Beating Clemson is as good a reason as any to give South Carolina a higher vote over the other 3-loss SEC teams (and I think they’ve looked better anyway). Miami deserves to drop below, also.
So maybe SMU wins next week and is the sole ACC team in, Boise State wins and is the G5 team.
Maybe that’s enough to bring South Carolina from its current 15 to 11 after Boise State, leapfrogging Miami, Clemson, Alabama, and Ole Miss.
The big question is what happens to the SEC and Big 10 championship game losers. Does a 10-3 Georgia get in over the 9-3 SEC teams? What about an 11-2 Texas who has only lost to Georgia, but twice? If Penn State gets demolished by Oregon, what does that mean for them and the rest of the Big 10 contenders?
There’s still room for chaos, as shifting narratives retroactively change how we (and more importantly, the CFP committee) view strength of schedule and strength of record.
Ok, so, not totally surprising that the AP voters didn’t put South Carolina ahead of Alabama, but I still think they deserve to be. And for the AP poll, South Carolina was at 16 rather than 15 for week 14, and has a little bit further to go to get into the top 7 non-conference-champs.
We’ll see what happens, but I’ll be pissed if Alabama gets in and South Carolina doesn’t.
Yeah what is the pathway?
Seems tough.
Beating Clemson is as good a reason as any to give South Carolina a higher vote over the other 3-loss SEC teams (and I think they’ve looked better anyway). Miami deserves to drop below, also.
So maybe SMU wins next week and is the sole ACC team in, Boise State wins and is the G5 team.
Maybe that’s enough to bring South Carolina from its current 15 to 11 after Boise State, leapfrogging Miami, Clemson, Alabama, and Ole Miss.
The big question is what happens to the SEC and Big 10 championship game losers. Does a 10-3 Georgia get in over the 9-3 SEC teams? What about an 11-2 Texas who has only lost to Georgia, but twice? If Penn State gets demolished by Oregon, what does that mean for them and the rest of the Big 10 contenders?
There’s still room for chaos, as shifting narratives retroactively change how we (and more importantly, the CFP committee) view strength of schedule and strength of record.
Ok, so, not totally surprising that the AP voters didn’t put South Carolina ahead of Alabama, but I still think they deserve to be. And for the AP poll, South Carolina was at 16 rather than 15 for week 14, and has a little bit further to go to get into the top 7 non-conference-champs.
We’ll see what happens, but I’ll be pissed if Alabama gets in and South Carolina doesn’t.