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Topic: Big Ten Power Rankings After Week 8

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ELA

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Re: Big Ten Power Rankings After Week 8
« Reply #70 on: October 23, 2025, 05:13:07 PM »
But I think in many conferences, perhaps specifically the second-tier-but-not-G5 conferences (ACC / B12), there might be a long shot team that will ONLY get into the playoff by winning the CCG. For that team type of team, I don't think a bye is deserved.
I have a hard time seeing an ACC/Big 12 champ not being in the top 12.  And this isn't a 4 team CFP.  It's a 12 team CFP.  If it makes the CCGs have meaning, I don't see the downside.  The only downside I see is that you are putting meaning into the Big Ten and SEC CCGs, which I don't see as a downside.

This is entertainment, we aren't solving world hunger, and the current format does a great job of sucking all of the entertainment out.  To me, the answer is so obvious, thats its predictable that they can't figure it out

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Re: Big Ten Power Rankings After Week 8
« Reply #71 on: October 23, 2025, 05:17:35 PM »
I have a hard time seeing an ACC/Big 12 champ not being in the top 12.  
Really? It already happened. Clemson was #16, and Arizona State just BARELY snuck in at 12. 



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Re: Big Ten Power Rankings After Week 8
« Reply #72 on: October 23, 2025, 10:54:44 PM »
the office pools will emerge when we have a 24-team playoff
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