Who gets the first 4 spots again?

[Volizona]

Reading the official rules of the playoff again and I’m confused. Isn’t it supposed to be the SEC, Big 10, Big 12, ACC and best group of 5 team? Do they select the best 4 conf winners of these 5? Prior to todays games, why was Boise State in the top 4? Is this because they are ranked higher the the Big 12 leader? Does the 5th best conference winner end up wherever their ranking is (not the 5th slot for the 5th best conference winner?). I guess after the top 4 conf winners are selected, it’s anything goes (or straight rankings) for 5-12 brackets? The best ND can ever do is 5th?

 

[deezvols]

The 4 highest ranked conference champions (that’s my understanding).

 

[VolCalls]

Reading the official rules of the playoff again and I’m confused. Isn’t it supposed to be the SEC, Big 10, Big 12, ACC and best group of 5 team? Do they select the best 4 conf winners of these 5? Prior to todays games, why was Boise State in the top 4? Is this because they are ranked higher the the Big 12 leader? Does the 5th best conference winner end up wherever their ranking is (not the 5th slot for the 5th best conference winner?). I guess after the top 4 conf winners are selected, it’s anything goes (or straight rankings) for 5-12 brackets? The best ND can ever do is 5th?

Yes - all of this is correct.

 

[deezvols]

Rankings don’t take into account who will win their conference. Once the conference champs are given their top 4 slots, they go down the list filling the rest.

 

[vol94]

Reading the official rules of the playoff again and I’m confused. Isn’t it supposed to be the SEC, Big 10, Big 12, ACC and best group of 5 team? Do they select the best 4 conf winners of these 5? Prior to todays games, why was Boise State in the top 4? Is this because they are ranked higher the the Big 12 leader? Does the 5th best conference winner end up wherever their ranking is (not the 5th slot for the 5th best conference winner?). I guess after the top 4 conf winners are selected, it’s anything goes (or straight rankings) for 5-12 brackets? The best ND can ever do is 5th?

Correct. Highest ranked conference champs. And it doesn’t matter if the highest ranked conference champ isn’t from power four conference, hence Boise State.

 

[D-Vols]

College Football Playoff bracket, based on the current committee rankings

Here's what the College Football Playoff bracket looks like, using only the selection committee's rankings from Nov. 26. This is not a projection of how things could look — only what the rankings are now and how that forms the bracket.

www.ncaa.com

everything should be cleared up by December 11 and we will know. But everyone can speculate all they want to until then but that’s all it will be speculation.

 

[Vols1891]

So is it correct that ND can never be in the top 4?

 

[tennesseeduke]

Reading the official rules of the playoff again and I’m confused. Isn’t it supposed to be the SEC, Big 10, Big 12, ACC and best group of 5 team? Do they select the best 4 conf winners of these 5? Prior to todays games, why was Boise State in the top 4? Is this because they are ranked higher the the Big 12 leader? Does the 5th best conference winner end up wherever their ranking is (not the 5th slot for the 5th best conference winner?). I guess after the top 4 conf winners are selected, it’s anything goes (or straight rankings) for 5-12 brackets? The best ND can ever do is 5th?

Highest 4 ranked conference champions includes group of 5. Yrs best ND can do is 5

 

[Boston Vol]

So is it correct that ND can never be in the top 4?

Yes

 

[tennesseeduke]

So is it correct that ND can never be in the top 4?

At the moment

 

[NATHAN05]

Highest 4 ranked conference champions includes group of 5. Yrs best ND can do is 5

Which sucks this year for us, because that 5th spot is a nice looking spot (on paper) to get to the semis.