What is our best matchup?

[TennesseeRhett]

ESPN put out a ton of projections after the championship games concluded, and a couple even had us hosting IU. Barring a dream scenario like that, what is our best case travelling scenario?
we are most likely travelled to either Ohio State, Penn State or Notre Dame. I confess a lack of knowledge on these programs’ strengths and weaknesses. I suspect ND would be the least desirable as their defense looks good enough to stifle our offensive production, but I honestly don’t know.

 

[TennesseeRhett]

Here are the ESPN analyst rankings I alluded to:


Andrea Adelson: 1. Oregon 2. Georgia 3. Arizona State 4. Boise State 5. Texas 6. Penn State 7. Notre Dame 8. Tennessee 9. Ohio State 10. Indiana 11. Clemson 12. SMU

Kyle Bonagura: 1. Oregon 2. Georgia 3. Boise State 4. Arizona State 5. Notre Dame 6. Ohio State 7. Texas 8. Penn State 9. Tennessee 10. Indiana 11. Alabama 12. Clemson

Bill Connelly: 1. Oregon 2. Georgia 3. Arizona State 4. Boise State 5. Notre Dame 6. Texas 7. Penn State 8. Tennessee 9. Indiana 10. Ohio State 11. SMU 12. Clemson

David Hale: 1. Oregon 2. Georgia 3. Boise State 4. Arizona State 5. Notre Dame 6. Tennessee 7. Ohio State 8. Texas 9. Penn State 10. Indiana 11. Clemson 12. SMU

Eli Lederman: 1. Oregon 2. Georgia 3. Boise State 4. Arizona State 5. Notre Dame 6. Texas 7. Ohio State 8. Penn State 9. Tennessee 10. Indiana 11. Clemson 12. SMU

Chris Low: 1. Oregon 2. Georgia 3. Boise State 4. Arizona State 5. Ohio State 6. Notre Dame 7. Texas 8. Penn State 9. Tennessee 10. Indiana 11. Clemson 12. SMU

Harry Lyles Jr.: 1. Oregon 2. Georgia 3. Arizona State 4. Boise State 5. Notre Dame 6. Texas 7. Penn State 8. Tennessee 9. Indiana 10. Ohio State 11. SMU 12. Clemson

Max Olson: 1. Oregon 2. Georgia 3. Arizona State 4. Boise State 5. Texas 6. Penn State 7. Notre Dame 8. Ohio State 9. Tennessee 10. Indiana 11. Clemson 12. SMU

Adam Rittenberg: 1. Oregon 2. Georgia 3. Boise State 4. Arizona State 5. Notre Dame 6. Texas 7. Ohio State 8. Penn State 9. Tennessee 10. Indiana 11. Clemson 12. SMU

Mark Schlabach: 1. Oregon 2. Georgia 3. Boise State 4. Arizona State 5. Penn State 6. Texas 7. Notre Dame 8. Ohio State 9. Tennessee 10. Indiana 11. Clemson 12. SMU

Jake Trotter: 1. Oregon 2. Georgia 3. Boise State 4. Arizona State 5. Texas 6. Notre Dame 7. Ohio State 8. Penn State 9. Indiana 10. Tennessee 11. Clemson 12. SMU

Paolo Uggetti: 1. Oregon 2. Georgia 3. Boise State 4. Arizona State 5. Notre Dame 6. Ohio State 7. Texas 8. Tennessee 9. Penn State 10. Indiana 11. Clemson 12. SMU

Dave Wilson: 1. Oregon 2. Georgia 3. Arizona State 4. Boise State 5. Texas 6. Penn State 7. Notre Dame 8. Tennessee 9. Ohio State 10. Indiana 11. Clemson 12. SMU

 

[OrangeDrip]

Here are the ESPN analyst rankings I alluded to:


Andrea Adelson: 1. Oregon 2. Georgia 3. Arizona State 4. Boise State 5. Texas 6. Penn State 7. Notre Dame 8. Tennessee 9. Ohio State 10. Indiana 11. Clemson 12. SMU

