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The Power Five => Big Ten => Topic started by: Cincydawg on October 29, 2018, 10:47:35 AM
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About a decade ago, we had a situation where many of the apparent candidates for the BCS lost in the final weekend. Ohio State was clearly "in", but WVU was upset and fell out, and someone else I think lost as well. LSU had lost the week previously to Arkansas and had two losses, but won the SEC.
We COULD have another year setting up along those lines. It's not hard to imagine the P12 champion with 2 losses. We could also see Texas/WVU upsetting OU with two losses. ND could still lose of course and be 11-1. NW could somehow upset Michigan and win the B1G with a lot of losses. Alabama could get upset by say 10-2 Georgia. Clemson, well, they look pretty likely to win out, but imagine somehow VT beats them in the CG.
There are all sorts of scenarios whereby this year could be epic.
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College football always surprises you and gives you meyhem when you don't expect it, and chalk when it looks like craziness is about to happen, but I actually disagree.
I don't see either Alabama or Clemson really being challenged, let alone losing the rest of the way. Notre Dame's toughest game left is probably this week at Northwestern.
I actually think there's a decent chance we have 3 undefeated teams, and are left debating between a 1 loss Michigan/Ohio State or a 1 loss Oklahoma as to who gets to go get woodshedded by Alabama.
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we can always hope
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I actually think there's a decent chance we have 3 undefeated teams, and are left debating between a 1 loss Michigan/Ohio State or a 1 loss Oklahoma as to who gets to go get woodshedded by Alabama.
It might not even be that complicated because it is entirely possible that Ohio State could lose between now and Thanksgiving but then knock off the Wolverines the final weekend or that a B1G-W team with (by definition) at least two losses could knock off the Wolverines/Buckeyes in Indianapolis. Then there wouldn't be any debate, 1-loss Oklahoma would be the obvious choice to get rolled by Bama.
Another interesting possibility is that there could be an even larger gap between the top-3 and #4. Suppose, as you projected, that Bama, Clemson, and ND all win out. They would finish 13-0, 13-0, and 12-0 and obviously get the top-3 spots but then suppose that WSU, OU, WVU, and the tOSU/M winner each lose at least once more. The top-3 would all be undefeated while #4 would have at least two losses.
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The Longhorns could knock off the Sooners again.
2-loss Big 12 champ
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What is the craziest still viable set of P5 conference champs?
SEC - Kentucky
ACC - Virginia (Tech)
B12 - Texas, maybe Iowa State?
B1G - NW
P12 - Washington?
That would be fun.
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If 11-1 Kentucky beat 12-0 Alabama, and the score was something like 31-10, is there any chance UK ends up ranked ahead of helmet king Alabama?
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Michigan can take solace in that the Big Ten's sole representative on the 13 member playoff committee is Gene Smith.
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If 11-1 Kentucky beat 12-0 Alabama, and the score was something like 31-10, is there any chance UK ends up ranked ahead of helmet king Alabama?
Any SEC champ with one loss or fewer is in the mix, whether it's UK or Vandy. We're unlikely to test this proposition of course.
UK does match up well with UGA, but not so well with that other team that wears a kind of red.