Higher than I thought they'd go but I'll take it!

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/50448424/georgia-takes-cfp-top-spot-notre-dame-leaps-no-5

Boy...passing five of those teams is a tough row to hoe. Cross your fingers!

They're just screwing with us now. Dangling an at large bid...I don't see it without major carnage ahead of us, like 3 Big 12 teams losing multiple games to get knocked out in addition to SEC cannibalization.

The worst part is the only alternative is rooting for Riley to beat Cignetti outside of the Coliseum. Something neither want to root for, nor expect in a million years to happen.

Edited 10 hours ago10 hr by Solar

Indiana, without playing a game, drops from No. 4 to No. 9.

Nine SEC teams are ranked.

Does a close loss at 2-loss Texas overcome Ole Miss being destroyed at unranked Florida and at home by Georgia?

2-loss Bama in the top 10, fine. But ahead of a Tennessee team that beat Bama. Because Bama just defeated an overrated LSU team and lost a close game against Georgia in Tuscaloosa.

What does Mizzou have to do not to be ranked?

SSecDD.

However, Georgia deserves to be ranked No. 1.

A 24-team PO will eliminate some of the bias, but not all, before the CFB committee uses disclosed metrics to support their rankings, like the CBB committee.

1 hour ago, Solar said:

They're just screwing with us now. Dangling an at large bid...I don't see it without major carnage ahead of us, like 3 Big 12 teams losing multiple games to get knocked out in addition to SEC cannibalization.

The worst part is the only alternative is rooting for Riley to beat Cignetti outside of the Coliseum. Something neither want to root for, nor expect in a million years to happen.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

OK, it still sucks. But there is only one certain way into the PO for OBD. Win the last B1G championship game.

SC paving the way for a Ducks PO spot while the Trojans play their way to San Antonio would be double the pleasure, and double the 2026 fun. 😍

The way I am reading the rankings is this: 1 would beat 2, 2 would beat 3, and so on.

I like the way they are not going by record. For the most part.

I like the way they are going by who is good now. Again, for the most part.

Oregon needs to dominate the end of season and give them something to think about.

Oregon has elite players, just not quite a whole team of them.

Some of these Big12 and ACC teams are just good for who they are and who they play.

Who would smack down Oregon? Georgia and bama. Maybe LSU. Texas IF they have a perfect game.

ND and Miami look pretty tough. I think Oregon vs Tennessee would be a classic.

Right now, I like Oregon vs. EVERYBODY in the Big10. (Although Iowa scares me somewhat)

What would Oregon do vs the Big12 and ACC playoff teams? That is what the "committee" is going to have to think about.

And if Oregon wins out and looks really good doing it, (like I think they will!), the "committee" is going to have to answer that question.

I think the committee is trying to get Oregon in the PO. Just keep winning and Oregon is in. Pretty obvious they think Oregon is one of the best teams in the country.

2 hours ago, Log Haulin said:

I think the committee is trying to get Oregon in the PO. Just keep winning and Oregon is in. Pretty obvious they think Oregon is one of the best teams in the country.

Agree. They got treated like an SEC team this week with a 7 point jump. My thought before the rankings came out was that if Oregon could get to 15 or 16, then they have a shot at an at-large if they win out. Hopefully, they make the championship game and give UCLA a beatdown.

Edited 2 hours ago2 hr by GeotechDuck

Now that OBD's have positioned themselves for a slim shot at a "at large invite", can they still play loose and have fun?

Each week the pressure to win and win convincingly will build. There is no squeaking by or limping into a CFP invite.

The only factor in the Ducks control is to beat the 3 teams left on the schedule. And win big!

Some of the teams ahead of them will lose games. Opportunities to move up will happen.

If the Ducks are an 11 point favorite, then win by 21. Be dominant and leave no doubt.

This Duck team has the talent. Do they have the resolve when the pressure is on.

Go Ducks! Open another can of whoop arse on the Wolverines. Impress the committee.

Go Usuck beat IU.

Moving up five places in just three weeks....especially with our unremarkable schedule left, (in terms of rankings) and considering the teams ahead of us...I think it is a very low probability of Oregon making the conference championship game, and/or making the Playoff. But let's go for it!

16 is higher than a three loss team deserves. Chaos will happen as it always does. Ducks win out and finishing 11th is a real possibility.