College Football Playoff BRACKETOLOGY, Championship Week | CFP Landscape as Miami & Ohio State lose

[@kevinwright5106]

SMU an incredible story. They bet on themselves. They took no TV revenue to join the ACC and they whooped all the ACC teams on their sched. I hope they win the conference!

[@meostafford]

Tennessee is #6 in the nation. They should not be dropped 3 spots and made to travel. The two championship games that matter are teams ahead of them. 8 is as far as they should ever drop because of the georgia head to head loss which puts them hosting.

[@TheHollomap]

Man I understand your point. But I don't know man, everything is just a mess right now. 😂 I am a Oregon fan we are very happy with how we played, we absolutely dominated the line of scrimmage and left no doubt on Saturday how good we are, 12-0 we handled business at all points this season. But everything else is just wonky man. That OSU loss got me just bewildered. 😂😂😂😂😂

[@balleraap007]

@@TheHollomaplmfao Oregon is overrated. Y’all barely beat Wisconsin and bama beat them by 28 lmfaooo

[@jeffmercer9655]

Tennessee should move up not backwards the amount of biased is disgusting

[@TheHollomap]

@@jeffmercer9655 Dude you are probably about to get a three loss SEC team into the playoff. Shut up about bias. You wanna see bias. Where is Illinois ranked? Or Colorado? What will they do to SMU if they lose. Would Tenn have dropped out if they lost, probably not. Stop the cap bru.

[@TheHollomap]

@@balleraap007 Yep but man, feels good not losing to Oklahoma and Vandy. 🤣 Honestly if you are a Bama fan your comments are beneath me. Like your team is this season compared to the ducks..... Pleb. 😘

[@TheCalico69]

Amazing how the H2H matters now, but didn't when Tennessee had the win over Alabama... or lets not forget when vandy had the H2H either against Bama with the same record. Amazing how its pick and chose how to get Alabama in any way possible. Sometimes those logos just mean more.

[@connordowney7337]

When Tennessee had the win over Alabama Alabama beat Georgia and Georgia beat Tennessee. It's not fair any way you put it because its a circle. If they put bama ahead of tennessee its not fair because tennessee beat them. Putting tennessee above bama doesn't work either because bama beat georgia and georgia beat tennessee.

[@KosisochiIfediba]

H2H didn’t matter with Bama v. Tenn because Bama beat UGA and UGA beat Tenn. It’s a triangle of teams that beat each other so H2H washes out. Bama was ranked higher because their SOS & SOR were better than Tenn, and UGA had just lost big to Ole Miss. Whatever arg you’re trying to make ab Vandy is ridiculous and truly doesn’t deserve a response if you know ball.

[@TheCalico69]

Look who's doing the "but but but" game now. Thought H2H was the only thing that mattered. 🤔

[@noelramirez1551]

Or when they had SMU over BYU

[@calebjackson5803]

Had to not matttet for someone in that circle of who beat who. But that context doesn’t fit your narrative

[@jakesizemore2431]

If ohio state gets a higher seed than TN , that is insane bias

[@Fedgolfer]

Having Ohio St above Tenn is some crazy B1G bias. They looked inept v Michigan… what happened to your recency arguement, your eye test argument, your bad loss argument. Ari’s logic is cray cray.

[@iexist14]

@@Fedgolfer almost as anept as Tennessee looked against Arkansas.

[@lukeallen7529]

​@@iexist14one game was played week 6 the other week 14. The recency of the Michigan loss hurts more than Tennessee's loss 8 weeks ago to Arkansas.

[@iexist14]

@ no matter if you guys play us, it’ll be in Columbus pack your coat

[@Mplgobucks]

Won two top 5 match ups and1 point loss on road to Oregon , Tennessee biggest what over big bad 3 loss Alabama.

[@jonathanross149]

​@iexist14 Tn was a night game on the road after another night game on the road. Ohio St loss was at home to a 3 TD dog. Ohio St should be behind every 2 loss team

[@jamesbradford7888]

Ohio State lost to a 21 point underdog at home that hadn’t won a road game all season up to Saturday. Them getting to host a playoff game after that would be a travesty

[@Ryan-mx2kr]

OSU over Tennessee is laughable. It's when you lose or it always has been( see Georgia last year).

[@damianpresha9833]

This a 12 team field not 4 wrong mindset.

[@daynejohnson2737]

Agreed

[@Lampropeltis32]

OSU caused 2 top 10 teams to finish the season with a single loss. Who has Tennessee done that to?

[@hunterrobin9929]

Ohio State should have to go on the road in the playoffs

[@jonathanross149]

Flip UT and Ohio St. That loss was egregious. Ohio St is just lucky that last week happened

[@chriswilson5306]

OSU should drop below TN. TN losses were on the road. OSU lost to M at home. That is a worse loss.

[@luciuspaullus1948]

Tennessee has looked good this season in like 3 games; Ohio state has played way better than them with the exception of one game.

[@jamesbradford7888]

@@luciuspaullus1948Tennessee has looked better as of late and their bad loss was early in the season. They didn’t lose as a 21 point favorite in their last home game of the season

[@mattmolzan3992]

Everyone focuses on the losses. Osu has a top 5 win and a top 10 win. And a loss to the #1 team Tenn best win is ala at home

[@jamesbradford7888]

@ By that logic, it’s worth noting Tennessee has a better SOR than ohio state.

[@mattmolzan3992]

@@chriswilson5306 it's all about quality of wins

[@HTHAMMACK1]

Get Bama out of that bracket. They don't belong there. Two losses to two bad teams.

[@jerrycaughron7378]

Really!😅😅😅😅

[@RollTideRoll_GSP]

They also have two wins vs top 15 opponents! South Carolina’s best win is #18 Clemson and Clemson is likely overrated because they’ve beaten 0 ranked teams! Only other teams to have two top 15 wins are Oregon, Ohio State, and Georgia, all are locks for the playoff!

