Being undefeated doesn’t guarantee you a spot in the top four of the College Football Playoff, as Alabama at 7-1 joins undefeated Clemson (No. 1), LSU (No. 2) and defending champion Ohio State (No. 3) atop the season’s first rankings. Enjoy the journey, Clemson football fans, it’s going to be a heck of a ride. “You’ve been tested against very good football teams, three of them undefeated and one being USC”. Also, Notre Dame is higher ranked than any team from either of those leagues. The Buckeyes have a middle-of-the-pack strength of schedule and have been shaky at times this year, although they have looked strong the past couple of games.
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The issue first came up after Arizona State’s October 17 game against Utah. 500 or better, and has one loss on the year in its season opener against Northwestern.
The Crimson Tide snared No. 4 largely through the neutral-site victory over Wisconsin (7-2) and their commanding road victories at Texas A&M (6-2), which is ranked No. 19, and at Georgia (5-3). We’ll know much more after Saturday. Ohio State’s strength of schedule ranks No. 72 in college football, with just three wins over teams with a record of. The only legitimate chance would be with Memphis, who hold a signature win over Ole Miss. Oklahoma State (8-0) 15.
However, the most shocking decision is that the Big 12 doesn’t have a team in the top four. Alabama could go on to win the SEC title, but the selection committee is supposed to assess the landscape of the season up to this point. Only Florida can be recognized as a legitimate threat to win the SEC.
The Pac-12 is already guaranteed a one-loss champion.
The first elimination game in the Big 12 is this week when Oklahoma St and TCU battle in Stillwater. Stanford. Stanford has four wins against teams.
Well, I’m here to tell you this team is legit and they have a chance to do things we’ve never experienced or dreamed of at Clemson University.
At 11-1 with no conference championship, Alabama likely will get jumped by whichever teams do claim conference championships, including whichever team wins the SEC.
So everyone making a kerfuffle about Alabama being in the top four or Florida being too low or Ohio State being too high – let’s slow down a little bit and realize that there’s still a month of the season left to be played. Which team – or teams – will be representing the conference remains to be seen. The Spartans have a showdown on November 21 against third-ranked Ohio State.
Of course, maybe Alabama gets blown out by LSU and then they would just have to figure out how to get a two-loss Alabama into the playoff.
They looked as if they logged a huge nonconference victory against OR, but the Ducks have turned out to be in a down year.
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However, Odd Shark is backing Nick Saban team, which is allowing 16.4 points per game, as the 6.5-point favourite over LSU this weekend.
