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re: Answer this question about the playoffs
Posted on 12/4/17 at 8:14 am to lsutigers1992
Posted on 12/4/17 at 8:14 am to lsutigers1992
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That SEC West team was Mississippi State...
They would have started too far back at the beginning of the season. The truth is there are only a handful of teams that can make it to the playoffs every year without going undefeated. Bama starts at 1-2. So when they lose a game, they only drop to 5-6. Mississippi State starts unranked. So when they claw their way up, one loss and they’ll drop 12-13 spots. Happens every year.
This post was edited on 12/4/17 at 8:19 am
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Posted on 12/4/17 at 8:23 am to JJ27
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They would have started too far back at the beginning of the season. The truth is there are only a handful of teams that can make it to the playoffs every year without going undefeated. Bama starts at 1-2. So when they lose a game, they only drop to 5-6. Mississippi State starts unranked. So when they claw there way up, one loss and they’ll drop 12-13 spots. Happens every year.
It's the same reason UCF isn't given even a serious consideration for the playoff.
It's silly, but how you perform the year prior impacts if you can make the playoff for this season.
Posted on 12/4/17 at 8:29 am to JJ27
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Bama starts at 1-2. So when they lose a game, they only drop to 5-6. Mississippi State starts unranked.
Mississippi State was #1 in the very first playoff rankings in 2014. And Ole Miss was also in the top 4 I believe... so had this scenario somehow played out that year, and Mississippi State had finished 11-1, they probably would have made it in over a 2-loss conference champ.
No guarantee though.
Posted on 12/4/17 at 8:35 am to JJ27
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They would have started too far back at the beginning of the season
I don't think this applies anymore since the first ranking doesn't come out until midseason and they start with a clean slate each week.
Posted on 12/4/17 at 9:24 am to JJ27
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They would have started too far back at the beginning of the season
If they got to 11-0 going into the Ole Miss game, they would be a #1 ranked team considering they would have beaten Georgia, Bama, LSU, and Auburn along the way. And if going 11-1 with a loss to Ole Miss kept them from winning the west, then it means Ole Miss was 7-1 or better in the SEC...which means Miss St's only loss would've been to a pretty highly ranked Ole Miss team. So unless they got blown out in the Egg Bowl, they wouldnt drop far.
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