[@Desert-Father]

@RollTideRoll_GSP The CFP ranked Clemson #12 when South Carolina beat them. The only reason why there is an opening in the top 12 is due to South Carolina beating Clemson.

[@asherdamon4727]

​@@RollTideRoll_GSPSouth Carolina beat #10 Texas a and m and #12 Clemson, and 2 other ranked sec teams

[@Volfanj]

Just bring someone to Tennessee, what a Great game. No Tn on the rd, yall are nuts. There wouldn't be any, n I mean anyone that could have a better experience or game at Tennessee. The best Defense . Better think long n hard before you think of putting Tn on the rd.

[@jameskelly6589]

The disrespect that's being shown to Tennessee by all of these so-called experts is unreal, and it's not just On3, it's ESPN, Josh Pate, the SEC network and others. Tennessee lost to Arkansas 8 weeks ago by 5 on the road. Was it a bad loss? Yes, no doubt, but for OSU to lose to Michigan at HOME as a three TD favorite, for the fourth straight year is inexcusable and definitely a worse loss. These people who are trying to say well they beat Indiana and Penn State, b1tch, just stop. Indiana would get run off the field by any team in the SEC with 3 losses and probably wouldn't fair much better against A&M with 4 losses. Tennessee's passing game has been sluggish and slow to get going, but the run game (9th in the country) is alive and well, and Tennessee's defense is top 5 in scoring and yards allowed. I was at the game Saturday and we were all shocked, but I told my buddy, it's early and Tennessee's got this, and sure as sh1t, back they came and after those first 5 minutes of game, it wasn't even close. When we lost to UGA, we got knocked out of the picture, and when UGA lost to a ranked Ole Miss on the road, they dropped seven spots in the rankings. The OSU loss was bad and they should take a good hit for it. Regardless of what these so-called experts say. We'll see where it all shakes out after next week, but right now, the Tennessee disrespect is real and imo not completely warranted.

[@marcmorris1758]

These guys hate doing this show together 😂

[@reicohopkins]

@@marcmorris1758 we know that everybody is hating Alabama Roll Tide Roll

[@Alan-lv9rw]

SMU is in. Ranked #8 right now and the committee has guaranteed a loss in the conference championship game will not take away an existing spot in the playoffs.

[@_ccross]

Yep 11-2 over 9-3

[@Desert-Father]

@@Alan-lv9rw The CFP committee didn't guarantee anything. There is no way an ACC team that loses to Clemson is getting in over an SEC team that beat them. And if you think record is the most important thing to the Committee, just ask FSU how that worked out for them.

[@jimjason5146]

​@@Desert-Fatheras a Clemson fan if we manage to win I'd want SC to make it. Helluva team.

[@evancherry3897]

UT should be hosting 100%

[@justinjones7244]

No way Bama deserves to be there over South Carolina

[@mythiccx7434]

Who won the game lil bro

[@iexist14]

@@mythiccx7434 doesn’t matter they weren’t at full strength against Mississippi so technically they don’t have the same amount of losses and they didn’t get boat raced by a under 500 Oklahoma team

[@buyandsell262]

@@iexist14that’s not how it works man, Alabama has the tie breaker over SC, what do you mean it doesn’t matter?????common man let’s be realistic, SC had the chance to control there own destiny and they didn’t so now it comes down to stuff like this🤷🏾alabama is definitely getting in

[@shopson6991]

SC wins at home.

[@justinjones7244]

@@mythiccx7434 true. I wonder how the committee will see it though. Head to head or who is hot at the right time. Just like FSU last year. They beat everyone they played and still didn’t get it. Also I’m not a fan of either lol. Just my opinion from watching ball every Saturday. I feel like USC is playing really good right now

[@terrybaileysr.3714]

Ohio State in Neyland is the game you want.

[@michaelnelson1128]

Not really 😅😅😅😅

[@truthisthetruthnomatterwha2347]

​@@michaelnelson1128why?

[@Lucan2025]

Maybe I just don't get the dynamic here but Andy can be a real douche to Ari. Doesn't let him speak, always interrupts, constantly making it seem like Ari's takes are wrong but any push back from Ari on Andy's takes and Andy has all the excuses in the world.

[@opalrhudy2526]

You can do that when you're RIGHT. Got it?

[@seekanddestroy7343]

That's pretty much what I got out of it. First time watching this show though.

[@alms07]

yeah Big 10 bias is crazy this year. Ohio State losing at home to Michigan this week is far worse than losing to Arkansas at Arkansas in early october

[@Braeden.F]

Losing by 14 at Georgia is also worse than losing by 1 at Oregon

[@alms07]

​@@Braeden.F bad outweighs the good.

[@ricardol5545]

@@alms07 Tennessee is trash.

[@Braeden.F]

@@alms07 not sure that it does. But either way we'll likely get an OSU v Tennessee matchup!

[@bradonelkins687]

Michigan would beat Arkansas 😭😂

[@stevescott3735]

So Bama beating a team by 2 at home (when Vegas automatically gives the home team 2.5 pts) outweighs the horrid losses to Vandy and Oklahoma who SC beat by 50. Does anyone think bama would beat SC on a neutral field rn?

[@SomedayTravel]

Head to Head -no- do-overs in college football

[@nathanstruble2177]

I literally watched this Alabama team beat this South Carolina team, so yes, I do. Based on extremely recent example

[@alms07]

Yes. I'm a Tennessee fan and think Bama would beat SC.

[@brianroyster7510]

@@stevescott3735 well let's not forget LSU. They beat SC at home and Bama boat raced them in their house.

[@SomedayTravel]

@ they kinda did didn’t they 🤷‍♂️ - it all boils down to SMU 🤦🏼‍♂️

[@goingrawwithhuck3047]

Alabama definitely shouldn’t be in!

