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College Football Playoff (2015-16 Season)

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jlb1705 said:
To me, record trumps head-to-head. Once the records are the same though, head-to-head seems like a pretty important and useful way to separate two teams. Improvement over the course of the season is pretty important too, but more so when the two teams haven't played each other. Head-to-head should trump trajectory, otherwise why bother playing the games? Besides, if Utah truly is trending downward and M*ch*g*n upward then the results over the remainder of the season should bear that out. There's no need for the polls to project that on the two teams. When the CFP committee does things like that they begin to fall back into some of the old traps of the old polls and BCS.
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That's fine I don't really have a problem with it as long as they are near each other which bring me to my big problem with Stanford. Same record as Northwestern and lost to Northwestern. Stanford #11 and Northwestern #20.They are acting like the game never existed and worse they are acting like if the game did exist Staford would win easily. When we know the game happened they lost and looked atrocious.
 
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dragurd said:
That's fine I don't really have a problem with it as long as they are near each other which bring me to my big problem with Stanford. Same record as Northwestern and lost to Northwestern. Stanford #11 and Northwestern #20.They are acting like the game never existed and worse they are acting like if the game did exist Staford would win easily. When we know the game happened they lost and looked atrocious.
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I agree.
 
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Everyone talking about how the #4 could drop - currently ND but nobody talking about how Clemson could drop. Even if they run the table they could easily drop in my book assuming those beneath them take care of business. The ACC is the worst conference of the P5 and it isn't even close.
 
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dragurd said:
Not only that but I think the committee would do some last minute maneuvering to avoid rematches in the semi's. I think they'd love for it to work out that it's Bama vs OSU in the finals.
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I think that's pretty much a given. If it's still Bama and OSU in the 2/3 slots heading into the championship games and things stay as they are, one or both will slide up or down to avoid the rematch in the semis and set up that final match. If things hold as they are, it will almost certainly be tOSU vs. ND and Bama vs. Clemson.
 
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ShowMeBuck said:
Everyone talking about how the #4 could drop - currently ND but nobody talking about how Clemson could drop. Even if they run the table they could easily drop in my book assuming those beneath them take care of business. The ACC is the worst conference of the P5 and it isn't even close.
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That didn't stop the coaches poll from jumping Clemson over us despite their beating a then 3-6 Syracuse team by 10 points on the road while we beat a then 5-4 Illinois team by 25 points on the road. The media is in a slobber-fest with Dumbo Sneezy...
 
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dragurd said:
That's fine I don't really have a problem with it as long as they are near each other which bring me to my big problem with Stanford. Same record as Northwestern and lost to Northwestern. Stanford #11 and Northwestern #20.They are acting like the game never existed and worse they are acting like if the game did exist Staford would win easily. When we know the game happened they lost and looked atrocious.
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Because Notre Dame has to beat SOMONE so they can justify putting them in the #4 slot - see TV ratings
 
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matcar said:
Does any of it matter? If you think we are the best team in college football, then it doesn't matter where we are seeded.

And frankly, if we are NOT the best team in college football, it won't matter either.
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What matters is that the initial convo trail was about whether or not Clemson would drop, not us. I pointed out that since Clemson actually jumped us in the coaches poll despite having a less impressive win (and they also remained #1 in the playoff rankings), chances are pretty good they won't drop.
 
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MililaniBuckeye said:
What matters is that the initial convo trail was about whether or not Clemson would drop, not us. I pointed out that since Clemson actually jumped us in the coaches poll despite having a less impressive win (and they also remained #1 in the playoff rankings), chances are pretty good they won't drop.
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Until they play the Tar Heels. All Hell will break loose like it always does.
 
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