re: Lot of Football left to be played????

Four of these five are IN if they happen.

Clemson (as undefeated ACC Champ)

Alabama (as 1-loss SEC Champ, Florida or LSU in as well, but likely lower seeded)

Undefeated Big Ten Champ (Ohio State or Iowa)

Undefeated Big 12 Champ (Okie State or Baylor)

1-loss Pac Ten Champ (if Stanford ) OR Notre Dame)

Now here’s where it becomes a real complicated case…You know, a lot of ins, a lot of outs, a lot of what-have yous.

1-loss Big 12 Champ (if Baylor or Oklahoma State)

1-loss non-champion LSU

1-loss Big Ten Champ (if Ohio State)

1-loss Pac-12 Champ (If Utah)

1-loss Big 12 Champ (if TCU or Oklahoma)

1-loss ACC Champ (Clemson or UNC) …team would have likely lost to South Carolina!

1-loss Big Ten Champ (Iowa, Michigan State)

2-loss Pac 12 Champ (Stanford, Utah)

2-loss Notre Dame or Alabama

2-loss Big 10 Champ (Michigan)



No doubt- the committee will probably not want two teams for the same conference. Based on that and the fact that the Big 12 got left out last year, I think one-loss Baylor or Okie State with a “quality loss” would get in over 1-loss LSU…though there always could be some pro-LSU sentiment because of 2011. Ohio State could also be in the discussion based on the manner of loss – although the overall weakness of their schedule hurts them.

Assuming Bama wins out, LSU’s loss (#2 Bama) would be much better than Utah’s (18 to USC) Oklahoma’s (Texas) or TCUs (20 points to Okie State, who would obviously fall in rankings). 1-loss ACC Champs would be UNC (South Carolina) beats Clemson in title game or Clemson loses to South Carolina the week before. 1-loss Iowa as Big 10 Champ most likely is loss to Nebraska, which would also be 1-loss Michigan State’s.

Obviously, there is a LOT of football left to be played.