Kyle Bonagura: 1. Oregon 2. Georgia 3. Boise State 4. Arizona State 5. Notre Dame 6. Ohio State 7. Texas 8. Penn State 9. Tennessee 10. Indiana 11. Alabama 12. Clemson

Bill Connelly: 1. Oregon 2. Georgia 3. Arizona State 4. Boise State 5. Notre Dame 6. Texas 7. Penn State 8. Tennessee 9. Indiana 10. Ohio State 11. SMU 12. Clemson

David Hale: 1. Oregon 2. Georgia 3. Boise State 4. Arizona State 5. Notre Dame 6. Tennessee 7. Ohio State 8. Texas 9. Penn State 10. Indiana 11. Clemson 12. SMU

Eli Lederman: 1. Oregon 2. Georgia 3. Boise State 4. Arizona State 5. Notre Dame 6. Texas 7. Ohio State 8. Penn State 9. Tennessee 10. Indiana 11. Clemson 12. SMU

Chris Low: 1. Oregon 2. Georgia 3. Boise State 4. Arizona State 5. Ohio State 6. Notre Dame 7. Texas 8. Penn State 9. Tennessee 10. Indiana 11. Clemson 12. SMU

Harry Lyles Jr.: 1. Oregon 2. Georgia 3. Arizona State 4. Boise State 5. Notre Dame 6. Texas 7. Penn State 8. Tennessee 9. Indiana 10. Ohio State 11. SMU 12. Clemson

Max Olson: 1. Oregon 2. Georgia 3. Arizona State 4. Boise State 5. Texas 6. Penn State 7. Notre Dame 8. Ohio State 9. Tennessee 10. Indiana 11. Clemson 12. SMU

Adam Rittenberg: 1. Oregon 2. Georgia 3. Boise State 4. Arizona State 5. Notre Dame 6. Texas 7. Ohio State 8. Penn State 9. Tennessee 10. Indiana 11. Clemson 12. SMU

Mark Schlabach: 1. Oregon 2. Georgia 3. Boise State 4. Arizona State 5. Penn State 6. Texas 7. Notre Dame 8. Ohio State 9. Tennessee 10. Indiana 11. Clemson 12. SMU

Jake Trotter: 1. Oregon 2. Georgia 3. Boise State 4. Arizona State 5. Texas 6. Notre Dame 7. Ohio State 8. Penn State 9. Indiana 10. Tennessee 11. Clemson 12. SMU

Paolo Uggetti: 1. Oregon 2. Georgia 3. Boise State 4. Arizona State 5. Notre Dame 6. Ohio State 7. Texas 8. Tennessee 9. Penn State 10. Indiana 11. Clemson 12. SMU

Dave Wilson: 1. Oregon 2. Georgia 3. Arizona State 4. Boise State 5. Texas 6. Penn State 7. Notre Dame 8. Tennessee 9. Ohio State 10. Indiana 11. Clemson 12. SMU

Some of these people are idiots. It’s amazing they have a job as “analysts.”

 

[Volbrando]

How could Tennessee jump Ohio state.

 

[Gatlinburgvol]

Look for Heather Dinich’s projection. CPF leaks info through her. We play in Columbus.

Seeds are:
1 Oregon
2 Georgia
3 Boise St
4 Arizona St
5 PSU
6 Texas
7 ND
8 osu
9 Tennessee
10 Indiana
11 SMU
12 Clemson

 

[vols27cubs]

Here are the ESPN analyst rankings I alluded to:


Andrea Adelson: 1. Oregon 2. Georgia 3. Arizona State 4. Boise State 5. Texas 6. Penn State 7. Notre Dame 8. Tennessee 9. Ohio State 10. Indiana 11. Clemson 12. SMU

Kyle Bonagura: 1. Oregon 2. Georgia 3. Boise State 4. Arizona State 5. Notre Dame 6. Ohio State 7. Texas 8. Penn State 9. Tennessee 10. Indiana 11. Alabama 12. Clemson

