re: 12-1 LSU vs 12-1 Oregon compared to 11-1 Alabama vs 12-1 Oregon

If they beat auburn by 4 TDs yea. We don’t know how much the committee values eye test v resume. You would assume LSU would be way ahead of the Oregon utah winner on both of those.

LSU has to be in. They have the best resume, best win and best loss. If Bama was in serious consideration without even making the SEC championship game, it's a no brainier to put LSU in

Oklahoma does not deserve playoffs dude. junk team who could barely beat bears (3 star squad)

Oregon I can agree with ya

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There's no precedent yet for leaving out a one-loss P5 champ in favor of a one-loss non-champ.

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True

But the only 12-1 non champs we have had is 12-1 Wisconsin, who had zero ranked wins

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12-1 Iowa who had one ranked win over #13 wisconsin


So, that wouldnt really be a great litmus test for what they would do with a 12-1 lsu who would have wins against (I am guessing on final rankings) #5 Alabama, #10 florida, #20 Auburn

What if Bama rolls Auburn and Oregon lost to Auburn in the final minutes.

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12-1 Oregon is 100% percent lock to make the playoffs. However that figures in to your confusing OP.

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Nah.

They really need LSU or UGA to pick up 2 losses.

Or for Clemson to choke one.

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I wonder what the committee would do if LSU is 12-0 and rested their starters for the SECCG.

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If they lose doing that, they'll be left out and rightfully so.

12-1 LSU is locked in 0% chance they get left out. The playoff committee is all about narratives. The narrative on Oklahoma is they can't compete with an elite team because they have a suspect defense. This was quite obvious against Kansas State, Iowa State, and now Baylor. LSU has proven they are an elite team and has the best win of the year (@Bama) some other quality wins, and their only loss would be to a top 4 Georgia team. Oregon lost to an Auburn team that LSU beat. LSU has 3 quality wins to Oregon's 1, and their loss is much better. The narrative on Oregon is that they are the best team in a weak conference that hasn't been tested and lost the one game they needed to win to shake their reputation as not being elite.

There is no logical argument that would support Oklahoma or Oregon over LSU

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Yeah If the Pac12 or Big12 champ was undefeated it would be a more interesting conversation.

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if that were the case, there would be no conversation. Maybe for ratings. But the undefeated champion would, without a doubt, be in.

In that scenario, I don’t think we’d deserve to get in.