i wouldnt put money on an 11-1 acc non conference champion making it in. all 10-2 sec and big teams would make it in first. take this year for example, 10-3 loserville acc runner up landed at #15. even at 10-1 before they lost to kentucky they were barely in at #10. skip the kentucky loss, and eventual loss to FSU in acc champ game, they'd still be out.
Going into rivalry week, here was the CFP Top 10. Who was UofL better than?
The real issue is this. Going into rivalry week, here are the 2 loss or less teams by conference.
Simply not true at all. The ACC got 2 teams in the 4 team CFP. 2020 (COVID year ND was in the ACC) ND, Clemson.
Unclear from that for what years. It kind of sounds like it was only voted for next from the article.5+7 model officially approved.
CFP approves 5+7 model for 12-team playoff
The College Football Playoff's new format will feature the five highest-ranked conference champions in the expanded 12-team field, along with the seven highest-ranked teams, the CFP announced Tuesday.www.espn.com
What happens when whatever groups make the rulings on that decides playing in the ACC isn't a tough schedule anymore? It's certainly been argued in the past and calling entire conferences weak schedules has been used against a lot of teams in the BCS and 4 team playoff times.
You bringing up 2020 is like bringing up 1970. In case you haven’t noticed a lot has changed since 2020. There is no way under this 5+7 model that any league other than the SEC and BIG will be a part of the +7. Sankey isn’t that dumb not to rig the polls and committee. And acting like ND is part of the ACC is like believing Jim Phillips is a legit commissioner. It’s thinking like that that has caused the ACC to be relegated to 2nd class citizen status. I guess you’ll be shocked come December. ESPN (who runs this now) has already released its early pre-season poll and the top ACC team is at 16 (FSU) and #2 is at 19 (Clemson). The #2 team never be allowed ranked higher than 14. They’ll simply deploy the “weak conference” schedule to suppress them. They’ve been doing it for a long time but no one paid attention. Myself and a few others have been screaming about it for years which is why anyone with a brain who cares about GT’s sports future knows we gotta get out of this conference ASAP before we lose all appeal.
They do not.
That may happen at some point, but not right now. Jim Phillips needs to do his job and prevent a mass exodus once FSU does in fact leave. Until then, the ACC will have a shot at 2-3 teams a year if the ACC can get multiple 10+ win teams a year. That’s the key in all this. The league has to have multiple 10+ win teams in the 1st place.
Listen, you can venture down the path of “what if’s” and that’s fine. The reality is, no one knows what will happen until the games are played. The ACC is perceived “weak” because a majority of the league maxes out at 7 wins and loses big OOC games to the B1G, sec, etc. It’s going to be hard for any league to get more than 2 teams in when the 3rd place team finishes 9-3.
If you are wrong you will have to change your name because the real Judge Judy is never wrong.
When you consider that Oklahoma, Texas, Oregon, Southern Cal, and Washington are in that mix now you realize it’s more like 8. All the big name teams won’t play each other every year. And when they don’t or if they lose a couple games the corresponding SEC and Big Ten teams that beat them will be in the top 12. The ACC will only send 2 teams in the years we beat UGA is my guess. So about 3/10 years.
Listen, I use to have hope like you still do. It’s an awesome feeling to believe your team and conference has a chance. And I’m not trying to burst your hope bubble. Keep hope alive as long as you can and continue to believe guys like me are crazy. I wish I could still live in that world so please stay there as long as you can. I wish I could unsee what is actually happening.
There's a built-in reason for that outside the polls. It's a three-tiered playoff. First there's a payout for anyone making the CFP. Second, there's a guaranteed home game (with revenue) for teams seeded 5-8. Third, there's a bye and home game for 1-4. The SEC, B1G, ESPN and Fox will be lobbying for their teams that are just out of each of those brackets to get bumped up at the expense of everyone else. So, if a team outside those two conferences is ranked 7-8 or 11-12, there will be pressure on the CFP committee to move the SEC & B1G teams behind them not just into the playoff, but also into a slot with a home game.
