I’m sitting here looking at the conferences, and I’m sorry but there is no way the B12 should get an automatic qualifier.
ISU is 7-0, with their best win being a 1 point win over Iowa, and likely won’t play a ranked team until the conference championship. BYU will only have faced one ranked team themselves if they go to the conference championship.
Imagine KSU, ISU, BYU having to play in the SEC against Texas, UGA, LSU, A&M, Bama, Tennessee, Ole Miss, etc.. honestly, I’d probably take Mizzou over them too, and maybe even South Carolina, and Arkansas on neutral fields. I don’t think any of those teams would finish in the top three or four of the B1G either. Not over Oregon, OSU, PSU, they likely match up better with the second tier of Illinois, Indiana, Washington, Wisconsin. USC has 3 losses and I’f probably take them over all of them too.
Same goes for the ACC, I think Clemson is still an excellent program but who else? Miami? Until they live up to the hype for once it’s hard for me to take them seriously.
Pitt, Syracuse, SMU? None of these teams has played anyone with a pulse.
I know a lot of this will work itself out but the automatic bids are silly, it should be the top 12 and that’s it.
ISU is 7-0, with their best win being a 1 point win over Iowa, and likely won’t play a ranked team until the conference championship. BYU will only have faced one ranked team themselves if they go to the conference championship.
Imagine KSU, ISU, BYU having to play in the SEC against Texas, UGA, LSU, A&M, Bama, Tennessee, Ole Miss, etc.. honestly, I’d probably take Mizzou over them too, and maybe even South Carolina, and Arkansas on neutral fields. I don’t think any of those teams would finish in the top three or four of the B1G either. Not over Oregon, OSU, PSU, they likely match up better with the second tier of Illinois, Indiana, Washington, Wisconsin. USC has 3 losses and I’f probably take them over all of them too.
Same goes for the ACC, I think Clemson is still an excellent program but who else? Miami? Until they live up to the hype for once it’s hard for me to take them seriously.
Pitt, Syracuse, SMU? None of these teams has played anyone with a pulse.
I know a lot of this will work itself out but the automatic bids are silly, it should be the top 12 and that’s it.