Jump Bama or not

Should Tennessee jump Bama in CFB final poll

  • Yes

    Votes: 293 75.3%

  • No

    Votes: 96 24.7%
  • Total voters
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#1
Tigervol

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#1
With head to head records both 10-2, —Tennessee beat Bama and LSU (on the road), Bama lost to both UT and LSU (on the road)
SOS for both teams about the same
South Carolina win AT Clemson makes our beat down eye test not quite as bad ( yeah we blew it, but we still pulled out 10-2 record with tough road wins at Pitt and LSU)
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bigorangecrush89 said:
I dont think so. I know, i know head to head. UT won in a nailbiter at home. But that Carolina loss was just an embarassment. Bama doesnt have a loss anywhere near that bad on their record.
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They also have no great wins either.

What does the committee value more? Quality wins or bad losses?

Also, I’ve always been under the assumption that head-to-head was always the first tie-breaker?…
 
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bigorangecrush89 said:
I dont think so. I know, i know head to head. UT won in a nailbiter at home. But that Carolina loss was just an embarassment. Bama doesnt have a loss anywhere near that bad on their record.
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The test is usually overall record, then if that is the same you look to head to head match up. The analysis ends in UTs favor right there. You don't ignore that and then find who has the worst loss when both had the same record and one beat the other head to head.
 
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#11
We will not and honestly should not. Bama handled business Saturday against a better team in Auburn and our worst loss is worse than their worst loss. And also more recent which shouldn't matter but it does.

That being said for Bama to get in they'd need TCU, USC and probably Michigan to all lose next week. LSU beating Georgia does no one any good to be honest.
 
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pimo1 said:
We will not and honestly should not. Bama handled business Saturday against a better team in Auburn and our worst loss is worse than their worst loss. And also more recent which shouldn't matter but it does.

That being said for Bama to get in they'd need TCU, USC and probably Michigan to all lose next week. LSU beating Georgia does no one any good to be honest.
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So losses are more important than head to head AND better wins? Got it.
 
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Alabama's two losses occurred on the last play of the games, Tennessee's two losses occurred in the first quarter, they were outplayed significantly in both losses, the committee looks at peculiar aspects of the individual games involving the teams being rated and placed by the CFP organization, the CFP committee's revenue and decisions will be driven by television, ratings and sponsors, not so much by ticket sales or which teams travel well (at the top tiers, for CFP purposes and attracting bystanders, they all do)
 
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bigorangecrush89 said:
Im not saying it’s an open and shut case. I wouldnt be surprised either way. Im just saying their is a reasonable case for putting Bama ahead.
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Sadly it is open and shut. The South Carolina loss did that just like OSUs loss to Michigan in the way they lost might have shut them out and let USC in. It really all depends on how the committee ranks everyone Tuesday. But USC plays a ranked team in their championship game and if they win they will have 3 wins vs ranked teams and more good wins than anyone in the nation along with the Heisman winning QB.. that also pretty much got locked up Saturday.

This Saturday was a bloodbath for the top25
 
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pimo1 said:
We will not and honestly should not. Bama handled business Saturday against a better team in Auburn and our worst loss is worse than their worst loss. And also more recent which shouldn't matter but it does.

That being said for Bama to get in they'd need TCU, USC and probably Michigan to all lose next week. LSU beating Georgia does no one any good to be honest.
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Tennessee and Alabama played two common opponents also in addition to the head to head argument. Can you you tell us how Alabama performed against those two teams compared to how Tennessee performed? You can’t objectively say Auburn is better than Vanderbilt because they never played. You can objectively say Tennessee is better than Alabama because they won head to head and performed better against the common opponents. Case closed.
 
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#25
1) Tennessee won head-to-head
2) Alabama did not have to play Georgia or South Carolina (much less on the road), who will end up the best 2 other SEC teams after Georgia wins next week
3) Common opponents: Tennessee @lsu 40-14, @Vandy 56-0 ... Alabama @lsu 31-32, Vandy 55-3

Bama's best win will be against a 4-loss team, think about that, they don't have a quality win ... if you're a fan of "quality losses," then put them ahead of us.

The SC doesn't look nearly as bad as it did a week ago. They beat Clemson, and we were still in that game when Hooker tore his ACL (before he fumbled).
 
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