Bill Connelly: 1. Oregon 2. Georgia 3. Arizona State 4. Boise State 5. Notre Dame 6. Texas 7. Penn State 8. Tennessee 9. Indiana 10. Ohio State 11. SMU 12. Clemson

David Hale: 1. Oregon 2. Georgia 3. Boise State 4. Arizona State 5. Notre Dame 6. Tennessee 7. Ohio State 8. Texas 9. Penn State 10. Indiana 11. Clemson 12. SMU

Eli Lederman: 1. Oregon 2. Georgia 3. Boise State 4. Arizona State 5. Notre Dame 6. Texas 7. Ohio State 8. Penn State 9. Tennessee 10. Indiana 11. Clemson 12. SMU

Chris Low: 1. Oregon 2. Georgia 3. Boise State 4. Arizona State 5. Ohio State 6. Notre Dame 7. Texas 8. Penn State 9. Tennessee 10. Indiana 11. Clemson 12. SMU

Harry Lyles Jr.: 1. Oregon 2. Georgia 3. Arizona State 4. Boise State 5. Notre Dame 6. Texas 7. Penn State 8. Tennessee 9. Indiana 10. Ohio State 11. SMU 12. Clemson

Max Olson: 1. Oregon 2. Georgia 3. Arizona State 4. Boise State 5. Texas 6. Penn State 7. Notre Dame 8. Ohio State 9. Tennessee 10. Indiana 11. Clemson 12. SMU

Adam Rittenberg: 1. Oregon 2. Georgia 3. Boise State 4. Arizona State 5. Notre Dame 6. Texas 7. Ohio State 8. Penn State 9. Tennessee 10. Indiana 11. Clemson 12. SMU

Mark Schlabach: 1. Oregon 2. Georgia 3. Boise State 4. Arizona State 5. Penn State 6. Texas 7. Notre Dame 8. Ohio State 9. Tennessee 10. Indiana 11. Clemson 12. SMU

Jake Trotter: 1. Oregon 2. Georgia 3. Boise State 4. Arizona State 5. Texas 6. Notre Dame 7. Ohio State 8. Penn State 9. Indiana 10. Tennessee 11. Clemson 12. SMU

Paolo Uggetti: 1. Oregon 2. Georgia 3. Boise State 4. Arizona State 5. Notre Dame 6. Ohio State 7. Texas 8. Tennessee 9. Penn State 10. Indiana 11. Clemson 12. SMU

Dave Wilson: 1. Oregon 2. Georgia 3. Arizona State 4. Boise State 5. Texas 6. Penn State 7. Notre Dame 8. Tennessee 9. Ohio State 10. Indiana 11. Clemson 12. SMU

It’s amazing how many people have Clemson at the 11 seed. If they are 11 that means they are ranked higher than Arizona State who will not be ranked inside the top 12. Clemson will still be ranked 15-16 and be seeded number 12.

 

[GetYouSomeofThat]

Here are the ESPN analyst rankings I alluded to:


Andrea Adelson: 1. Oregon 2. Georgia 3. Arizona State 4. Boise State 5. Texas 6. Penn State 7. Notre Dame 8. Tennessee 9. Ohio State 10. Indiana 11. Clemson 12. SMU

Kyle Bonagura: 1. Oregon 2. Georgia 3. Boise State 4. Arizona State 5. Notre Dame 6. Ohio State 7. Texas 8. Penn State 9. Tennessee 10. Indiana 11. Alabama 12. Clemson

Bill Connelly: 1. Oregon 2. Georgia 3. Arizona State 4. Boise State 5. Notre Dame 6. Texas 7. Penn State 8. Tennessee 9. Indiana 10. Ohio State 11. SMU 12. Clemson

David Hale: 1. Oregon 2. Georgia 3. Boise State 4. Arizona State 5. Notre Dame 6. Tennessee 7. Ohio State 8. Texas 9. Penn State 10. Indiana 11. Clemson 12. SMU