[@Murican-Faith]

Who you putting in over Bama.? You better not say Carolina

[@goingrawwithhuck3047]

@Murican-Faith several teams deserve to be in over Bama like, “ Miami, Colorado, UNLV, SMU, and a couple of other teams”

[@Thisisrance]

Honestly, if you get blown out by a conference bottom feeder you should be punished. Two of Bamas losses are AWFUL. They lost an entire 28 point lead in less than 2 quarter in one of their “quality” wins. You gotta give that spot to a team that overproduced with less talent, not the other way around.

[@autonomouspilgrimage6137]

Yeah I get a lot of flack for the Bama vs Georgia game but what’s more impressive….getting a 28 point lead at home and blowing it, or erasing that lead mostly in the 4th quarter on the road? Yea Bama won on an absolutely INSANE “f it Ryan Williams down there some where” play….but then Georgia marched right down the field and was in scoring distance to win it when Beck and the offensive staff got too greedy with 50 seconds left and two timeouts. Yes Bama got the W on the stat sheet so that has to mean something I guess

[@wealthyfuture999]

@@autonomouspilgrimage6137so you are one of those people who only can perceive one half of perspectives if your opinion is uga first half vs bama was a fluke and the second half was what uga would of done the whole game, the same works for alabama they could say the second half for uga was a fluke and the first half is how they it could of played the whole game

[@autonomouspilgrimage6137]

@ you can perceive how you want to, but the fact is bama almost had a falcons Super Bowl melt down and didn’t adjust….same reason they’ve lost the games they have this year because the coaching staff is horrible at making adjustments, even if it’s not working. Yeah you gotta respect the game plan they came in with to do what they did in that first half and mostly first quarter and also winning the game. No you can’t call it a fluke because Bama ran the same offense and defense in the second half and all 22 film shows that. But if you’re going to give Bama credit for that home win, then you have to equally give credit to Georgia for what they were able to do.

[@wealthyfuture999]

@ i give georgia credit for losing there are no moral victories or brownie points for “almost” winning. the only think that matters at the end of a game is did you win or lose

[@autonomouspilgrimage6137]

@ yep, they sure did lose didn’t they….Georgia lost and Bama won like they always do versus Georgia. Anybody in charge of the playoffs takes those things into consideration, just like Georgia getting embarrassed by Ole Miss and going to 8 OT’s with GT. I agree with the OP, which I was responding too. Can’t lose to Oklahoma, and vandy and have one of your few quality wins go like that….not sure who’s been streakier this year Bama or Georgia

[@vapanther2003]

Bama should not be in. That lose to OU is bad.

[@johnjohnson1997]

Imagine being a 3 loss team where two of those losses are to 6 win teams and you get in the playoff. What a joke. And I’ll bet they do it.

[@Lampropeltis32]

@@johnjohnson1997 agreed. They'll do it. Then when Bama gets torched in their playoff game, we can email every member of the committee all off-season to remind them what a stupid decision it was.

[@evskii.]

​@@Lampropeltis32what happens if Bama gets hot and wins the whole thing? Could very easily happen lol bama has a higher ceiling than all other teams. Also have a very low floor. That's another reason why they'll get picked. Huge ratings if Bama gets in

[@kimberlydunn954]

Tennessee is ranked ahead of Ohio State how do they get the home game ahead of Tennessee?? Please explain.😮

[@bigkilla2608]

Unless you win your conference Championship you should not be in the playoffs with three losses

[@Desert-Father]

@bigkilla2608 Stop pretending that there is parity between conferences. By your logic Army and Louisiana -Lafayette should make the playoffs if they win this week.

[@propotato4231]

You do realize he is talking about the top ranked conference champs and not just any of them

[@pnwadventurer802]

​@@Desert-Fatheryour logic is flawed

[@BB-ce5ev]

Then why would teams with 2 losses agree to go to their conference championship? They should just refuse to go.

[@Desert-Father]

@@propotato4231 Same logic applies to all conferences. It's not like the SEC or B1G think the ACC and XII are on their level anyway.

[@martyf4515]

They really want that Bama at ND 6-11 game for TV. Almighty Alabama going north of the Mason Dixon line in December!! Are you kidding me? $$$$$$

[@chuckcribbs3398]

Preach it!!

[@Jay-pd9kc]

As an ND fan I like our odds

[@martyf4515]

@@Jay-pd9kc Bear never beat Ara! Gotta wake up the echoes.

[@Murican-Faith]

Didn't Bama got to wisconsin 😂😂😂

[@martyf4515]

@@Murican-Faith Yes you are correct, but it was in September. But not Notre Dame and not in the freezing weather with a playoff game. Would be “ must watch” TV.

[@ItsWats777]

Anyone else pick up the tension in this video 😂

[@Joshua-j9c2i]

If Alabama or ole miss had either of smu or Indians schedule they would be undefeated

[@calebbe521]

No they wouldn't, it would be one thing if their losses were to good teams but they aren't, they've both lost to teams that have 6 losses

[@Marioben615]

Ohio st lost at home while being favored by 3 touchdowns. Tennessee lost to Arkansas on the road. Ohio state has the worst loss. I can't believe some of you commentators get paid for your bad takes!

[@jeffmercer9655]

It's disgusting biased

[@calebbe521]

Arkansas lost to Oklahoma State, Arkansas is definitely worse than Michigan

[@Marioben615]

@calebbe521 Arkansas still didn't lose at home. You can say what you want about any team and their record, but if you have the highest paid roster in college football, you can lose a home favored by 3 touchdowns and then only score 10 points!!

[@ClaytonGilbert-s2t]

Play all these games on metal fields that ll decide who s really the better teams

[@ClaytonGilbert-s2t]

Did I say metal I said neutral

[@RileyFreeman_247]

Happy for SMU coming back after the death penalty.

