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2025 College Football Playoffs Discussion (12 Team Format)

It's always been this way - highest ranked 3 loss team: SEC, highest ranked 2 loss team: SEC, etc., etc. Nothing to see here.

They have the 2 highest 3 loss teams.

I guess I can understand Texas but there's no way Tennessee should be ranked ahead of Illinois, Tennessee's best win is against a 5-5 Kentucky team. Illinois win over #15 USC is infinitely better than any of Tennessee's wins. This is where you really ee the "durrrr but their losses are so good!" effect come into play.
 
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Last year maybe, but this is 2 straight season they've pretty much done what they've wanted against opponents.

Boise has been excellent, by G5 standards, for 15-20 years.

IU has done what they wanted against weaker Big Ten teams but still haven't made a statement up in weight class. (This years Oregon win is tbd and not looking like Oregon is a real powerful team)

Same knock everyone would have on a G5.
 
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Boise has been excellent, by G5 standards, for 15-20 years.

IU has done what they wanted against weaker Big Ten teams but still haven't made a statement up in weight class. (This years Oregon win is tbd and not looking like Oregon is a real powerful team)

Same knock everyone would have on a G5.
Was it Central Florida? They went undefeated 2 years in a row and missed the playoffs both years.
They lost in the bowl game the second year, and probably would have lost in the playoffs if they were in either year.
But there's your "knock" on a G5 team.
 
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Was it Central Florida? They went undefeated 2 years in a row and missed the playoffs both years.
They lost in the bowl game the second year, and probably would have lost in the playoffs if they were in either year.
But there's your "knock" on a G5 team.

Yep it was UCF, their P5 OOC wins those 2 years were against 4-8 Maryland and 7-7 Pitt

They may have won their 1st round game depending on the opponent if there was a 12 teamer in 2017 (the undefeated year) but they weren't getting close to winning the national title. Though i'm gonna assume without the "They didn't want to be there" factor that Auburn had in that bowl game they probably lose in the 1st round.
 
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