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Title: Other P5 Divisional Races headed into week 12
Post by: medinabuckeye1 on November 13, 2018, 02:45:37 PM

ACC-Atlantic:
Clemson has clinched.  

ACC-Coastal:

• 5-1 Pitt:  Controls their own destiny and has at least one game to give.  
• 4-2 Virginia:  Needs to win out (@GaTech, @VaTech) and have Pitt lose out.  

If Pitt wins again they are in.  If they lose out then UVA could win out and win it outright at 6-2.  If Pitt loses out AND UVA loses a game then GaTech (4-3), VaTech (3-3), and Dook (3-3) could win a share but Pitt beat all of those teams so they win all ties.  

B12:

• 6-1 Oklahoma:  Controls their own destiny.  
• 6-1 West Virginia:  Controls their own destiny.  
• 5-2 Texas:  Needs help.  
• 5-2 Iowa State:  Needs help.  

Here is how this works:  Texas lost to WVU but beat OU.  ISU lost to OU but beat WVU.  OU/WVU play on the Friday after Thanksgiving in Morgantown.  ISU/TX play this weekend in Austin.  Thus, Texas beats OU but loses to WVU in a tie while ISU beats WVU but loses to OU.  

P12-N:
The Apple Cup winner will go to the P12CG unless Washington loses to OrSt this week while WSU wins (vZona).  In that case, WSU clinches this week.  

P12-S:  Still the messiest division in the P5 but Colorado and UCLA (both 2-5) and USC (4-4) are now officially eliminated:

• 5-3 Utah:  Beat Zona, USC.  Lost to ASU.  Needs an ASU loss.  
• 4-3 ASU:  Beat Utah, USC.  No potential tiebreaker losses.  Plays @Zona 11/24.  Controls their own destiny.  
• 4-3 Zona:  No potential tiebreaker wins.  Lost to Utah, USC.  Plays vASU 11/24.  Needs LOTS of help.  
• 4-4 USC:  Beat Zona.  Lost to Utah, ASU.  Mathematically eliminated.  

Why is USC eliminated?  They can do no better than 5-4 and Utah can do no worse than 5-4.  The Trojans lost to Utah.  They also lost to ASU.  They did beat Zona, but so did Utah so that doesn't help.  

Arizona needs help because they would lose a tie with Utah.  

SEC:
All done:  Bama/UGA in the SECCG.  

Title: Re: Other P5 Divisional Races headed into week 12
Post by: Kris60 on November 13, 2018, 03:59:36 PM

At least one spot in the Big 12 CCG could possibly be determined this weekend.  If WVU and Texas both win this weekend then WVU clinches a spot.  However, if OU and ISU both win this weekend then OU clinches a spot.

Title: Re: Other P5 Divisional Races headed into week 12
Post by: medinabuckeye1 on November 13, 2018, 04:28:44 PM

Quote from: Kris60 on November 13, 2018, 03:59:36 PM

At least one spot in the Big 12 CCG could possibly be determined this weekend.  If WVU and Texas both win this weekend then WVU clinches a spot.  However, if OU and ISU both win this weekend then OU clinches a spot.

It is interesting how that tiebreaker impacts the teams.  The teams that are ahead (OU/WVU) need to root for the team that they beat and against the team that beat them.  The teams that are behind need to root for the team that beat them and against the team that they beat.