[@anthonyl1506]

That was almost 40 years ago. They've had time to rebound

[@XX2Media]

@@anthonyl1506 no they really haven’t. The death penalty destroyed their recruiting prospects and cost a severe amount of annual revenue. It also destroyed an entire conference. Seriously, do not talk if you don’t know what you’re talking about.

[@gelato3299]

People wanna say who is playing hot right now when it benefits them lol but when it comes to head to head they don’t wanna hear it now

[@meostafford]

Any logic stating that osu deserves a home game in the playoffs is void. They lost late, it has always mattered. They do not deserve to be rewarded for failure, plus by this line up if bama and arizona st. have to go north then osu and indiana should have to go south

[@Alan-lv9rw]

If recency matters, SMU looks great. Their only loss was by 3 against BYU in early September, before SMU had its QB.

[@MrsGloriaZindlebocker]

Not a great discussion. Just started talking about Alabama 10s in with no introduction, and talked about them the whole time.

[@KStarggg]

I don’t think South Carolina has a say so in this. They lost head to head to both ole Miss and Alabama. You just can’t justify that with bama and ole miss sitting there with the exact same record.

[@ChrisIsaacs-c4p]

Stop Bama don't deserve in

[@nickbowenfishing2885]

Miami in over all them there 10-2 games have to matter

[@nevillesmith426]

@@nickbowenfishing2885 Any team could go 10-2 playing creampuffs. Miami has offense and nothing else.

[@GaryLaffenhower]

@@nickbowenfishing28850 ranked wins no comp no defense but they should get in

[@M98747]

"Indiana has worse wins." "Name the wins." "Uhhh...."

[@litedawg]

All of them except Michigan are teams that most teams will beat easily. Their schedule was a joke.

[@JohnCarpenter-oj6iw]

Name these nuts

[@samwillis6692]

No way does Alabama deserve to get in. Three losses and got destroyed at Oklahoma. Ridiculous bs if they make it in.

[@KStarggg]

Watch more football dummy. Losses aren’t the only thing that matters. You just gonna completely ignore all of bama’s quality wins?

[@stevencraven4897]

History proves that it is not a question of "the best team available" with The Committee, it has been who is left from the SEC. They don't care about games played on the field, but their "predictive metrics" - which have built in the regional biases in the mathematics.

[@BigDaddyDoc93]

Honestly they need to separate the P4 from G5 teams and all P4 conference just send the top 4 teams and see who wins get rid of the popularity contest all together

[@devonpack906]

From what Jesse Palmer and them said Friday night during UGA game the teams making conference Championship will not be punished

[@jenniferjones2590]

After they screwed Georgia last yr..

[@JMArm97]

Realistically if Penn State drops the Big10 champ, ND goes up to the 5 seed. I think even if Texas loses against UGA in the SEC champ. Only way I see someone other than ND being 5 seed is if Penn St. beats Oregon

[@RodneyBost-gw6eo]

How can you penalize psu for losing a CCG while ND sits at home. Losses to oregon and osu is better than a loss to northern illinois

[@skylernd8323]

Calm down bro. If penn state gets smacked by Oregon they will fall to 6. If its competitive with oregon then they will be at 5​@@RodneyBost-gw6eo

[@JMArm97]

@@skylernd8323 Exactly. I'm not saying kick them out, just likely they drop below ND. ND has better wins against common opponents, and OSU losing to Michigan makes PSU resume a lot worse.

[@jasonvillalobos8737]

@@RodneyBost-gw6eoDon’t be surprised come Tuesday when Notre Dame is ranked #3 and Penn State #4. It’s very likely, I’m just saying.

[@Arcticpokemon]

Lmao no 😂 Penn State would be 5 if they play Oregon close Notre Dame shouldn’t get seeded higher for sitting at home

[@Name-dv5dz]

Ari and Andy seem really tense

[@chancekildow5318]

Cant stand how they both just talk over each other, especially Andy... it's like he knows and no one else does. Can't watch this anymore.

[@hunterrobin9929]

Right now here is my bracket. 1. Oregon 2. Texas 3. SMU 4. Boise State 5. Penn State vs. 12. Arizona State 6. Notre dame vs. 11. South Carolina 7. Georgia vs. 10. Indiana 8. Tennessee vs. 9. Ohio State Seeding will change slightly after conference Championships. Alabama and Miami will be the first 2 out.

[@damianpresha9833]

So you taking a 6th place SEC team over a 3rd place ACC team got it.

[@MS79Canesfan]

Dude SC isn't better than Miami.! They struggled with a bad Clemson offensive team.! Hey they would probably score some but not more than Miami offensive unit.!

[@Desert-Father]

@@hunterrobin9929 100% agree

[@Desert-Father]

@@damianpresha9833 yep. Just ask FSU about which conference the committee thinks is better. A team that can't beat Syracuse and places behind Clemson should not get in over a team that beat Clemson and has won 6 straight.

[@Desert-Father]

@@MS79Canesfan Miami doesn't have a defense. How many near losses has Miami had this season? At least SC didn't need the refs to beat an unranked team...

[@jaylamont3454]

Saban is gone, BAMA different now

[@damianpresha9833]

All they see is Red/White

[@jenniferjones2590]

Should b called Washabama, Dober is gone after 3 yrs if no championship 🏆 once all Sabans recruits move forward bama falls to bottom of SEC.

[@TheBestThereNeverWas]

Why does everyone try to justify putting a three loss SEC team in the tournament? It’s not gonna happen if Clemson beat smu they will get in. They’ve said that conference championship loss doesn’t matter well all I’m hearing is if it’s SMU who lose the ACC championship game, it will matter and they are out. the double standard is unreal wow and makes you all look like clowns covering this 😂

[@jaytiger1090]

Lmao I forgot that was the whole narrative before Saturday lmao but now it’s changed that’s crazy

[@jeffmercer9655]

I'm SEC fan and I don't

[@Hoosiers12345]

Give Indiana’s resume to an Ohio State, Michigan, Alabama, Georgia and I guarantee they’re a top 6 seed. No questions asked. Argue with me and you’re naive to the truth.

