Oh absolutely they would. Manuel even avoided speaking on that when asked about it. They already are looking for a reason to get bama in.
Ohio St also has two wins against teams currently ranked in the top 10. SMU’s best win is Duke. Their strength of schedule is ranked 75th.Ohio State lost to a truly lousy Michigan team and only fell 4 spots, I think.
SMU would need to fall A LOT after losing to Clemson to drop completely out.
I can't see it.
Whats your point? People said a lot of things about a lot of teams through week 5. UT went on to beat some quality opponents...smu hasn't beat anybody and they are getting smoked against the only mediocre competition they've played.People outside of Tennessee would say the same about us after the Arkansas game.
Agree that they probably don't actually belong but that's a big drop when they said they wouldn't penalize teams for playing in championships.Ohio St also has two wins against teams currently ranked in the top 10. SMU’s best win is Duke.
Whats your point? People said a lot of things about a lot of teams through week 5. UT went on to beat some quality opponents...smu hasn't beat anybody and they are getting smoked against the only mediocre competition they've played.
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They really only have to drop a couple of spots and they’re out…they are ranked 8th right now and without the automatic bid for winning the conference championship they would get the 10th seed. The 12 seed will be lowest ranked conference champion so they could drop one slot and still get in with the 11th seed but if they drop two spots they could be out.Ohio State lost to a truly lousy Michigan team and only fell 4 spots, I think.
SMU would need to fall A LOT after losing to Clemson to drop completely out.
I can't see it.