That’s reasonable. And the committee may indeed think the same way, I’d just be really surprised if they left them out. It’s gonna be a mess for sure. What if Northwestern makes the playoff with a win over Indiana in the B10 title game, and Ohio St undefeated with not as many games stays at home. Total chaos would ensue.
I just think if you look at their schedule Ohio State doesn't play a tough one, their only good win was Indiana, and then on top of that if they play only 5 games while everyone else plays 8+ games? At that point the committee is only letting Ohio State in purely on name sake. Which is wrong.
The rationale for playoff selection has always been the “4 best teams” and not necessarily the “4 most deserving teams”. The playoff schedule was created knowing that conferences were playing different numbers of games, and that some teams would have more games cancelled than others. As of now Ohio State is one of the top 4 teams in the country and leaving them out of the playoff based on a limited number of games would be a disservice to the sport. The only controversy would arise if Northwestern runs the table and wins the B1G if Ohio State is ineligible.
Indiana is a solid win this year (not something I’d planned on saying before the season, to be sure).
Agreed. It was a solid win, Indiana played their butts off and shocked everyone with how good they are, but that's Ohio State's only notable win. Whereas you have other teams who have played and beaten more ranked teams, and some higher ranked. Putting Ohio State in because they are "one of the top 4 teams" is purely because of name sake because their strength of schedule is a joke.
If they cancel the ACCCG, then both would get in at this point. I would take Cincy over Ohio State. Better competition and body of work.
Yes. Several “experts” on TV have Cincy ahead of A&M. Not that that matters. But as of right now, if Alabama wins the SEC, they get one team. Several decent teams will be left out this year.
I like these discussions (of scenarios). Any 'experts' can say what they want... but right now the committee that picks the playoff teams has A&M ahead of Cincinnati. Perhaps the experts believe the committee will have Cincinnati jump A&M by beating Tulsa twice (which I think is what Cincy has remaining). Tulsa is a good team... so, that will help them. I still cannot see that being enough to pass A&M will a sole loss to Alabama. Who really knows what the committee really does emphasize... despite what they claim to emphasize. The ACC seems to have best shot at getting 2 teams in... I think ND is in if they arrive at ACCCG undefeated no matter the results of that game (unless Clemson just blows their doors off... and even then ND may get in).
I heard that, too. The problem with that statement is that contact tracing on most college campuses has gone out the window. Right now I think college football is doing what it has to do to keep playing and follow the rules. Their players are still students and therein lies the choke point. Players are indeed testing positive and teams are doing all they can to keep it from spreading.
Maybe I was a bit vague in my reply and failed to make my point. Let's let it go.
