along, and you know that Ward Fucking Manuel is not doing us any favors in that room. Christ, I hope Ono does throw his lard ass under the ncaa bus.
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When Manuel was asked about teams moving in the final rankings, he said that only teams playing in CCGs will be re-evaluated, and other teams that don’t play in CCGs won’t move above one another.

No matter what happens, the 4 teams hosting will be ND, tOSU, and the B1G and SEC CCG losing teams.
There are 4 possibilities affecting tOSU’s final position, and this is what they might do to avoid rematches:

1) Texas and Oregon both win: ND and Penn State should be #5 and #6 in either order, and both host. Georgia and tOSU will be #7 and #8 in some order and both host. They won’t drop UGA below Tenn for losing in the CCG, and I don’t believe they’d drop Penn St below tOSU for the same reason, despite the head-to-head. If they make tOSU #7, they get Indiana at tOSU and Tenn at UGA, games that both occurred in the last 3 weeks, so I think they’ll keep UGA #7, hosting Indiana, with #8 tOSU hosting Tennessee.

2) Texas and Penn St both win: Oregon would be #5, ND would be #6 and Georgia and tOSU #7 and #8 in some order. They could make #11 Bama/SMU play at #6 ND, and #10 Indiana could play at #7 UGA to avoid a tOSU/Ind rematch. #8 tOSU hosts Tennessee. Oregon would host #12 Boise/Ariz St/Iowa St/UNLV/Clemson and in the second round get #4 from the same group. There may be some Duck fans hoping for them to lose this week to get that path to the semis,

3) Georgia and Oregon both win: ND could end up 5, 6, or 7 and Texas should stay ahead of Penn St. #8 tOSU would host #9 Tenn. If ND is at #5, #12 Boise/Ariz St/Iowa St/UNLV/Clemson would be at ND, #11 Bama/SMU at #6 Texas, and #10 Indiana at Penn St; so they could drop Texas below Penn St to have Indiana at Texas and Bama/SMU at #6 Penn St.

4) Georgia and Penn St both win: Oregon goes to #5, Texas and ND at #6 and #7 in some order, and #8 tOSU hosts Tenn. If Texas is #6, #11 Bama at Texas is not a rematch and #10 Indiana goes to ND. If ND is #6, they’d host Bama/SMU and Indiana would go to #7 Texas. If Clemson beats SMU in a close one, #11 SMU at #6 Texas is a possibility.

It is highly likely that Tennessee travels to Columbus for the first round game,
 
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