[@chuckcribbs3398]

Preach!!

[@litedawg]

And looking at your username I wouid say you might be blinded too.

[@Hoosiers12345]

@@litedawg tell me how what I just said is incorrect lol

[@litedawg]

@@Hoosiers12345 Indianas strength of schedule is ridiculous. UGA and others wouid go 12-0 w their 2nd string.

[@Hoosiers12345]

@@litedawg UGA barely beat GA Tech. Just by “litedawg” you’re blinded. You guys would have had equal opportunity to lose to Michigan, Washington etc. SEC teams love to lose to scrubs, Georgia is no different mr lite dawg

[@mr.cannon8231]

Bama is in ….the only ppl arguing is other fan bases …coaches poll and AP got it right ….this is just fans hating Bama

[@bamadude18-30]

Facts

[@jenniferjones2590]

Facts .. Vandy ran all over U.. that's Facts

[@balleraap007]

Lost to vandy 🤡😂🤡😂🤡

[@marklingle3331]

Guy’s, it’s a TV Show! They will put the teams in that will draw the most viewers across the country. It’s not about the best teams or strength of schedule. I was told this from an official source who’s in the know. It’s a business/ money decision like everything else.

[@meostafford]

Agreed, but where they play is what's important here. What's a better draw, the shoe or Neyland Stadium? There is no comparison, plus they dropped osu below Tennessee in the polls, that should matter.

[@jpFlorida]

Committee won't punish you for losing a conference title game especially not if it's to a good team. TCU lost to K-state two years ago and the committee put them in over Bama SMU is safe.

[@Overexcited]

There is no way Texas is playing Georgia for a third time.

[@rrydan4278]

I get the feeling cfbp committee wants ND v Bama in the first inaugural playoff game in South Bend Friday night.

[@thawizeman77]

If OSU doesn't drop below Tennessee, this is a complete joke! They lost @ home favored by 21... Choked @ the end of the year. When you lose should matter as much as how you lost. Going undefeated @ home should matter as well! The bias against the SEC is real here! The SEC has zero reason to go to a 9 team conference schedule if this is how we get treated for having a deeper conference.

[@Joseph70663]

You LOST to Arkansas!!! That loss is worse than any Ohio has, fanboy. You do remember where the Natti is sitting? Yeah...Ann Arbor, troll.

[@yankeeman311]

Tennessee lost to Arkansas and looked just as bad in that game. There's legitimate reasons to keep them below Ohio St

[@thawizeman77]

@yankeeman311 Losing on the road is not the same... As I stated OSU was favored by 3 TDs, UT was not... Plus is was 8 weeks ago not the last game of the season. If Arkansas was so bad then why didn't Texas beat them worse than they beat Michigan. I laid it out there... If you're gonna comment then break it down with a little more logic. Timing matters, losing @ home matters... OSU almost lost to Nebraska. They are overrated on offense & got GASHED all day Sat in the run game against a 1 dimensional team. @ least Arkansas had a QB that was playing his best football of the season @ that point... Lil Bro States loss will go down in history!

[@DoubleEggNcheese]

OSU beat Indiana. Indiana beat Michigan. 🤷‍♂️ It is what it is.

[@thawizeman77]

@@DoubleEggNcheese Exactly, which makes the OSU lose to Michigan even worse. OSU should be punished for playing so badly just 2 days ago @ home.

[@MrBrauk]

I hope there are not a lot of intra conference matchups in the playoff. I want to see good teams playing other conferences’ good teams.

[@VRKapps]

In what universe should Tennessee be ranked higher than OSU? OSU ranked wins: #3 PSU (7pts) and #9 IU (23 pts 2 weeks ago) OSU losses: #1 Oregon (1pt) and 7-5 Michigan (3pts) TN ranked wins: #11 Alabama (7pts) TN losses: #5 Georgia (14pts) and 6-6 Arkansas (7pts) This fact that anyone is making this argument shows that the SEC bias is alive and stronger than ever

[@litedawg]

The Michigan loss is pathetic and should be viewed as such.

[@timothyhingham3672]

​@@litedawgthe loss to 6&6 Arkansas is pathetic too. You didn't even notice. You're biased to the SEC too.

[@litedawg]

@@timothyhingham3672 Arkansas wouid beat 80% of the Big 10 teams. The Big 10 is a glorified high school league

[@jeffwright5768]

Osu ended it in a bad home loss and a crybaby brawl. Vols gonna put belt to ass.

[@balleraap007]

Osu = chokers hahahah

[@richardledbetter6669]

Ohio State at home is Big 10 biased.

[@bolinfamily]

The system is flawed. You’re not taking the top 12 teams with Boise State. And Boise State gets to have a top seed and first round bye for winning a sub mediocre conference. They would have a losing record in the SEC.

[@damianpresha9833]

Thats your problem the SEC not the only conference in college football. And the SEC trash if you haven't paid attention.

[@datbooyy4932]

@@damianpresha9833lol everyone knows a SEC has faced more competition. A SEC team will win this

[@damianpresha9833]

@datbooyy4932 And when they don't then what ?

[@dallasolmsted2546]

That's what Georgia said before Boise handed them their ass. I believe same said about Utah in the Mountain West right before they handed Bama their ass

[@goingrawwithhuck3047]

If all these conferences are below the SEC, why don’t they schedule home & away matchups? Should be easy work! Right? 😈

[@Blaze_nDownHur]

ND/Bama in that Friday night game would be too much for the CFP committee to resist.

[@Fedgolfer]

SC v Bama debate is ridiculous. There’s a head-to-head to erase debate. Ain’t no bama fan, either. I’d love to see them OUT!

[@larryfocus]

Bama losses are much worse than SC though.

