Playoff Polls.

[poewelch84]

I meant Baylor at 12-0 in the above post.

 

[ChicagoIrish]

It may be enough, it may not. Let's just say that Baylor wins out beating TCU, Oklahoma, and Oklahoma State. The Oklahoma State only loses to Baylor beating Oklahoma. Oklahoma beats TCU but loses to the other two. That would put Oklahoma at 9-3, TCU at 9-3, Oklahoma State at 11-1 and Baylor at 12-1. Now Oklahoma and TCU wouldn't be ranked or at least one wouldn't and if they are they'll be in the bottom of the top 25. Oklahoma State would likely be out of the top 10 maybe int he 15 range. That would be Baylor's best win and then the rest of the schedule besides those three games is pitiful.

Undefeated Baylor will jump us


Edit: That's too many moving parts, and I don't see Oklahoma or TCU losing 3 games.

 

[poewelch84]

Undefeated Baylor will jump us


Edit: That's too many moving parts, and I don't see Oklahoma or TCU losing 3 games.

If Baylor goes undefeated then they will both have two losses and they still play one another so one will have three losses so I'm sure you can see it now. If Oklahoma wins except against Baylor then Oklahoma State would end with 2 losses and Oklahoma 2 and TCU 3. None of those teams would be as highly ranked at that point.

 

[ChicagoIrish]

If Baylor goes undefeated then they will both have two losses and they still play one another so one will have three losses so I'm sure you can see it now. If Oklahoma wins except against Baylor then Oklahoma State would end with 2 losses and Oklahoma 2 and TCU 3. None of those teams would be as highly ranked at that point.

Oklahoma is the most well rounded team in the Big12, and I'm guessing they're going to win out. Which would eliminate the Big12, unless Notre Dame loses to Stanford. But, if Baylor beats Oklahoma this week, I see them winning out.

 

[poewelch84]

Oklahoma is the most well rounded team in the Big12, and I'm guessing they're going to win out. Which would eliminate the Big12, unless Notre Dame loses to Stanford. But, if Baylor beats Oklahoma this week, I see them winning out.

I agree that if Baylor wins this weekend they have a good shot at winning out. But if they do win TCU or Oklahoma are going to end up with 3 losses and depending on what Oklahoma State does both could end up with 3 losses. Personally I think Oklahoma are going to beat Baylor this weekend myself which should eliminate the Big12.

 

[ChicagoIrish]

Oklahoma getting lots of love, starting to worry me.

 

[poewelch84]

Oklahoma getting lots of love, starting to worry me.

Because they beat Baylor this week everyone on ESPN is all over Oklahoma but if Baylor drops back and loses again then the win won't be as impressive.

 

[ChicagoIrish]

Are the rankings later tonight?

 

[ChicagoIrish]

Holding strong at #4. Oklahoma #7.

Stanford being #11 is really good for us, the top rated 2 loss team I believe. Oklahoma might not have enough to catch us. I was thinking they would be 5 or 6

 

[Irish7478]

Holding strong at #4. Oklahoma #7.

Stanford being #11 is really good for us, the top rated 2 loss team I believe. Oklahoma might not have enough to catch us. I was thinking they would be 5 or 6

If USC beats Oregon this week, we could have wins against 3 top 20 teams.

 

[ChicagoIrish]

If USC beats Oregon this week, we could have wins against 3 top 20 teams.

Oregon better not damage our SOS any damn more.

 

[bbirish73]

it will be hard to leave out an ND team that may beat the eventual Pac12 champion and the possible AAC (an actual good conference) champion in Navy. Would Iowa and Ohio State both be in the playoff if Iowa beat Ohio State in the big10 championship game.

 

[purguy12]

Told you guys. Everything is looking good. The committee is holding Oklahoma to that bad loss to Texas, where we killed Texas.

Yes Stanford at 11 is a good think, plus USC is back in and Navy is moving up.

 

[purguy12]

it will be hard to leave out an ND team that may beat the eventual Pac12 champion and the possible AAC (an actual good conference) champion in Navy. Would Iowa and Ohio State both be in the playoff if Iowa beat Ohio State in the big10 championship game.

No OSU would be out. Iowa would be in.

 

[purguy12]

Holding strong at #4. Oklahoma #7.

Stanford being #11 is really good for us, the top rated 2 loss team I believe. Oklahoma might not have enough to catch us. I was thinking they would be 5 or 6

if they had a conference championship they would of a shot.

 

[KnuteRoc]

Yeah now the ESPN talking heads are making their case for Oklahoma as if the committee doesn't know of these possibilities. It's like first it was TCU, would they have enough of a resume (even as an undefeated) to beat out the Irish. Then it was Baylor. Now it's Oklahoma. Next week it could be Oklahoma State.

If we don't make it we don't. If it comes down to three unbeatens (Clemson, OSU/Iowa, Oklahoma St.) and a slew of one-loss teams, Bama probably gets by us but I think we'd be the second one-loss team. So if we have only 2 unbeatens and 2 one-loss teams, we're probably in. I don't really mind either way. What I'd like to see most is another bowl win to keep that momentum going. We went so long without a bowl win that some consistency in bowl games would be a fine consolation next to winning the NC. It was nice to be in the game in '12 but it wasn't any fun at all watching Bama beat our brains in.

 

[purguy12]

Yeah now the ESPN talking heads are making their case for Oklahoma as if the committee doesn't know of these possibilities. It's like first it was TCU, would they have enough of a resume (even as an undefeated) to beat out the Irish. Then it was Baylor. Now it's Oklahoma. Next week it could be Oklahoma State.

If we don't make it we don't. If it comes down to three unbeatens (Clemson, OSU/Iowa, Oklahoma St.) and a slew of one-loss teams, Bama probably gets by us but I think we'd be the second one-loss team. So if we have only 2 unbeatens and 2 one-loss teams, we're probably in. I don't really mind either way. What I'd like to see most is another bowl win to keep that momentum going. We went so long without a bowl win that some consistency in bowl games would be a fine consolation next to winning the NC. It was nice to be in the game in '12 but it wasn't any fun at all watching Bama beat our brains in.

I agree, if we dont make it I hope we dont play LSU again. I would like to play someone different.

all we can do is keep on winning because if we lose it wont matter about the playoffs.

 

[poewelch84]

Just keep winning and the Big 12 will beat up on one another and as they do their wins against one another look less and less impressive. At the end of the season Notre Dame could have wins over three top 25 teams in Stanford, USC, and Navy with quality wins against Temple, and Pitt, and wins over power 5 teams Wake Forest, BC, GT, and Texas.

 

[bbirish73]

I would love to play Iowa in a bowl game if ND doesn't make it. I live in Illinois and am 10 minutes away from Iowa. Iowa fans are insufferable. Iowa has no professional sports team so it is Hawkeyes all year round. I can't fucking stand it!

 

[Irish7478]

I would love to play Iowa in a bowl game if ND doesn't make it. I live in Illinois and am 10 minutes away from Iowa. Iowa fans are insufferable. Iowa has no professional sports team so it is Hawkeyes all year round. I can't fucking stand it!

I'm OK if Iowa beats Ohio State and then we play them in the first round of the playoff. Other than that, I'd prefer to play someone else.