Eli Lederman: 1. Oregon 2. Georgia 3. Boise State 4. Arizona State 5. Notre Dame 6. Texas 7. Ohio State 8. Penn State 9. Tennessee 10. Indiana 11. Clemson 12. SMU

Chris Low: 1. Oregon 2. Georgia 3. Boise State 4. Arizona State 5. Ohio State 6. Notre Dame 7. Texas 8. Penn State 9. Tennessee 10. Indiana 11. Clemson 12. SMU

Harry Lyles Jr.: 1. Oregon 2. Georgia 3. Arizona State 4. Boise State 5. Notre Dame 6. Texas 7. Penn State 8. Tennessee 9. Indiana 10. Ohio State 11. SMU 12. Clemson

Max Olson: 1. Oregon 2. Georgia 3. Arizona State 4. Boise State 5. Texas 6. Penn State 7. Notre Dame 8. Ohio State 9. Tennessee 10. Indiana 11. Clemson 12. SMU

Adam Rittenberg: 1. Oregon 2. Georgia 3. Boise State 4. Arizona State 5. Notre Dame 6. Texas 7. Ohio State 8. Penn State 9. Tennessee 10. Indiana 11. Clemson 12. SMU

Mark Schlabach: 1. Oregon 2. Georgia 3. Boise State 4. Arizona State 5. Penn State 6. Texas 7. Notre Dame 8. Ohio State 9. Tennessee 10. Indiana 11. Clemson 12. SMU

Jake Trotter: 1. Oregon 2. Georgia 3. Boise State 4. Arizona State 5. Texas 6. Notre Dame 7. Ohio State 8. Penn State 9. Indiana 10. Tennessee 11. Clemson 12. SMU

Paolo Uggetti: 1. Oregon 2. Georgia 3. Boise State 4. Arizona State 5. Notre Dame 6. Ohio State 7. Texas 8. Tennessee 9. Penn State 10. Indiana 11. Clemson 12. SMU

Dave Wilson: 1. Oregon 2. Georgia 3. Arizona State 4. Boise State 5. Texas 6. Penn State 7. Notre Dame 8. Tennessee 9. Ohio State 10. Indiana 11. Clemson 12. SMU

Some of these folks are apparently unawarebof what the committee said about the movement of teams not playing...


We cannot move above Ohio State or anyine else that didnt play that was in front of us.

 

[EastTNVol6240]

Best matchup was playing in Neyland, but that ain’t happening.

 

[easttnbuck]

I don't think Penny State will drop below UT unfortunately. They may drop to the 8 seed tho

Then we have to ask who are the night games. If the Vols go to happy valley, I'd prefer it be a day game, cuz that place is wild at night and they will most certainly make it a "white out" game either way.

 

[SpaceCoastVol]

Where's Gump? Can't have a national championship tournament without Gump.

 

[SpaceCoastVol]

I don't think Penny State will drop below UT unfortunately. They may drop to the 8 seed tho

Then we have to ask who are the night games. If the Vols go to happy valley, I'd prefer it be a day game, cuz that place is wild at night and they will most certainly make it a "white out" game either way.

Good. That will make the orange pop out.

 

[OrangeTsar]

Best matchup was playing in Neyland, but that ain’t happening.

Especially considering that Heupel’s one remaining chunk of Kryptonite is the high stakes road game
Can’t think of a bester time to clear that hurdle.
(And yes I know about LSU in 2022)

 

[deatojl]

Look for Heather Dinich’s projection. CPF leaks info through her. We play in Columbus.

Seeds are:
1 Oregon
2 Georgia
3 Boise St
4 Arizona St
5 PSU
6 Texas
7 ND
8 osu
9 Tennessee
10 Indiana
11 SMU
12 Clemson

Not exactly. Last week, she had Miami in ahead of Bama on her projection. I have seen several people, including Dinich, projecting PSU ahead of Texas which makes no sense. Texas came into this weekend ranked ahead of Penn St. How does she and others think they should drop below Penn St after the CG results?

