Five teams seemingly stand out

[NDgreatestofalltime!]

Bama, Texas, OSU, Tennessee, and UGA appear to be much better than the rest of the field, substantially so.

It seems like the gap between the top five vs 6-10, is significantly larger than it is from 6-10 vs 11-20 IMO.

Personally, I think Bama faces Texas for the SEC, Miami vs Clemson in the ACC, BYU vs ISU for the B-12, and OSU vs USC for the B1G.

My projection by seasons end has it the following 1.Texas 2. OSU 3. Clemson 4. ISU 5. Bama 6. Tennessee 7. Oregon 8. UGA 9. Miami 10. PSU 11 . USC or ND 12. BSU

Can ND win out, yes. However, I can just as easily see them losing two more as them winning out. If it comes down to USC for ND to make a playoff, I’d lean USC because of Max Miller at this point.

 

[tbonesays]

Bama, Texas, OSU, Tennessee, and UGA appear to be much better than the rest of the field, substantially so.

It seems like the gap between the top five vs 6-10, is significantly larger than it is from 6-10 vs 11-20 IMO.

Personally, I think Bama faces Texas for the SEC, Miami vs Clemson in the ACC, BYU vs ISU for the B-12, and OSU vs USC for the B1G.

My projection by seasons end has it the following 1.Texas 2. OSU 3. Clemson 4. ISU 5. Bama 6. Tennessee 7. Oregon 8. UGA 9. Miami 10. PSU 11 . USC or ND 12. BSU

Can ND win out, yes. However, I can just as easily see them losing two more as them winning out. If it comes down to USC for ND to make a playoff, I’d lean USC because of Max Miller at this point.

You are reading too much into statistical noise.

 

[scubastevefl]

Max Miller?

 

[NDgreatestofalltime!]

Max Miller?

LMAO… Miller Moss, I had been up for 20 hours. Probably should’ve just gone to sleep sooner.

 

[banmate6]

You are reading too much into statistical noise.

My take is he correctly did the eye test…which statistics happen to corroborate.

😉

I watched AL vs GA. Sigh. Wish ND had that caliber of players, the foundation…never mind great coaching. My Irish remain far far away from what I saw in through the 70s - 80s.

ND routinely did marches of destruction through the south that put Sherman to shame!

😀

 

[tbonesays]

My take is he correctly did the eye test…which statistics happen to corroborate.

😉

I watched AL vs GA. Sigh. Wish ND had that caliber of players, the foundation…never mind great coaching. My Irish remain far far away from what I saw in through the 70s - 80s.

ND routinely did marches of destruction through the south that put Sherman to shame!

😀

Didn't we lose to Ole Miss by a baseball score?

 

[Holycrossover3]

Bama, Texas, OSU, Tennessee, and UGA appear to be much better than the rest of the field, substantially so.

It seems like the gap between the top five vs 6-10, is significantly larger than it is from 6-10 vs 11-20 IMO.

Personally, I think Bama faces Texas for the SEC, Miami vs Clemson in the ACC, BYU vs ISU for the B-12, and OSU vs USC for the B1G.

My projection by seasons end has it the following 1.Texas 2. OSU 3. Clemson 4. ISU 5. Bama 6. Tennessee 7. Oregon 8. UGA 9. Miami 10. PSU 11 . USC or ND 12. BSU

Can ND win out, yes. However, I can just as easily see them losing two more as them winning out. If it comes down to USC for ND to make a playoff, I’d lean USC because of Max Miller at this point.

If it comes down to ND & USC for the playoff, I would hope they select whoever wins the game between the two schools.

 

[88ND]

Bama, Texas, OSU, Tennessee, and UGA appear to be much better than the rest of the field, substantially so.

It seems like the gap between the top five vs 6-10, is significantly larger than it is from 6-10 vs 11-20 IMO.

Personally, I think Bama faces Texas for the SEC, Miami vs Clemson in the ACC, BYU vs ISU for the B-12, and OSU vs USC for the B1G.

My projection by seasons end has it the following 1.Texas 2. OSU 3. Clemson 4. ISU 5. Bama 6. Tennessee 7. Oregon 8. UGA 9. Miami 10. PSU 11 . USC or ND 12. BSU

Can ND win out, yes. However, I can just as easily see them losing two more as them winning out. If it comes down to USC for ND to make a playoff, I’d lean USC because of Max Miller at this point.

And you know this how?

You don't.
You're simply stating this based on what someone else is telling you. Meaning the media.

Thankfully we're finally in a playoff era of more than the 4 prettiest teams. While not perfect, it's ever so slowly inching closer to as perfect as we can get.
Until we can get an equal amount of cross conference games and get the SEC to play above the Mason Dixon line post Halloween the playoff seedling selections will never be perfect. That said 12 teams is significantly better than 4 teams.

Definitely a step in the right direction. Huge step.

 

[NDblitz]

Bama, Texas, OSU, Tennessee, and UGA appear to be much better than the rest of the field, substantially so.

It seems like the gap between the top five vs 6-10, is significantly larger than it is from 6-10 vs 11-20 IMO.

Personally, I think Bama faces Texas for the SEC, Miami vs Clemson in the ACC, BYU vs ISU for the B-12, and OSU vs USC for the B1G.

My projection by seasons end has it the following 1.Texas 2. OSU 3. Clemson 4. ISU 5. Bama 6. Tennessee 7. Oregon 8. UGA 9. Miami 10. PSU 11 . USC or ND 12. BSU

Can ND win out, yes. However, I can just as easily see them losing two more as them winning out. If it comes down to USC for ND to make a playoff, I’d lean USC because of Max Miller at this point.

1. Who is Max Miller?
2. Tenn gets Bama at home. Doesn't play Texas.
3. USC will probably have 3 losses when they meet ND.
4. They will not seed it based on rankings but based on perceived paths to the finals for the top 4 as well as avoiding rematches in the Qtrs. Big 12 champ will have multiple losses and thereby get a better team that will be put as a lower seed .

 

[tbonesays]

And you know this how?

You don't.
You're simply stating this based on what someone else is telling you. Meaning the media.

Thankfully we're finally in a playoff era of more than the 4 prettiest teams. While not perfect, it's ever so slowly inching closer to as perfect as we can get.
Until we can get an equal amount of cross conference games and get the SEC to play above the Mason Dixon line post Halloween the playoff seedling selections will never be perfect. That said 12 teams is significantly better than 4 teams.

Definitely a step in the right direction. Huge step.

Seems like our efficiency is doing well