We will only have two maybe three ranked wins

#53
#53
Did he edit to say something different? My take is just explaining what the committee will look at. Not saying we won’t be 1 or don’t deserve it.

Looked like whining to me that we really haven’t beat any team in the Top 25 when we beat they have dropped out. I just asked who he thought had a better resume’. That could transfer to who does he think the committee will rank highest SOS.
 
#55
#55
Looked like whining to me that we really haven’t beat any team in the Top 25 when we beat they have dropped out. I just asked who he thought had a better resume’. That could transfer to who does he think the committee will rank highest SOS.
That’s fair. I have just seen it talked about for a couple days now and honestly I didn’t know that part of it either.
 
#57
#57
I’m just stating the facts.
And no one else in the top 4 has as many wins over currently ranked teams as we do, so it doesn’t matter either way unless you think TCU will be #1
 
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#60
So two points to make.

1) This discussion about current verses past rankings has been a problem for years. You have to reassess the win or loss as the season progresses, which many people don't.

2) Bigger point. It is not "only 2 wins verses Top 25" . It is 2 wins verses Top 10 teams and 1 on the road! No one else can touch that.
 
#61
#61
If I understand the process correctly, wins vs ranked opponents only applies to the playoff poll. It doesn’t matter who is ranked in the AP poll when we played them.

Alabama and LSU will be ranked tonight. Kentucky is on the fence. Pitt and Florida will not be ranked. Georgia will add to our number of ranked opponents next week.
When we beat Georgia it won't really matter.
 
#62
#62
Didn’t read the whole thread, but I’d just say it really does matter right now. We face a top 3 oppone this weekend and if we win will face another top 5 opponent in December (likely one we’ve beaten before… UA or LSU, sorry Lane).

Go VOLS
 
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If I understand the process correctly, wins vs ranked opponents only applies to the playoff poll. It doesn’t matter who is ranked in the AP poll when we played them.

Alabama and LSU will be ranked tonight. Kentucky is on the fence. Pitt and Florida will not be ranked. Georgia will add to our number of ranked opponents next week.
Us being ranked #1 is absolutely the best thing that could’ve happened. Even if we lose Saturday now we would only drop to 6. Had we been ranked 3or4 then a loss puts us at 8 or worse.
 
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#68
Go read the article by ESPN on how it works. This takes the preseason polls out of the mix. It explains why it is this way. Florida and Pitt will not be counted as a ranked opponent/win. It’s a fact.

The college football playoff committee obviously considered them ranked wins. Virtually every sports broadcaster considers them ranked wins. Hi complain on a Vandy forum. When you play a ranked team and beat them, it’s a win against a ranked team. What that team does the rest of the season or where they end up is irrelevant.
 
#69
#69
Does it ever occur to people who start threads like this that these teams aren't ranked now in large part because we beat them?

And not only on the score board but we physically beat the crap out of them in a way that has effected them the rest of the year

Exactly what I have been saying, we were the main reason they are no longer ranked. Some teams recover from a beating while others do not.
 
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Us being ranked #1 is absolutely the best thing that could’ve happened. Even if we lose Saturday now we would only drop to 6. Had we been ranked 3or4 then a loss puts us at 8 or worse.

If we were to get beat, which if we bring our a game we will win. But if we were to get beat in a very close game on the road should not drop out of the top 4
 
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#72
Is there a model out there to see what they actually look at? Feels good to actually be in a position to look at these things.

"Unlike other polls, the College Football Playoff rankings come out only until well into the season. And unlike other polls, it's the only one that really matters, as it's for the four-team playoff. The CFP Selection Committee ranks its own Top 25, using factors like strength of schedule, results, championships won, common opponents and more. The top four teams go to the playoff, which plays two semifinals before the national title game in a No. 1 vs. No. 4 and No. 2 vs. No. 3 format."

College football rankings: Every poll explained and how they work
 
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No, it's correct. Why should Ohio State get credit for a Top 5 win for beating ND, when ND sucks? UT and UGA played the same Florida team, are we supposed to get a ranked win for beating Florida and they don't? It's the same team. The committee will look at how many wins each team has against teams ranked in their Top 25 tonight. We will likely still have three (Alabama and LSU for sure, with UK probably sneaking in at 24 or 25), that's more than any of the other contenders.

Well, to test your logic, what if team A beats a ranked team with a star qb in week 2 and team B beats that same team in week 5 after that star qb was lost to injury (in week 3 for example). Those are NOT the same teams and some credit must be given for the ranking during the week that team A played and defeated them.
 
#75
#75
Win Saturday and the Vols will have beaten three of the best teams in the country..
All three will finish in the top 10/12
 

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