 

[Go47]

ESPN’s final prediction for Tennessee in the College Football Playoff is for the Vols to be the No. 9 seed, going to No. 8 Ohio State in the first round. ESPN’s Heather Dinich updated her projections Saturday night after the conclusion of conference championship games.

As stated above . . . She has been mostly spot on each time. They leak info via her I think.

UT at OSU.

 

[UTFranklinVol]

Here are the ESPN analyst rankings I alluded to:


Andrea Adelson: 1. Oregon 2. Georgia 3. Arizona State 4. Boise State 5. Texas 6. Penn State 7. Notre Dame 8. Tennessee 9. Ohio State 10. Indiana 11. Clemson 12. SMU

Kyle Bonagura: 1. Oregon 2. Georgia 3. Boise State 4. Arizona State 5. Notre Dame 6. Ohio State 7. Texas 8. Penn State 9. Tennessee 10. Indiana 11. Alabama 12. Clemson

Bill Connelly: 1. Oregon 2. Georgia 3. Arizona State 4. Boise State 5. Notre Dame 6. Texas 7. Penn State 8. Tennessee 9. Indiana 10. Ohio State 11. SMU 12. Clemson

David Hale: 1. Oregon 2. Georgia 3. Boise State 4. Arizona State 5. Notre Dame 6. Tennessee 7. Ohio State 8. Texas 9. Penn State 10. Indiana 11. Clemson 12. SMU

Eli Lederman: 1. Oregon 2. Georgia 3. Boise State 4. Arizona State 5. Notre Dame 6. Texas 7. Ohio State 8. Penn State 9. Tennessee 10. Indiana 11. Clemson 12. SMU

Chris Low: 1. Oregon 2. Georgia 3. Boise State 4. Arizona State 5. Ohio State 6. Notre Dame 7. Texas 8. Penn State 9. Tennessee 10. Indiana 11. Clemson 12. SMU

Harry Lyles Jr.: 1. Oregon 2. Georgia 3. Arizona State 4. Boise State 5. Notre Dame 6. Texas 7. Penn State 8. Tennessee 9. Indiana 10. Ohio State 11. SMU 12. Clemson

Max Olson: 1. Oregon 2. Georgia 3. Arizona State 4. Boise State 5. Texas 6. Penn State 7. Notre Dame 8. Ohio State 9. Tennessee 10. Indiana 11. Clemson 12. SMU

Adam Rittenberg: 1. Oregon 2. Georgia 3. Boise State 4. Arizona State 5. Notre Dame 6. Texas 7. Ohio State 8. Penn State 9. Tennessee 10. Indiana 11. Clemson 12. SMU

Mark Schlabach: 1. Oregon 2. Georgia 3. Boise State 4. Arizona State 5. Penn State 6. Texas 7. Notre Dame 8. Ohio State 9. Tennessee 10. Indiana 11. Clemson 12. SMU

Jake Trotter: 1. Oregon 2. Georgia 3. Boise State 4. Arizona State 5. Texas 6. Notre Dame 7. Ohio State 8. Penn State 9. Indiana 10. Tennessee 11. Clemson 12. SMU

Paolo Uggetti: 1. Oregon 2. Georgia 3. Boise State 4. Arizona State 5. Notre Dame 6. Ohio State 7. Texas 8. Tennessee 9. Penn State 10. Indiana 11. Clemson 12. SMU

Dave Wilson: 1. Oregon 2. Georgia 3. Arizona State 4. Boise State 5. Texas 6. Penn State 7. Notre Dame 8. Tennessee 9. Ohio State 10. Indiana 11. Clemson 12. SMU

Here are the ESPN analyst rankings I alluded to:


Andrea Adelson: 1. Oregon 2. Georgia 3. Arizona State 4. Boise State 5. Texas 6. Penn State 7. Notre Dame 8. Tennessee 9. Ohio State 10. Indiana 11. Clemson 12. SMU

