So which team/teams get left out of the playoffs?

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DeadByDaylightFan said:
FSU looks horrible. Letting them into the playoff with that garbage QB would be a travesty
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Also if the ACC was a good conference, there is no way a third string an would lead them to a championship. All Louisville had to do was score 2 touchdowns and they couldn’t do that.
 
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Bassplayer30074 said:
I see the seeding going like this,
1. Michigan
2. Washington
3. Texas/Georgia/Alabama
4. Florida State

I’m aware I may catch grief over Fla St due to QB injuries, but how do you leave an undefeated P5 out over 1 loss P5? The arguments can be made in all directions. Glad it’s not up to me to decide. This scenario further proves the need for the expanded playoff.
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There should be no grief over Florida State. They are a 13-0 P5 champ. The debate should be Bama vs Texas and that was settled on the field.
 
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TrueOrange said:
Georgia’s likely playing in the Orange Bowl vs Louisville now.

It’s likely that Michigan and Washington are in. As an undefeated Power 5 school, Florida State will likely also be in barring a massive reshuffling of the rankings.

It pretty much comes down to Texas and Alabama (2 1-loss conference champions who played each other this season), and I’d have a hard time seeing that result not count in the committee’s decision given how they have kept Texas ranked ahead of Alabama from the initial CFP rankings in week 10 through this week.
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If it comes down to AL and Texas, Texas should go in. They bear Bama in Tuscaloosa. Granted Bama beat GA but the week before they were lucky to beat a very average Auburn. The last two weeks, Texas beat rival Texas Tech 57-7 and pounded Okla State 49-21.
 
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KTrain said:
Bama barely beat a 6 & 6 Auburn team that got beat or blown out by New Mexico State. It was basically a lucky throw the odds were like 99.5 to 0.05 to score. Also the ppl saying Bama was bad when Texas beat them by double digits at Tuscaloosa but just kept getting better. They basically lost to Auburn just last week, so I don't buy it.
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A win is a win regardless of how ugly it was or despite a miracle play. I wouldn't take anything for the DOBB NAIL BOOT win, or the knuckleball fg against Bama last season. Good teams find ways to win.

It's gonna be messy no matter who gets in or left out between FSU, TX, and Bama. All I know is that the SEC is THE standard in college football and what Bama did was impressive and hard to overlook
 
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DeadByDaylightFan said:
So you think FSU would beat Georgia? lmao
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I think a 13-0 P5 champ is deserving of a playoff spot as they have always been a playoff team.

The debate should be against the two 12-1 P5 champs who had a debate in week 2.

Bama’s main argument for getting over FSU is because of a FSU injury, not because of Bama’s body of work. Because if you used Bama’s body of work that they controlled on the field, they would be the 5th best team in the country behind Michigan, Washington, Florida State, and Texas.

Very rare is it you find a 1 loss team try to use something they can’t control as an excuse to jump an undefeated P5 champ
 
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DuckinVol said:
Some of y’all act like the regular season is a single elimination tournament…it is not. Some of y’all forget the committee is charged with selecting the best four teams AT THIS MOMENT to compete in the playoffs. All metrics have merit in the discussion, but in the end it’s supposed to be about which four teams are the best today.

No one I’ve heard advocating for FSU says they believe they are one of the best four. Undefeated is a significant data point, but so is schedule and team health. A healthy UGA beats Bama yesterday, but they weren’t healthy and neither is FSU. Bama lost to TX the second game of the year when they were a mess on offense. That matters, but it is not indicative of the Bama team today.

Think of FSU vs Bama as both are right now. Imagine them playing ten times. Which team do you believe wins six or more? Now do the same with TX and Bama.
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Will this be the bama that almost lost to Auburn who lost to New Mexico state the week before?

closet bama and uga fans...

Bama doesnt deserve to be in and neither does uga
 
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Vegas makes spreads not matchups. Results on the field makes matchups

1. Michigan
2. Washington
3. Florida St
4. Texas

The fact no one wants to mention is the SEC could be bad this year. Out of Conference in horrendous. No teams finished the year undefeated and the SEC team that deserves in lost at home to Texas. The conference is the odd man out this year.
 