[@TouchdownTV]

A 20 point loss to oklahoma should hold much more weight than a 2 point head to head loss

[@brandonjordan4596]

Shouldn't matter they played and have same records. I'd love for Bama to miss out but games played against each other have to matter.

[@jonathanross149]

As a Tennessee fan I love seeing Bama out, but I would put them above S Car as well.

[@dorielementary]

South Carolina beat Oklahoma and Vanderbilt- Bama lost to both Lanorris Sellers was playing with a sprained ankle vs. Alabama and Alabama only won by 2 at home. If South Carolina played Alabama right now they would be the clear favorites

[@johntucker5994]

Good discussion. Just shows how crazy this season has been and how difficult the playoff rankings are to make.

[@HandsomeCat-we2dq]

Don't think Bama makes it......3 losses??? Come 9n now.

[@bamadude18-30]

Just watch

[@jenniferjones2590]

Ole Miss is better buttercup

[@balleraap007]

@@bamadude18-30watch you lose to vandy hahah 🤡😂

[@Mrfireface2]

I just get this vibe that one of the three teams make it if Clemson wins this weekend 1. Bama, 2. Scar, 3. Ole Miss - In that order. Just a vibe but I might flip Bama and Scar

[@rideldelasota8529]

Can’t allow 3 loss teams in the playoffs. It opens the door too all kinds of controversy.

[@xandercrews4729]

They might not have an option

[@damianpresha9833]

Georgia lose they still in

[@Desert-Father]

@rideldelasota8529 So you're all for Army and Louisiana-Lafayette making the CFP if they win this week right? Stop pretending there is parity between the conferences.

[@BB-ce5ev]

If you don't allow a 3 loss runner up in and punish them for going to their conference game teams will start refusing to participate in conference championships. Cause why would you?

[@damianpresha9833]

@@BB-ce5ev You know right now there's a argument being made if SMU lose they out ?

[@stevelasher422]

SMU's wins at Duke and at Louisville are better than any win Indiana has. They have a close loss to a 10-2 team while IU got blown out by a 10-2 team.

[@litedawg]

SMU and Boise State that high is complete absurdity.

[@jerrycaughron7378]

Smu has no business in the tournament!

[@RobMacQ]

Lord you SEC homers are insufferable

[@GMS8201]

I'm a Notre Dame fan, and i think SMU is pretty good honestly. They've been impressive. Would rather play Indiana or Clemson than them.

[@jimjason5146]

​@@GMS8201Clemson has a better D by far than SMU. I think SMU is the weaker of the 2

[@jerodbailey]

I don’t think you understand how this works.

[@chris31293]

A home loss to Michigan at noon is wayyy worse than an away night game at Arkansas

[@str8street6]

Mia. lost on the road by a combined 9 points. Both were to damn good offenses. Imo, better than losing at home or getting blown out on the road. If an SEC jumps Mia. it should be SC. Only way Mia. stays in no matter what is if they are ranked 10th. 11th or worse and they have no chance. Skim shot for Mia. to get in.

[@MS79Canesfan]

Hey I'm with you for sure except SC isn't more deserved. If Clemson loses to SMU we should be in period. Yes we have 2 Ls but like you said they were good teams and barely beat us at their home.!

[@str8street6]

@@MS79Canesfan I don't think SC should be in over Mia. but IF the Committee does put a 3 loss SEC in over Mia. It should be SC because the faced 6 ranked teams and won 3 and a shanked FG cost them a win over Bama at Bama. That's just my logic taking over. If Mia. is ranked 10 after Tuesday then they are in regardless, If they are 11th, SMU needs to win ACCCG. If they are 12 and lower, there is no chance they are in.

[@MS79Canesfan]

@str8street6 unfortunately Miami is still learning and shouldn't have choked that game or either 😕. We knew ESECPN would be favorite even if they are bad.

[@ryanchamberlain1106]

Sc is under look nobody will give them the respect. Miami could of won after being up 21-0 I don’t care about there defense it’s terrible but not why they lost Syracuse play there hearts out time and time again but it’s sc so will over look them sad story

[@asecmimosas4536]

Miami is just not a good team and should not be considered vs. any of the other contenders, including a 2 loss SMU team.

[@Jhuntermorgan1516]

The loss to Michigan being a home game, is way worse than Arkansas for TN. Almost alllllll the CFP teams lost on the road. Those games happen. ND losing at home, OSU losing at home to who they both did, is awful.

[@Alan-lv9rw]

SMU would beat Alabama, Miss, and SC.

[@masonpalazzolo2387]

Lmao. Keep dreaming, bud. ACC is a joke. Miami and Clemson lost yesterday.

[@wealthyfuture999]

in no universe would that happen

[@bamadude18-30]

No shot

[@SC-vk2wz]

South Carolina should definitely be in. South Carolina and Notre Dame are the two hottest and most dangerous teams right now.

[@RonnieSherrod]

Ohio state comes to neyland

[@ethangreen8831]

I think so

[@jeffmercer9655]

If not it's absolute biased

[@TimothyJohnson-lx4ct]