Kyle Bonagura: 1. Oregon 2. Georgia 3. Boise State 4. Arizona State 5. Notre Dame 6. Ohio State 7. Texas 8. Penn State 9. Tennessee 10. Indiana 11. Alabama 12. Clemson

Bill Connelly: 1. Oregon 2. Georgia 3. Arizona State 4. Boise State 5. Notre Dame 6. Texas 7. Penn State 8. Tennessee 9. Indiana 10. Ohio State 11. SMU 12. Clemson

David Hale: 1. Oregon 2. Georgia 3. Boise State 4. Arizona State 5. Notre Dame 6. Tennessee 7. Ohio State 8. Texas 9. Penn State 10. Indiana 11. Clemson 12. SMU

Eli Lederman: 1. Oregon 2. Georgia 3. Boise State 4. Arizona State 5. Notre Dame 6. Texas 7. Ohio State 8. Penn State 9. Tennessee 10. Indiana 11. Clemson 12. SMU

Chris Low: 1. Oregon 2. Georgia 3. Boise State 4. Arizona State 5. Ohio State 6. Notre Dame 7. Texas 8. Penn State 9. Tennessee 10. Indiana 11. Clemson 12. SMU

Harry Lyles Jr.: 1. Oregon 2. Georgia 3. Arizona State 4. Boise State 5. Notre Dame 6. Texas 7. Penn State 8. Tennessee 9. Indiana 10. Ohio State 11. SMU 12. Clemson

Max Olson: 1. Oregon 2. Georgia 3. Arizona State 4. Boise State 5. Texas 6. Penn State 7. Notre Dame 8. Ohio State 9. Tennessee 10. Indiana 11. Clemson 12. SMU

Adam Rittenberg: 1. Oregon 2. Georgia 3. Boise State 4. Arizona State 5. Notre Dame 6. Texas 7. Ohio State 8. Penn State 9. Tennessee 10. Indiana 11. Clemson 12. SMU

Mark Schlabach: 1. Oregon 2. Georgia 3. Boise State 4. Arizona State 5. Penn State 6. Texas 7. Notre Dame 8. Ohio State 9. Tennessee 10. Indiana 11. Clemson 12. SMU

Jake Trotter: 1. Oregon 2. Georgia 3. Boise State 4. Arizona State 5. Texas 6. Notre Dame 7. Ohio State 8. Penn State 9. Indiana 10. Tennessee 11. Clemson 12. SMU

Paolo Uggetti: 1. Oregon 2. Georgia 3. Boise State 4. Arizona State 5. Notre Dame 6. Ohio State 7. Texas 8. Tennessee 9. Penn State 10. Indiana 11. Clemson 12. SMU

Dave Wilson: 1. Oregon 2. Georgia 3. Arizona State 4. Boise State 5. Texas 6. Penn State 7. Notre Dame 8. Tennessee 9. Ohio State 10. Indiana 11. Clemson 12. SMU

Why do any of these idiots have Tennessee ahead of OSU when neither of them played this week? Did they just think the committee was going to change it's mind for no good reason?

 

[Illinoisvolfan2]

To move up from 9 we needed PedoState to get humiliated

 

[vol94]

Some of these people are idiots. It’s amazing they have a job as “analysts.”

I think they’re just stirring the pot for “clicks.”

The top four seeds are obvious, as is 10-12.

 

[Lizzard28]

To move up from 9 we needed PedoState to get humiliated

Yeah unfortunately, I don’t understand how they put OSU in front of Tennessee for having 2 quality wins to Tennessee’s 1, but Texas and PedoState have zero quality wins

 

[VolPack22]

Any Big Ten team is a great matchup for us. If it’s us vs Ohio State then we wouldn’t see Texas or Georgia until the national championship game as they will be on the opposite side of the bracket. And either Arizona State/Penn State/Clemson in the semifinal if we beat Oregon. I like that draw better than Georgia/Texas.