Tuesday, November 8, 2022

What Would the 12-Team Playoff Look Like With the Committee's Second Ranking?

 The College Football Playoff has announced their second ranking, so let's see how that would shake out with the future 12-team format.

BYES
1-Georgia
2-Ohio State
3-TCU
4-Oregon

FIRST ROUND
12-Tulane at 5-Michigan
11-Ole Miss at 6-Tennessee
10-Clemson at 7-LSU
9-Alabama at 8-USC

SECOND ROUND
USC/Alabama at 1-Georgia
LSU/Clemson at 2-Ohio State
Tennessee/Ole Miss at 3-TCU
Michigan/Tulane at 4-Oregon

So, what makes this interesting? For one, there's Alabama and Clemson right in the mix despite everyone declaring them dead. History doesn't mean anything when dealing with today's college teams, but know Georgia would have to play Alabama in a quarterfinal game is both exciting and feeling unfair. We'd also get Tennessee ... who was the top team last week ... playing the team the committee didn't respect in TCU. And due to the championship mandate of the byes, Michigan (No. 3) would play Oregon (No. 4) in the quarterfinal. 

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