College Football Tournament Turn the college football playoff into the college football tournament. Expand it to 24 teams and have 8 slots dedicated to a playoff bye. Conferences that have made the four team playoff format have what I call final four rights. If they have 16 or more teams they are guaranteed two playoff spots. If they have less than 16 teams, but still have 8 or more teams; they will be granted 1 playoff spot. To earn final four rights your conference must make the final four in the tournament. If your conference earns final four rights it will gain 1 or 2 guaranteed playoff spots depending on how many teams your conference has. The final four rights will encourage teams to realign to conferences with guaranteed spots. This will help the pac-12 grow and it will eventually open up another conference when they break into the final four. This will help direct conference realignment. The 8 byes are reserved for division winners only. If your conference has more than 16 teams you'll break your conference into two divisions. You can rotate the divisions every year. In the Big Ten there would be 2 nine team divisions. You'd play everyone in your division once, plus one team in the other division. You'd still have 3 games available to schedule a tune up game or a rivalry game. The winner of each division would get the guaranteed playoff spot and possible bye. You could set up the entire Power 4 like this and the Pac-12 could eventually catch up. You'd eliminate conference championships and play the first round the same weekend as conference championship games. The college football committee would select who gets a bye and the final 16-13 spots. The group of five are guaranteed 3 spots if they are ranked. If they win their division or conference they could potentially get a bye. Boise State this year is an example. The first round would be played at neutral sites just like conference championships. The second round would be rewarded to the division winners who received a top 8 seed. They would receive a home playoff game. Every game after that is a neutral field. This would make the season at most 17 games. That's the same amount a sec or big ten champ loser might play this season if they can make a run in the playoffs and make to the championship final.

[@GoodhitsTV]

SEC deserves 5 entries. It’s the cream of the crop

[@staxx7753]

😂😂😂

[@rodgermiller8980]

No tf they dont,if you're a 3 loss team you should automatically be eliminated,idc about H2H or rivalry games or championship games,this playoff platform shouldnt be biased for one conference over another,sec is always been part on the backs,and now yall ain't shyt you want 5 loser teams in over 1 and 2 loss teams,no team imo looks good,every team has problems or things that need fixed,this playoff platform should go by wins and wins alone,no sos bias or logo bias,if they wanted this playoff system to be fair then it should include all teams and not just padded teams from the sec and Big10 conferences

[@Bman6464]

They are tired of having their teams skull dragged by SEC teams 😂😂😂

[@rodgermiller8980]

@@Bman6464 exactly what sec team this year has skull dragged any other team in any other conference????

[@arcostonian]

No, 3 loss is out... 2 loss shoukd be too. If you are the cream of the crop, then don't loose.

[@Thisisrance]

If there weren’t pre season rankings, this list would look much different

[@adamhartley5104]

SEC road games are so difficult to win.

[@adamhartley5104]

South Carolina is 4-1 on the road while Alabama is 2-3

[@abdoulayeyansane4234]

Ohio State should only host if they had gone to the conference championship and lost. They would not get the bye, next thing would be to host. But since they didn’t get to the conference championship, they should be on the road in round 1.

[@gbrown4190]

2 losses in the big ten is equal to 3 losses in the SEC if ole miss is out Ohio State should be out too

[@johnday2971]

Historically, Strength of Record is the best predictor of who the committee picks. (FPI and Game Control are also factors) Alabama is ahead of the other two 9-3 SEC teams in Strength of Record.

[@bigboybrad7709]

I feel that if Clemson wins the ACC in convincing fashion then SC should be put in. They JUST beat the ACC champion in this scenario. That should hold merit

[@Toddsmith-q5l]

Welcome to Knoxville. It's going to be crazy!!@@!$%$##!

[@jeffmercer9655]

If I put Ohio State over Tennessee and the bracket it's a complete joke absolutely disgusting bias

[@tylerlahey1932]

The only right way to do this after the championship games are 1 Oregon 2 Georgia 3 Arizona State 4.) Boise state 5.) Notre Dame 6.) Texas 7.) Penn State 8.) Ohio State 9.) Tennessee 10.) Indiana 11.) Clemson 12.) SMU Assuming ASU beats ISU Georgia beats Texas Clemson beats SMU Oregon beats PSU

[@deandreray3500]

Tennessee over Ohio State how are they 9th

[@XX2Media]

Okay, you are officially a moron. SMU isn’t 12 nor should they be. Period. The ACC is better than the G5s and has a better ranking. You don’t get to cast aside people because you think SMU doesn’t belong. They earned everything in this regard. I swear, you armchair analysts are irreversibly stupid.

[@millmanny]

A 10-2 Miami significantly beat a Florida team that 9-3 Ole Miss lost to. A 9-3 Alabama lost to a 6-6 Vanderbilt and basically got stomped and almost shut out by 6-6 Oklahoma team. Both of Miami's losses are by a touchdown or less to a GT team that was robbed out of a win against Georgia who they took to 8 OT's, and the 9 -3 Syracuse team. I personally believe Miami should take that last spot.

[@autonomouspilgrimage6137]

That’s some of the dumbest transitive property nonsense I’ve ever seen in my life lol What’s Miamis best win? What’s their best loss? Also if we wanna use these moronic “what ifs”, how many times was Miami saved by refs this season in games against terrible opponents?

[@YoureCoping01]

@@autonomouspilgrimage6137Miami has less losses and better losses. Pretty simple and the CFP has painted themselves in a corner. If SMU wins the ACCCG then Miami gets in

[@autonomouspilgrimage6137]

@ Miami hasn’t beaten a ranked team and they lost to an unranked team and a team that just got in the top 25 for beating Miami….and have struggled to beat a lot of the teams far inferior to them.

[@millmanny]

@@autonomouspilgrimage6137 transitive property nonsense? Moronic? Even though the committee uses a number of metrics. So you immediately combat my argument by being offensive and disrespectful. That alone says a lot about you and your argument. Miami wasn't saved by any of the refs on the contrary Miami's had to go up against horrible ACC officiating. One could say the same GTech versus Georgia. I will admit that Miami's defense is horrendous but the record at the end of the day is better than Alabama's & Ole Miss. And their losses are to better teams

[@YoureCoping01]

@ Miami hasn’t had a single blowout loss. SC and Bama do. More quality losses, and plenty of quality wins (6 bowl eligible teams). The CFP has already mentioned they value close losses which Miami has better losses than both the teams you mentioned.

[@roger9462]

this echo chamber of IUs strength of schedule is getting so annoying. They 100% have a similar schedule as any team in the playoffs. Thank you for calling him out

[@the_flushjackson]

The committee hands down doesn’t watch as much football as most enthusiasts, let alone people working in alternative media. They aren’t watching west coast football out there on the east coast and everyone has known that for years.

