College Football Playoff (2016-2017 Season)

[Bestbuck36]

First down on both sides of the ball need to improve. Stop waiting on our heals on defense and stop the long drawn out plays on offense. Special teams needs to get back on track.

Poof, we're in the playoffs.

 

[Jaxbuck]

The only way we need Penn State to lose is if it's a 2-way tie (Michigan loses 2). In a three way tie overall record will eliminate Penn State since head2heads cancel each other out. In a two way tie Penn States win last night comes before all other tiebreakers.

Am I understanding that right?

Yes. As I understand it, that is the deal.

Also, you thing an undefeated Baylor/WVU wouldn't get in? I find it hard to believe an undefeated P5 champ would ever be left out unless there were 5 of them.

I think even an undefeated B12 champ (especially if it's Baylor) would not get the nod over a 1 loss SEC or B1G champ. I also don't think WVU or Baylor are going undefeated.

 

[ant80]

11W addresses this issue.

The following procedure will determine the representative from each division in the event of a tie:
(a) If two teams are tied, the winner of the game between the two tied teams shall be the representative.
(b) If three or more teams are tied, steps 1 through 6 will be followed until a determination is made. If only two teams remain tied after any step, the winner of the game between the two tied teams shall be the representative.

1. The records of the three tied teams will be compared against each other.
2. The records of the three tied teams will be compared within their division.
3. The records of the three teams will be compared against the next highest placed teams in their division in order of finish (4, 5, 6, and 7).
4. The records of the three teams will be compared against all common conference opponents.
5. The team with the best overall winning percentage [excluding exempted games] shall be the representative.
6. The representative will be chosen by random draw.

They then explain the possibilities below, you can read them, but the following is my IMO. PSU is NOT winning out. C'mon! This is James Franklin, after all. I feel confident in saying that. (Though I also thought it was laughable that PSU would beat tOSU, so what do I know.)

But the margin of error is razor thin. Drop one more game, and we're out. Doesn't matter if it is against scUM (god forbid!) or other teams.

 

[MD Buckeye]

Just win.....win out & the Buckeyes will get what they deserve. And more then anything, just beat TTUN. Fuck those rat bastards.

 

[Jake]

We need to take care of our own business, which hopefully includes Nebraska and Michigan coming to Columbus with unblemished records. If that happens, I like our chances.

 

[buckeyemania11]

After last nights performance better worry about beating Northwestern, whos all of a sudden decided to start playing football. Before even thinking about the playoff

 

[GovTressel76]

Only scenario possible now to block us is the -Michigan loses one and Penn State wins out- one. Oh, and we have to improve drastically to win out.

 

[NFBuck]

Obligatory...

 

[UrbanBuckeye]

Agreed, but WVU or Baylor could be undefeated.

Well it looks like Baylor and WVU solved that problem. Not sure how we're going to even get past Nebraska or Maryland or MSU for that matter.

I'd rather lose now if we're going to lose and just beat TTUN. I have watched Clemson and Bama and right now I would NOT want to play them. We'd look like last year's MSU team in the playoff.... Only worse. Rather not be embarrassed.

Just like to beat fucking scUM

 

[LostLassie]

The path? Yeah, it's in here somewhere...

 

[LostLassie]

Rather not be embarrassed any more than we already have been.

fify

 

[BigJim]

Only scenario possible now to block us is the -Michigan loses one and Penn State wins out- one. Oh, and we have to improve drastically to win out.

I think you mean if Michigan loses one in addition to against OSU, right? In reading through the tiebreaker rules, I believe OSU goes if all three teams finish with one loss:

The following procedure will determine the representative from each division in the event of a tie:
(a) If two teams are tied, the winner of the game between the two tied teams shall be the representative.
(b) If three or more teams are tied, steps 1 through 6 will be followed until a determination is made. If only two teams remain tied after any step, the winner of the game between the two tied teams shall be the representative.
1. The records of the three tied teams will be compared against each other.
2. The records of the three tied teams will be compared within their division.
3. The records of the three teams will be compared against the next highest placed teams in their division in order of finish (4, 5, 6, and 7).
4. The records of the three teams will be compared against all common conference opponents.
5. The team with the best overall winning percentage [excluding exempted games] shall be the representative.
6. The representative will be chosen by random draw.

http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-footbl/archive/081011aaa.html

I'm assuming #1 is overall record and not conference record since it would be redundant if it were conference record, could be wrong though.

Unfortunately PSU might be favored by at least a touchdown for the rest of their games this year (H Iowa and A Indiana are the best hope), so we might have to root for scUM until they play OSU if PSU keeps winning.

 

[GovTressel76]

I think you mean if Michigan loses one in addition to against OSU, right? In reading through the tiebreaker rules, I believe OSU goes if all three teams finish with one loss:



http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-footbl/archive/081011aaa.html

I'm assuming #1 is overall record and not conference record since it would be redundant if it were conference record, could be wrong though.

Unfortunately PSU might be favored by at least a touchdown for the rest of their games this year (H Iowa and A Indiana are the best hope), so we might have to root for scUM until they play OSU if PSU keeps winning.

Correct...we would win a three way tiebreaker, but lose a two way tiebreaker with PSU.

 

[ScriptOhio]

OHIO STATE WILL GET ITS FIRST GLIMPSE AT THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF RANKINGS TUESDAY NIGHT, BUT THE BUCKEYES DON'T PLAN TO PAY ATTENTION

The first College Football Playoff rankings come out Tuesday evening.

Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer won’t be watching.

“I won’t look at it,” Meyer said Monday during his weekly press conference. “I’m sure people will tell me about it, though, including my person of 27 years of marriage will tell me about it when I get home.”

So it’s settled: Meyer won’t be watching, but he’ll certainly know where his team stands on the first day of November.

History has shown us it doesn’t really matter where a team stands in these initial rankings. Sure, the higher the better, but there’s still a month left to play in the season and so many things can happen in this wild and wacky world of college football.

Back in 2014, the initial year for the College Football Playoff, Ohio State debuted at No. 16 in the rankings. The Buckeyes were 6-1 at the time. Then, Ohio State won its next six games and finished No. 4 to make the four-team playoff. We’re all well-aware of what happened after that.

In a matter of six weeks, Ohio State moved 12 spots.

Entire article: http://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio-...-rankings-tuesday-night-but-the-buckeyes-dont

 

[Zurp]

Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer won’t be watching.

History has shown us it doesn’t really matter where a team stands in these initial rankings. Sure, the higher the better, but there’s still a month left to play in the season and so many things can happen in this wild and wacky world of college football.

Entire article: http://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio-...-rankings-tuesday-night-but-the-buckeyes-dont

I think that history has also shown that it doesn't matter where a team is in the second-to-last standings, as shown in 2014. A team entered the last game of the season at #3, and dropped to #6, despite winning something like 100-3. OK, so I forget that score. And I'm not saying that the final rankings were wrong. But if the ranking can be that volatile, then what's the point of all of the rankings prior to the last one? Yeah yeah yeah- to get interest in college football. To get teams to know where they stand. Bull-Mark May!!! Mark May all over that shit! These rankings are as worthless as the AP and the coaches' polls.