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scottvols69 said:
Will this be the bama that almost lost to Auburn who lost to New Mexico state the week before?

closet bama and uga fans...

Bama doesnt deserve to be in and neither does uga
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I don't understand discrediting barely winning a conference championship. Bama barely won against USF. That's a much worst barely win.
 
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Vols All Day said:
Also if the ACC was a good conference, there is no way a third string an would lead them to a championship. All Louisville had to do was score 2 touchdowns and they couldn’t do that.
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FSU defense could shut down some NFL offenses.

Google acc vs sec this year look at that won lost record (hint the sec didnt have a winning record..)

SEC was down this year end of the story, have fun sitting at home bama.
 
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orangeblood said:
I have a feeling:
1. Michigan
2. Washington
3. Texas
4. Alabama
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That’s the 4. Unfortunately, with 12 next year, they’re not giving the SEC squat this year. They know chaos won’t rear its head again. And personally, Georgia and Bama can suck it.
 
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Another thing a team like Bama at Home that went behind a Tennessee team with a bad Offense 20 to 7 first half. This tells me if a certain Bama team shows up, they could get blown out by a real good team when down year Tennessee and Auburn did what they did for 6 quarters.
 
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scottvols69 said:
FSU defense could shut down some NFL offenses.

Google acc vs sec this year look at that won lost record (hint the sec didnt have a winning record..)

SEC was down this year end of the story, have fun sitting at home bama.
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ACC has too many deadweights. VT, BC, Wake, Syracuse, Pitt, Duke, GT. SEC has one deadweight in Vandy. Every other leagues is just like the ACC. It’s easy to get up for one big game every year when you play five cupcakes. Every SEC teams schedule is tough. The SEC is a gauntlet, there is no conference that is similar.
 
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Dadof2Vols said:
Then if we are going to not put best 12 and we are doing beauty pageants then let’s go ahead and go to top 24
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Whether folks like it or not - next year will NOT be some arbitrary argument over the best 12. From what I have read, the 4 bye spots will be selected from the P5 Conference Champs and the highest evaluated / ranked non P5 conference winner in - those 5 are given. And if we have 5 P5 conferences the other one will get in - that is 6. The move to 12 was to eliminate (1) leaving out a P5 conference champ and (2) leaving out the best non P5 conference champ.

It was not created to give the SEC or B1G more teams, though it should do that. It was created to eliminate a playoff which has to leave conference champions out of the mix.

The first goal of any team in these conferences should be to win their conference. No team should EXPECT to be selected if they don't fulfill that one goal as that implies that are not even the BEST in their conference.

If you want to crown a CFP Champion - you give all conferences the same opportunity to send their BEST team into the mix. The additional 6 allows for upsets in those conference championship games where a really good team has a bad night and loses.

With the lack of matchups among top teams, which conference is best is subjective. I remember one year when it was SEC this and SEC that and the SEC West was the best and then every SEC WEST team lost their BOWL game. Only the "weaker" SEC East was able to win any games against competition outside of the SEC.

Once again you don't know which team is best until you play the game. I think the move to 12 will ultimately show us all that conferences and teams we think are all that, really aren't.
 
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VolForLife83 said:
A win is a win regardless of how ugly it was or despite a miracle play. I wouldn't take anything for the DOBB NAIL BOOT win, or the knuckleball fg against Bama last season. Good teams find ways to win.

It's gonna be messy no matter who gets in or left out between FSU, TX, and Bama. All I know is that the SEC is THE standard in college football and what Bama did was impressive and hard to overlook
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A win is a win but they are saying the win FSU vs #15 Louisville with a top D stat wise is a bad win that part of their argument but a miracle win vs a mediocre Auburn is somehow monumental. I just don't buy it.
 
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Volstylexx said:
One week ago, Bama looked horrible and took a 4th goal miracle to win. FSU will get their 2nd string QB back for the bowl games, so they will be a significantly better team than the one who took the field and won a conference championship tonight. I think you have to value the fact that they won every game and a championship over Bama/SEC (which statistically had a down year).
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Not to mention that in the playoffs Bama can't be assured of having refs controlled by their boy Sankey. In a fairly called game they are at a major disadvantage
 
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