Week 13 CFP Rankings: Where will CU land?

[Medford M.]

Well, people with non CU views know they should have beat us worse than they did. I think we were lucky to be in that game.

 

[Liver]

every usc fan i know has basically convinced themselves that they dominated the game and could have named the score and the wideout slide at the end of the game when he could have gone in was how the entire game went.

we just need to worry about CU. if we beat utah this weekend, the ****ing trojans are out of all conversations of who is relevant in college ball this season.

 

[tante]

I'm surprised that Penn State was rewarded for their win against a terrible Rutgers team. I think Oklahoma and CU both should have jumped them. At some point wins against ranked teams have to mean something.

 

[Buffnik]

I'm surprised that Penn State was rewarded for their win against a terrible Rutgers team. I think Oklahoma and CU both should have jumped them. At some point wins against ranked teams have to mean something.

And this week they'll get way too much credit if they manage to beat a 3-8 Michigan State team that most people think could very well beat them.

 

[Alfred91]

http://www.espn.com/college-football/rankings/_/poll/21/seasontype/2/year/2016/week/13

Thanks.

Would rep, but you know.

 

[Alfred91]

Bingo, it seems many forget this fact. Cowherd thinks u$c rolled us.

I guarantee that dude didn't watch the game.

But he's also in the tank for every SoCal team, so it's expected for him to act that way.

 

[somebody]

Interesting that Boise moved ahead of W Michigan

 

[chitownbuff]

And this week they'll get way too much credit if they manage to beat a 3-8 Michigan State team that most people think could very well beat them.

MSU will beat them.

 

[b3buffs]

I feel Penn State is this year's Manziel. All praise due to one game.

 

[Alfred91]

Interesting that Boise moved ahead of W Michigan

Boise already was ahead of them.

Houston jumped them, though. As they should have after beating the #5 team in the country.

 

[Buffnik]

Boise already was ahead of them.

Houston jumped them, though. As they sound have after beating the #5 team in the country.

Yeah. I'm pretty sure that Houston would be heavily favored if they played W Michigan, too.

 

[Waldo]

Whatever, it isn't happening, enjoy what is going on in boulder. The ratings revenue bias is strong.

fify

 

[SINKRATZ]

Imagine if Michigan loses, but doesn't drop out of the top 4?!?! It's unlikely, but they have beaten 3 top 10 teams. That's more impressive than any other 2-loss team IMO.

 

[Medford M.]

Imagine if Michigan loses, but doesn't drop out of the top 4?!?! It's unlikely, but they have beaten 3 top 10 teams. That's more impressive than any other 2-loss team IMO.

The committee I think will actually drop them quite far with a loss with Speight out his replacement being garbage.

 

[SINKRATZ]

The committee I think will actually drop them quite far with a loss with Speight out his replacement being garbage.

Maybe, or would a close loss in Columbus with a backup QB be seen as a "good loss"?

 

[somebody]

Imagine if Michigan loses, but doesn't drop out of the top 4?!?! It's unlikely, but they have beaten 3 top 10 teams. That's more impressive than any other 2-loss team IMO.

Because the committee has a love affair with the B1G, so any intra-B1G games carry more weight. That sort of self-serving logic shouldn't really wash.

 

[PhillyBuff]

Another wrench.....

Florida beats FSU and Alabama.....

Now what??

 

[Buffnik]

Another wrench.....

Florida beats FSU and Alabama.....

Now what??

As long as Alabama also loses to Auburn, it would be fine.

 

[chitownbuff]

I'm beginning to accept that we have no shot at the Rose Bowl. Playoff or bust. Go Buffs!

 

[slider]

I'm beginning to accept that we have no shot at the Rose Bowl. Playoff or bust. Go Buffs!

Not true at all.

If we won along with Washington we are in imo

 

[Alfred91]

I'm beginning to accept that we have no shot at the Rose Bowl. Playoff or bust. Go Buffs!

Well, if we win the conference, the Rose Bowl has to take us.

I'd say the most likely scenario, if we win out, is the Rose Bowl, not the playoffs. We control our own destiny for the Rose Bowl, whereas we need a lot of help for the playoff.

 

[chitownbuff]

Not true at all.

If we won along with Washington we are in imo

I think there's a better chance of USC getting that invite, but it's a moot point, we're going to the Playoff.

 

[dio]

USC isn't going to rise much, and the CFP doesn't punish good losses too harshly. Losing to Washington if they are #4 isn't going to drop us much. Look at WSU, they hardly dropped after losing to us.

 

[slider]

I think there's a better chance of USC getting that invite, but it's a moot point, we're going to the Playoff.

We'd have one more win and our 3rd loss would be in an extra game in a conference championship game. 10-3>>>>9-3

 

[SINKRATZ]

We'd have one more win and our 3rd loss would be in an extra game in a conference championship game. 10-3>>>>9-3

You don't think head to head would overcome that, particularly with the media's love affair with USC right now?

 

[FLounder]

You don't think head to head would overcome that, particularly with the media's love affair with USC right now?

No. CFP loves us.

 

[CUwhit21]

I feel Penn State is this year's Manziel. All praise due to one game.

Yea, I don't get why they're automatically slotted in above us. No one mentions their 39 point loss to Michigan or squeakers against multiple bad teams.

 

[gobuffs58]

Yea, I don't get why they're automatically slotted in above us. No one mentions their 39 point loss to Michigan or squeakers against multiple bad teams.

i agree they say 7-10 are so close yet the peds beat rutgers...big deal and ok and buffs beat ranked team and everything stays status quo.....i think the big ten is way over valued

 

[slider]

You don't think head to head would overcome that, particularly with the media's love affair with USC right now?

No

 

[King_George_XXIV_Rules]

We'd have one more win and our 3rd loss would be in an extra game in a conference championship game. 10-3>>>>9-3

In some ways this is the reason I'd look forward to a rematch with WSU in the CCG instead of Washington, because then it's nearly impossible for USC to back into the Rose Bowl at all, since WSU has no shot at the playoff whatsoever. USC's only shot at the Rose Bowl would be a CU victory in the CCG and a spot in the playoff if somehow everything else fell in place, and at that point, I'd be okay with USC getting in.