NCAA 2024 - NCAA - Championship Weekend

[aussiedude]

Saturday, December 7
C-USA Championship Game
Western Kentucky @ Jacksonville State
11AM CBSSN

Mountain West Championship Game
# UNLV @ #10 Boise State
12PM FOX

American Championship Game
Tulane @ Army
12PM ESPN2 WatchESPN Kayo

Sunday, December 8
College Gameday Live from Atlanta, Georgia 1AM ESPN2 WatchESPN Kayo

Big12 Championship Game
AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas
#16 Iowa State Vs #15 Arizona State
4AM ESPN2 WatchESPN Kayo

MAC Championship Game
Ford Field, Detroit, Michigan
Ohio Vs Miami [Oh]
4AM ESPN WatchESPN Kayo

SEC Championship Game
Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia
#5 Georgia Vs #2 Texas
8AM ESPN2 WatchESPN Kayo

SunBelt Championship Game
Marshall @ Louisiana
11:30AM WatchESPN

Big10 Championship Game
Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis, Indiana
#3 Penn State Vs #1 Oregon
12PM CBS

ACC Championship Game
Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte, North Carolina
#17 Clemson Vs #8 SMU
12PM WatchESPN

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[aussiedude]

01. Oregon
02. Texas
03. Penn State
04. Notre Dame
05. Georgia
06. Ohio State
07. Tennessee
08. SMU
09. Indiana
10. Boise State
11. Alabama
12. Miami

13. Ole Miss
14. South Carolina

15. Arizona State
16. Iowa State
17. Clemson
18. BYU
19. Missouri
20. UNLV
21. Illinois
22. Syracuse
23. Colorado
24. Army
25. Memphis

 

[Dirty Bird]

Here's what the old BCS rankings would be (I have replaced the Harris interactive poll with the Coaches Poll)

Team

AP

%

Score

Coaches

%

Score

Sagarin

Matrix

Massey

Billingsley

Anderson & Hester

Wolfe

Total

%

Score

1​

Oregon

1550​

1​

0.333​

1325​

1​

0.333​

22​

25​

25​

25​

25​

25​

100​

1​

0.333333​

1​

2​

Texas

1484​

0.957​

0.319​

1272​

0.96​

0.32​

24​

24​

24​

24​

24​

24​

96​

0.96​

0.32​

0.959​

3​

Notre Dame

1373​

0.886​

0.295​

1165​

0.879​

0.293​

25​

23​

22​

20​

22​

22​

89​

0.89​

0.296667​

0.885​

4​

Penn State

1378​

0.889​

0.296​

1192​

0.9​

0.3​

18​

22​

20​

23​

23​

21​

86​

0.86​

0.286667​

0.883​

5​

Georgia

1302​

0.84​

0.28​

1104​

0.833​

0.278​

20​

18​

23​

22​

18​

19​

79​

0.79​

0.263333​

0.821​

6​

Ohio State

1174​

0.757​

0.252​

976​

0.737​

0.246​

23​

21​

21​

21​

20​

23​

86​

0.86​

0.286667​

0.785​

7​

SMU

1127​

0.727​

0.242​

977​

0.737​

0.246​

15​

20​

15​

17​

21​

20​

72​

0.72​

0.24​

0.728​

8​

Tennessee

1200​

0.774​

0.258​

1025​

0.774​

0.258​

17​

9​

18​

18​

10​

11​

56​

0.56​

0.186667​

0.703​

9​

Indiana

1059​

0.683​

0.228​

895​

0.675​

0.225​

16​

19​

16​

19​

19​

18​

72​

0.72​

0.24​

0.693​

10​

Boise State

1036​

0.668​

0.223​

840​

0.634​

0.211​

17​

13​

17​

16​

46​

0.46​

0.153333​

0.587​

11​

Alabama

840​

0.542​

0.181​

733​

0.553​

0.184​

21​

15​

19​

15​

14​

12​

63​

0.63​

0.21​

0.575​

12​

South Carolina

789​

0.509​

0.17​

700​

0.528​

0.176​

12​

11​

14​

16​

12​

10​

49​

0.49​

0.163333​

0.509​

13​

Arizona State

832​

0.537​

0.179​

665​

0.502​

0.167​

2​

12​

4​

11​

13​

13​

40​

0.4​

0.133333​

0.48​

14​

Miami (Fl)

