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I agree with Spencer Linton: "Tonight is not the night to worry where BYU lands on the CFP Rankings"
Ode to Hoy
The Truffle Shuffler
11/24/20 10:43am
This is some nice hedging. But yes, tonight is the night to worry about it.
Harbinger
11/24/20 10:44am
Oklahoma will leapfrog BYU if they win out
Chester Copperpot
11/24/20 10:45am
Which would be ridiculous. 2 losses and their conf lost 3 games to the sunbelt.
Mr. Scoobs
11/24/20 10:47am
It doesn't matter. The winner of their conference will get an autobid, so if
cougaman
11/24/20 10:49am
I disagree, The two teams the play are 5-3 and 1-5. If BYU plays no more games, then I might agree. Which is why I think
Ode to Hoy
11/24/20 10:50am
I agree with most of what you said, except for the "leap frog" part
moknowssports
11/24/20 10:47am
We won’t move up if we don’t play better teams. If we can’t schedule any more
allaboutthegainz
11/24/20 10:47am
Spencer also thinks the worst that could happen is BYU falling to #10
BYU Fan
11/24/20 10:47am
Lol, BYU won’t even be #10 tonight.
allaboutthegainz
11/24/20 10:50am
The problem is, it's not 'falling' - this is the CFP's first crack at their
rggee
11/24/20 10:51am
They would be "falling" from 8 in the AP to 10th in the CFP
BYU Fan
11/24/20 12:56pm
That's my point
rggee
11/24/20 12:57pm
BYU needs to be at #9 in the final poll to be guaranteed a NY6 spot. No #9 team has ever been left out of a NY6.
Turnpike Lane
11/24/20 10:50am
The good news is this is an optimal year for at-large bids. I think we'd be in
rggee
11/24/20 10:52am
The P12 and B12 being so bad takes away all that optimality.
molodyets
11/24/20 10:53am
Not at all, we aren't competing with the conference champs. It doesn't matter
rggee
11/24/20 10:54am
Same thing with Cincinnati. It doesn't matter where they end up with
rggee
11/24/20 10:55am
If Oregon wins the p12 and is ranked 15 it definitely affects how high we need
molodyets
11/24/20 11:38am
Not with respect to the other at large candidates.
rggee
11/24/20 11:39am
Let me explain, if all conference champs are in the top 12, we need to be #12,
rggee
11/24/20 11:41am
I see what you are saying - we are looking at it differently.
molodyets
11/24/20 12:42pm
Sure, but the ranking of the PAC12 and Big12 champs has ZERO effect on our NY6
rggee
11/24/20 12:50pm
They do if you look at it from the second point of view I mentioned
molodyets
11/24/20 12:51pm
But where Oregon/USC and OU/ISU end up will change the value of 'X' - so it is
rggee
11/24/20 12:57pm
That completely depends on who else is in the top 10. If Cincy, Oklahoma,
cougaman
11/24/20 10:54am
Correct.
rggee
11/24/20 10:56am
So be top-9 and guarantee it.
Turnpike Lane
11/24/20 11:04am
I think top 10 will get it this year almost guaranteed
rggee
11/24/20 11:12am
The scenarios where #10 doesn't get in this year include P5 champs outside the
Doogal McCougar
11/24/20 11:24am
ACC #3 isn't guaranteed a spot if Clemson and ND make the playoff.
cougaman
11/24/20 11:36am
Orange Bowl is always ACC versus SEC/B1G/Notre Dame
Doogal McCougar
11/24/20 11:37am
Guess maybe I was wrong. I guess I'm a ND fan now in the ACC championship 🙂
cougaman
11/24/20 11:40am
Orange Bowl, no?
rggee
11/24/20 11:37am
That is really the big thing. I'm not so much worried about where BYU stands
cougarfan84
11/24/20 1:06pm
Precisely
rggee
11/24/20 1:23pm
This is 2020: there are no guarantees
2FarGone
11/24/20 10:58am
Tom Holmoe seems to be
delux_247
11/24/20 10:51am
Because the rankings will change week to week, I fear that a #8-10 ranking
Doogal McCougar
11/24/20 10:53am
That's my worry. BYU having a strong ranking this week only to see it drop over
cougarfan84
11/24/20 11:11am
Most teams will jump BYU if they beat teams in the top 10...
Coug
11/24/20 10:55am
I don't know if we need to play significant competition, but we definitely need
cougarfan84
11/24/20 11:14am
teams with a bye tend to rise in the polls, not drop
Hill4Heisman
11/24/20 12:42pm
My worry is that BYU will be ranked fairly high in the rankings tonight (top 10)
cougarfan84
11/24/20 11:09am
Their guest today made the interesting point that no non-P5 has ever been ranked
Ash
11/24/20 11:31am
It will change tonight given that the 2 non p5 teams in contention are both 8+
cougaman
11/24/20 11:38am
My guess is they put us at 10.
Ash
11/24/20 11:53am
Loved your last line!
rerunc
11/24/20 11:49am
Nit ... Cincinnati will be in the AAC, not the ACC, championship game.
rmsenior
11/24/20 1:17pm
You’re too busy squabbling over the scraps from the power five table that you’ve
Jcoulson
11/24/20 1:36pm
This is the first of 5 CFP polls.
ChadFromCougarTown
11/24/20 2:28pm
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