LAST Chance, best chance to get a good ranking from playoff committee

[theskibro]

This game vs Temple is our best shot to get a good starting position in the playoff rankings as the first poll comes out after the Temple game

Many of u will say get the W. But if we get the W impressively we will get a good spot in the polls and can move up from there

A tight game will find us struggling to make the playoffs. A loss and it's over

That's how I see it. It isn't always about where u start. It's how u finish. But the season is more than half over so this is important. Win by : tax and we are looking good. Less than that it will be a struggle

 

[NDEwing18]

This game vs Temple is our best shot to get a good starting position in the playoff rankings as the first poll comes out after the Temple game

Many of u will say get the W. But if we get the W impressively we will get a good spot in the polls and can move up from there

A tight game will find us struggling to make the playoffs. A loss and it's over

That's how I see it. It isn't always about where u start. It's how u finish. But the season is more than half over so this is important. Win by : tax and we are looking good. Less than that it will be a struggle

I'd always prefer to be higher than lower in the polls (obviously), but I'm not sure a good "starting position" matters. From what I could tell last year, the committee didn't move in lockstep by moving winning teams up a notch and losing teams down a notch. Teams jumped over other winning teams in front of them based on a more impressive victory, a better strength of schedule, and other factors.

The Temple game is important for being a victory against a team that may finish in the Top 25, but I'm not particularly concerned with our "starting" position, for what it's worth.

 

[MTIrish98]

Starting positions mean nothing. Go review last years' rankings from the first week. Go review last years' rankings from the week prior to the conference championships -- they didn't mean much either!

Temple, Pitt and Stanford all give ND the opportunity to impress the committee.