Auto bids go to the four highest ranked conference champions, not the highest

Nov 30, 2021
3:55:32am

ptcougr All-American

ranked team in the conference. So if Bama beats Georgia in the SEC championship game, Bama is the SEC champion, not Ole Miss, who did not play in the championship game.

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Could this work out:

nephicoug

11/29/21 9:41pm

No Baylor beat BYU too comfortably for BYU to get in ahead of them

PortlandCoug

11/29/21 9:42pm

They'd have 3 Ls with their loss to TCU being WAY worse than our loss to Boise

nephicoug

11/29/21 9:45pm

Head to head has to mean something

PortlandCoug

11/29/21 9:51pm

It matters until it doesn’t. They ranked Michigan ahead of MSU a week after they

TerpCoug

11/29/21 9:57pm

4 point loss on the road is different than being down 38-17

PortlandCoug

11/29/21 10:10pm

I think it means something if both teams have 2 losses

nephicoug

11/29/21 10:05pm

If the roles were reversed you would be saying the opposite…

PortlandCoug

11/29/21 10:23pm

Once Baylor has more losses than BYU, then head to head becomes less relevant.

Armchaircoug

11/29/21 10:33pm

But if that 3rd loss is a conference championshio to a top 10 team then

PortlandCoug

11/30/21 1:18am

True, but you can’t ignore the TCU loss… it’s still there and still bad

Pretorian

11/30/21 5:51am

So is the Boise loss.

FieroCoug

11/30/21 7:26am

Not NEARLY as bad as the TCU loss. They’re ranked in the 80s

nephicoug

11/30/21 9:46am

It only means something with the same record

Pretorian

11/30/21 5:49am

Sadly I agree.

Blue chunks

11/29/21 11:33pm

They would have 3 losses we only have two, head to head loses significance then

Pretorian

11/30/21 5:49am

I doubt the committee punishes them that much for losing to OSU away from home…unless they get destroyed like 54-13

rainorsnow

11/30/21 6:11am

But what about TCU? the only reason they were in front of us is due to the head

Pretorian

11/30/21 7:10am

The thing to remember re Baylor- they’re loss to tcu only dropped them 1 spot

1984coug

11/30/21 7:36am

That’s exactly how it would have to happen for us to have a chance

Tuskaloosa Cougar

11/29/21 9:45pm

We want Okie State to win but not get into the CFP

RenoCoug

11/29/21 9:49pm

Yep, that's in there with OSU getting the autobid but they only miss the playoff

nephicoug

11/29/21 10:04pm

Baylor would have to get destroyed, which is possible since their QB is out and the backup has to face the Cowboy D

runningryan

11/29/21 10:02pm

The committee could find a way to screw Okie State by putting ND ahead of them.

runningryan

11/29/21 10:04pm

Why do you need Utah to beat Oregon in this scenario?

cougaman

11/29/21 10:31pm

I think PAC-12 is a one horse conference.

Armchaircoug

11/29/21 10:34pm

Exactly, which is why it's interesting that he chose Utah to win in this

cougaman

11/29/21 10:38pm

Agreed, it won't make a difference who wins P-12 championship - only one gets in

Armchaircoug

11/29/21 10:43pm

It gives BYU a win against a P5 champ, and every little bit helps.

Skipshot

11/29/21 10:46pm

Honestly, a lot else has to go right for us to get in - but I don't think we end ahead of Oklahoma UNLESS Utah wins

krindorr

11/29/21 11:32pm

Yep. If we aren’t ahead of Oklahoma tonight. No reason to root for Utah

Tuskaloosa Cougar

11/30/21 7:26am

Everyone seems to think it's done if we're behind Oklahoma tonight. I'm not so sure

krindorr

11/30/21 8:00am

I can appreciate what you are saying for sure. If we only knew what they valued

Tuskaloosa Cougar

11/30/21 9:40am

Yeah, the general opaqueness of the process sucks - no doubt

krindorr

11/30/21 10:39am

Our win over Utah is a big reason

kosmokramer

11/29/21 11:41pm

Agreed. Utah beating Oregon a 2nd time doesn’t guarantee Oregon drops behind us.

Ned Schneebly

11/30/21 11:05am

All this is assuming they put Oklahoma behind us tomorrow. Plus I read somwhere

Dat_rmishner

11/29/21 11:20pm

Could absolutely work out... ends up being about a 2.9% chance

krindorr

11/29/21 11:32pm

Except, I think Bama needs to beat UGA for this to happen to put 2 SEC teams in

nephicoug

11/30/21 12:11am

Correct, that's what it should be

krindorr

11/30/21 12:26am

It doesn’t matter whether Utah or Oregon win because the one that does win

travelcoug

11/30/21 1:24am

It strengthens our SOS to have a win over a conference champ

nephicoug

11/30/21 9:47am

Auto bids go to the four highest ranked conference champions, not the highest

ptcougr

11/30/21 3:55am

If said conference champion is in the playoff, the next highest ranked team in

Blue Ridge

11/30/21 5:17am

One of the many proble4ms with the current system is that the 'rules' are so

ptcougr

11/30/21 7:55am

Playoff teams don’t count as auto bids except the G5 autobid

nephicoug

11/30/21 7:11am

How does 2 teams get the PAC bid, one of them not even in conference?

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