Cincy got shafted by the CFP Committee

it is too early for any of the teams to worry much. with 5 games left half the top 10 is going to lose a game or 2. and you just have to have things break right. If your a team like wake forest or cinci.

Alabama losing to Georgia is the high leverahe game. Ohio St Mich St is another. And obvious every time Oregon plays....

I know few things about college football wrote:

I agree totally with the CFB standings. You guys are runners and never played D-1 college football like I did. You don't understand strength of schedule and power conferences vs weak conferences.

Wild how strength of schedule is impacted by pre-season/early season rankings… no?

There are eight two-loss teams in the AP top 25… four of them are from the SEC. Of those four, the top three from the SEC are rated as the top three two loss teams in the country.

Ranked high preseason/in early weeks -> beat up on each other -> SEC ranked high at the end of the year. It’s a revolving door…

Alabama hasn’t beaten anyone of actual quality yet. Bunch of teams highly ranked early on that are now at 4-4, 5-3. Whoopdidoo.

I live in Cincinnati, and I think Luke Fickell has done a great job, but I'm astounded at the people who were surprised. They don't play a strong enough schedule, they're not (yet) at the talent level of the big conference schools, and, most important, the committee looks at $$ -- which matchup will bring in the most money. Right now, that's not UC.

Oregon lost to Stanford. They have to be ranked behind OU at least.

Oklahoma's number 8 ranking is irrelevant. We all know theyll be in if they run the table and they'd get in over Cincy if they finished as a 1 loss big 12 champ. Sad but true. Head to head? Cincy would probably win. Oklahoma has been lucky with a few wins already. And yes, the Alabama bias is disturbing. They've beaten nobody. The SEC besides Georgia and Bama is a bunch of cupcakes but the committee acts as if they're all great teams.

You have a valid point there. However, I think Oregon is being solely rewarded with the win over Ohio St - ranked #3 at the time and the game played at OSU. Oklahoma on the other hand played no body in non-conference play barely beating Tulane 40-35 & running up the score on hapless Western Kentucky (76-0). And all they've done since is basically outscore their opponents in a relatively week Big-12 conference. However, I would be inclined in having Oklahoma at 4 and Oregon at 5 at this point.

*Correction: Western Carolina.

Cincinnati needs to ignore their ranking now and win out. If they do that and are still shafted, like UCF was, it can be a discussion but right now it is just a distraction.

Lol they barely beat a crappy Tulsa team. Miss me with that CFP talk.

orlly wrote:

Lol they barely beat a crappy Tulsa team. Miss me with that CFP talk.

Not to mention, Tulsa actually crossed the plane on that last play for a TD and should’ve had an opportunity to go for two.

No “sexy” points here for Cincy. They are ranked too high, just like Wake Forest was.

Tulsa nearly beat Cincinnati today and Navy BEAT Tulsa a couple weeks ago. Notre Dame crushed this same excellent Navy team today 34-6.

Expect Notre Dame to move up to at least #4 this week.

Leprechauns' got $$$$$$$ wrote:

Tulsa nearly beat Cincinnati today and Navy BEAT Tulsa a couple weeks ago. Notre Dame crushed this same excellent Navy team today 34-6.

Expect Notre Dame to move up to at least #4 this week.

Great. So we can then eventually see them get absolutely annihilated by Georgia? Can’t wait…

With the exception of Clemson the last few years, a dynasty which is over, this is the SEC vs the winner of the Big Ten, usually OSU…

orlly wrote:

Lol they barely beat a crappy Tulsa team. Miss me with that CFP talk.

+1

#6 is being generous.

correct eval wrote:

orlly wrote:

Lol they barely beat a crappy Tulsa team. Miss me with that CFP talk.

+1

#6 is being generous.

Alabama almost lost to a pathetic LSU team.

Come this weeks rankings, they’ll have only beaten one top 25 teams.

It’s all a sham.

the macdaddy og yoo wrote:

Alabama almost lost to a pathetic LSU team.

Come this weeks rankings, they’ll have only beaten one top 25 teams.

It’s all a sham.

Yep, and also almost lost to a mediocre Florida team. I don't necessarily have a huge problem with them being ranked somewhere in the 2-4 range, but they're certainly not clearly better than anyone else other than Georgia. I personally would argue that Michigan deserves #2 and possibly Ohio St. #3, then Alabama #4.

Go to an 8 team Playoff.

Alan

Runningart2004 wrote:

Go to an 8 team Playoff.

Alan

4 is plenty. 1-8 and 2-7 would be routs and guys entering the draft on the underdog teams wouldn't play. So long as the 2 best teams are among the 4 chosen, it's all good.

the macdaddy og yoo wrote:

correct eval wrote:

+1

#6 is being generous.

Alabama almost lost to a pathetic LSU team.

Come this weeks rankings, they’ll have only beaten one top 25 teams.

It’s all a sham.

I agree with OP's sentiment but almost losing to Tulsa & Navy is different from having to play a team like LSU on most weekends. If Cincinnati had to play even a Stanford (let's take the UofO example) type team every weekend, they'd probably have a loss or two.

The bias is towards the Power 5 teams but it should be. Cincy went 66/49/41 nationally in recruiting the last 3 seasons. I think they can compete in a 1 off game & do want to see it. I would expand the playoff to 8 & guarantee the best non-power 5 team a seat at the table. A 4 team playoff is hard to pick. Bias is gonna skew towards the teams that generate $$$ & because those teams are actually the best teams.

Good post, and I agree. Any more than eight is too many though. Could almost go to a NFL format w 7 in and the top team getting a bye.

Two points you make here are valid… power conferences generally play solid opponents week after week and beat each other up. But I, too, would like to see the one off, non power team in in any given playoff.

Lastly, I really only see four power conferences. I don’t consider the ACC in the same realm. Clemson was an outlier. I would almost give an auto from any of the other four power conferences.