[@alms07]

They aren't watching anything but the Big 10 this year.

[@MrMixItup]

There used to be a time not long ago when finishing the season ranked #11th would be BLASPHEMY for Alabama!! Now, it's a hope and a dam prayer. Amazing the difference a season can make. But having said that, there seems to be competition amongst the top 12-15 teams. I don't know that I have ever seen as much competitive play as I've seen this season throughout Major Division 1 College Programs.

[@hunterbutler1887]

Ari's argument is for weak schedules and who you beat doesnt matter but who you lose to does. If we want watered down regular seasons, then sure, lets view who should be in on Ari's perspective. Clemson, the team he is championing lost to two SEC teams that Alabama and Ole Miss beat. The goal is to get the vest teams in with a blend of deserving. The people who complain about a 2 loss ACC team should get in over a 3 loss SEC team are given their space with an auto bid by winning their conference. The question should be around Alabama or Ole Miss if we want college football schedules to have good teams against good teams during the regular season

[@daniellasley4803]

I would rather see any of the ACC teams in their over a team with 3 regular season games. I’m a huge VOLS fan and I said all week if we lose we don’t deserve to be in the playoff no team with 3 regular season losses deserves to be there

[@spearsy5112]

Alabama has a QB that can run. That’s about it. Even espn said that doesn’t look good when only your qb is running touchdowns.

[@CalebCross-q3b]

The fact that the big 12 gets 1 team in is insane and that team is gonna be the 12 seed. 8 teams went 8-4 or better. The issue is preseason rankings. If Arizona state hadn’t been rated as a previous 3-9 team, they would easily be a top 10 team this year. But they have to overcome last years ratings which makes no sense.

[@Foggydidwhat]

So I’ve read every Reddit/sub, Reddit page and every one of the first four Google page desperate Miami justifications for a playoff spot. All I have learned is there is no reason Miami should ever be considered. More importantly, the ESPN college football predictors need to be fired because 40% was 40% too much for Miami.

[@amoshillmusic]

South Carolina ain’t ready. Overhyped. Ole Miss is better

[@John-zz6fz]

ESPN's FPI is HOT GARBAGE! Back in 2016 there was a lot of noise because their FPI beat the Vegas line but that is definitely no longer the case. I wouldn't use the ESPN FPI for anything as an analytic source.

[@FootballWiseGuy]

😂ASU was 16th last week, now 12th for some unknown reason after blowing out a terrible team. How terrible? That team has 8 losses and only 4 wins. The 4 wins were against teams with losing records and one mid FCS team. (Mind you, ASU has a loss to a team that has 8 losses, and one loss to a team with 4 losses, and barely beat an FCS team, and many close wins over teams with losing records.). Then you have South Carolina, [SEC] that was 15th last week, one spot ahead of ASU. They defeat the 12th ranked team this week and get jumped by ASU. OK…but the #6 team loses to a top 25 Syracuse team, and they fall all the way down to right below ASU, and SC, cause they don’t want to make it look as obvious. * *Note that the SEC already has a bye spot, they can’t have 2. This is why they’re letting ASU jump SC, even though it’s 100% wrong. Same reason Miami moved down below them, of course. ***This is not for sure that BSU misses out on the bye, but i think they’re doing everything possible to make it a pathway to happen. BSU would have to have a close win, (which they likely would, if they do win. UNLV is underrated with only losing to Syracuse because of the refs, and BSU...and the teams know each other well, it will likely be close.). and if ASU happens to win by a couple scores.... PS….this will be first time ASU and Iowa St play, in their conf championship game. Iowa is ranked 16th… but has losses to an 8 loss team and 4 loss team, and no ranked wins. And that’s not all…of their 12 games played only 3 had winning D1 records and 2 were FCS teams…..and one of the FCS teams they beat 21-3, has a 5-7 record. (All against FCS teams besides Iowa State game.)

[@dallasolmsted2546]

What's worse they weren't even ranked 2 weeks ago. The fix is in!

[@matthewbeaver5026]

It's an autobid for winning the big12. That's why even tho it's an auto bid they are at 12. Bc boise out played them for the bye.

[@jamiljohnson9766]

The committee did rank Alabama at 13 but doesn't mean they have to move them up we have seen this move😮

[@RyanGreen-d4m]

If Penn State loses big to Oregon in B10 championship, should they drop below OSU based off the head to head? As a TN fan I would rather play Penn State away from home than maybe even OSU in Neyland.

[@jefferywilliamson1584]

I don’t think they put UGA at 7 if they lose to Texas this week! They will be 8 because they won’t want Texas and Uga to play again in the second round!

[@jclevengerjr]

There is so much wrong with this whole process. The way this has been set up to put in a bunch of crap teams just because they win a crap conference title is ridiculous. This costs far better teams the opportunity. This should simply be the top 12 teams, full stop. To say that the OSU loss to MI, at home, to a MI team who has 5 losses and literally no offense, and an average defense, is a "better" loss than the Tennessee loss to Arkansas is a really poor argument. OSU is at home, has probably the most talented roster in the country and was a double digit favorite for a reason. At the time Tennessee lost to AR, it was a road game. AR ws very healthy going into that game with a winning record, had received top 25 votes the week before and even after had some good wins. Since that time they have alot of injuries on a team without alot of depth. A road game loss by 5 points to a team that was hot at the time is hardly comparable to a home loss to a team that is not even remotely close to hot. The ESPN SOS between OSU and UT are practically the same and the SOR has Tennessee at one higher than OSU. Then there is that ridiculous fight at OSU. OSU should be rewarded with a home game?

[@sneakybow1]

Did he seriously say it makes Indiana's last minute win against Michigan look better? That isn't a very convincing argument lol.