756​

0.488​

0.163​

646​

0.488​

0.163​

9​

13​

8​

12​

11​

15​

45​

0.45​

0.15​

0.475​

15​

Ole Miss

717​

0.463​

0.154​

638​

0.482​

0.161​

19​

2​

17​

14​

6​

5​

42​

0.42​

0.14​

0.455​

16​

Iowa State

647​

0.417​

0.139​

565​

0.426​

0.142​

8​

16​

13​

6​

15​

14​

40​

0.4​

0.133333​

0.415​

17​

BYU

548​

0.354​

0.118​

419​

0.316​

0.105​

14​

9​

10​

16​

17​

49​

0.49​

0.163333​

0.387​

18​

Clemson

502​

0.324​

0.108​

457​

0.345​

0.115​

3​

6​

7​

9​

3​

1​

19​

0.19​

0.063333​

0.286​

19​

Illinois

274​

0.177​

0.059​

225​

0.17​

0.057​

8​

1​

9​

9​

18​

0.18​

0.06​

0.176​

20​

UNLV

340​

0.219​

0.073​

255​

0.192​

0.064​

5​

4​

8​

9​

0.09​

0.03​

0.167​

21​

Missouri

214​

0.138​

0.046​

229​

0.173​

0.058​

4​

6​

7​

5​

15​

0.15​

0.05​

0.154​

22​

Army

182​

0.117​

0.039​

196​

0.148​

0.049​

7​

8​

6​

13​

0.13​

0.043333​

0.132​

23​

Colorado

295​

0.19​

0.063​

215​

0.162​

0.054​

14​

1​

2​

3​

0.03​

0.01​

0.128​

24​

Syracuse

206​

0.133​

0.044​

108​

0.082​

0.027​

10​

3​

4​

7​

14​

0.14​

0.046667​

0.118​

25​

Memphis

121​

0.078​

0.026​

187​

0.141​

0.047​

5​

0​

0​

0​

0.073​

1. Oregon
2. Texas
3. SMU
4. Boise State

5. Notre Dame
6. Penn State
7. Georgia
8. Ohio State
9. Tennessee
10. Indiana
11. Alabama
12. Arizona State

 

[Jatz]

Will the loser of the SEC championship be out of the playoffs?

 

[aussiedude]

Will the loser of the SEC championship be out of the playoffs?

Texas will be in no matter what, Georgia get spanked and lose by 30+ and other results go against them they might miss out.

but most likely both are in, but the loser will might end up on the road first round rather then hosting a game.

 

[aussiedude]

Take the conference name away and do blind tests and the SEC teams are not getting in.

 

[aussiedude]

So the Big10 isn't going to suspend anyone for the brawl. Lol that's some SEC level bullshit. I guess gotta protect that shared money from Ohio St making it past round 1 in the playoffs

 

[juddy_Like]

My yearly rant to say the Playoffs suck and all this who’s in, who’s out, etc is there just to benefit one set of supporters only… ESPN, ABC and co.

Ole Miss, Bama, Illinois, etc all fighting on who’s got the bigger 6inch is just lol!

 

[aussiedude]

Looking at how the AP poll fell
Oregon/Penn St winner gets bye, loser likely host 1st round
Texas/Georgia is the same
SMU win and get a bye, Clemson win and in
Boise/UNLV win and in. Boise 50/50 chance at the bye
ASU/ISU win and in, ASU with a impressive win and lackluster Boise win or UNLV win they get a bye
Notre Dame host 1st round
Ohio St 1st round road game
Tennessee likely host 1st round

 

[aussiedude]

The Colorado heisman bribe kits are out. I guess they were made in August since they also feature Sanders

 

[aussiedude]

 

[aussiedude]

Not sure who wants him, he isnt that good. and not good enough to cover for Lincoln Riley. but with a mediocre or better OC he might be good enough for a team who needs a QB like an Iowa or Wisconsin.

 

[nobbyiscool]

It feels crook to me that teams in the SEC and Big10 are going to lose Championship games, and they're still going to qualify for the 12-team playoff and have a chance of being National champions despite not even winning their own conference.

They've overcooked this with 12 teams, 8 would've been plenty.

 

[AJ_2000]

It feels crook to me that teams in the SEC and Big10 are going to lose Championship games, and they're still going to qualify for the 12-team playoff and have a chance of being National champions despite not even winning their own conference.

They've overcooked this with 12 teams, 8 would've been plenty.

It feels like when you're running 5 fantasy football teams, where theres too many variables and you cant workout if its good or bad how one team performs.

There's a lot going on with bye rounds, top 4 conference champs, hosting week 1 and those on the bubble.

Funny that we expected the smaller programs to benefit from the extended cfp, yet Georgia and Bama are set to sneak in with their average results.

 

[aussiedude]

Well ESPN get their wish with Alabama in barring Clemson a win since SMU wont drop out from 8

 

[aussiedude]

the CFP head just said they wont even talk about teams who are not playing this week for moving up or down vs other teams not playing. which also means them keeping Boise at 11 they want to push them out with a loss, but SMU will stay even with a loss unless its a blowout

 

[aussiedude]

So the CFP just about said that playing cupcakes in November is better then playing real schools.
I dont think Miami deserve to be there, but neither do Alabama because they have 2 of the worst losses in the top 15.
Out of the 11-14 group South Carolina is the most deserving even with H2H losses to both Alabama and Ole Miss, but are a better team since those games.

 

[Constantgin]

Miami > Alabama

Seriously it’s just about $ not about which team is more deserving.

 

[aussiedude]

Miami > Alabama

Seriously it’s just about $ not about which team is more deserving.

Whoever finishes 12 likely goes to South Bend, Autzen, Penn St or Ohio St. so could be a cold noisy place

 

[Jatz]

I mean this is entirely the issue with having a system without parameters. If you're just going to go off the 'vibe'...

 

[AJ_2000]

I mean this is entirely the issue with having a system without parameters. If you're just going to go off the 'vibe'...

They're are plenty of parameters, they're just applied very selectively. What rules out one team doesn't rule out another

 

[AJ_2000]

I would have thought if they went with the line after next week (if Georgia wins the SEC) arguing that they had beaten the SEC champs so should have a higher ranking. They don't want to leave it to chance

 

[aussiedude]

I mean this is entirely the issue with having a system without parameters. If you're just going to go off the 'vibe'...

If it went off vibes the team who get smacked by a 6-6 team and only put up a FG 2 weeks ago wouldnt be there over a team with 2 narrow losses or other 3 loss teams who havent lost since October.

 

[Big Unit 30]

 

[Big Unit 30]

It feels crook to me that teams in the SEC and Big10 are going to lose Championship games, and they're still going to qualify for the 12-team playoff and have a chance of being National champions despite not even winning their own conference.

They've overcooked this with 12 teams, 8 would've been plenty.