College Football season is about to kick off. Here are our record projections for every team

[Brett]

My teams are finished, it's time to move to basketball
(and professional pickleball)

 

[Rolltydr]

Now I understand why the last Bama Coach retired last season. This year team looked awful on paper and in practice. IMHO

This team is very puzzling. Yeah, they lost to Vanderbilt where they looked unprepared and to Tennessee in
Knoxville. But, they beat Georgia and in the first half looked great, then looked like a national championship contender against LSU. Then, against OU, they were uninspired and appeared to be unprepared. That’s the worst effort I’ve seen from an Alabama team in at least 20 years.

 

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Bowl Predictions 2024: College Football Playoff Picks amid Latest Bracket Scenarios​

Bowl Predictions 2024: College Football Playoff Picks amid Latest Bracket Scenarios

Chaos broke out in Week 13 of the college football season. Three College Football Playoff contenders from the SEC suffered road losses to ruin their chances…

bleacherreport.com

Richard

 

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College Football Playoff's credibility taking a hit as race is littered with mediocre contenders down stretch​

College Football Playoff's credibility taking a hit as race is littered with mediocre contenders down stretch

Maybe ballooning the field to 12 teams went a little overboard ... at least for this season

www.cbssports.com

Richard

 

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College football rankings: Notre Dame moves into top four as upsets lead to shakeup in CBS Sports 134​

College football rankings: Notre Dame moves into top four as upsets lead to shakeup in CBS Sports 134

The Fighting Irish jumped Penn State to join the top four of the updated ranking of every FBS team

www.cbssports.com

Richard

 

["Roger"]

College Football Playoff's credibility taking a hit as race is littered with mediocre contenders down stretch​

College Football Playoff's credibility taking a hit as race is littered with mediocre contenders down stretch

Maybe ballooning the field to 12 teams went a little overboard ... at least for this season

www.cbssports.com

Richard

Last year everybody on TUG was demanding that more teams be included in the playoffs. More teams, more mediocre teams get included. Yes , one of these medocre teams could get hot and win it all. Does that mean that they are the best team in college football? Playoffs produce upsets and are not a good way to determine who really has the best team.

Of course, the bottom line is that what this is really all about is the money. The NCAA (and a number of conferences and colleges) will cash in with the expanded playoffs. That is what this is really all about.

 

[Elan]

Last year everybody on TUG was demanding that more teams be included in the playoffs. More teams, more mediocre teams get included. Yes , one of these medocre teams could get hot and win it all. Does that mean that they are the best team in college football? Playoffs produce upsets and are not a good way to determine who really has the best team.

Of course, the bottom line is that what this is really all about is the money. The NCAA (and a number of conferences and colleges) will cash in with the expanded playoffs. That is what this is really all about.

So what WOULD be a good way to determine who really has the best team? Maybe just let some sports writers or group of AD's in a back room vote preseason so the teams don't actually have to play any games at all?

Large field playoffs seem to work just fine in virtually every other major sport. Nobody seems to feel like playoffs are a failure because a wildcard team wins the Superbowl or World Series.

The fact of the matter is that there's 130ish FBS teams and a 12 game schedule will never provide a large enough sample of results to determine anything definitive due to schedule imbalance. So at the end of the regular season, pick a statistically large enough field of teams and let them decide things on the field. It's how March Madness works and it's the way CFB should be.

 

[pedro47]

This is the first time in a decade there are no dominate SEC Teams in the final four ranking. IMHO

 

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12-Team College Football Playoff Bracket Based on ESPN FPI Rankings​

12-Team College Football Playoff Bracket Based on ESPN FPI Rankings

The College Football Playoffs are approaching quickly as the regular season continues to unfold. Here's a look at the potential bracket based on FPI rankings.

www.sportsgrid.com

Richard

 

[pedro47]

Wow! Alabama was not selected in the top twelve (12) for the NCAA Championship playoffs.

 

[pedro47]

So what WOULD be a good way to determine who really has the best team? Maybe just let some sports writers or group of AD's in a back room vote preseason so the teams don't actually have to play any games at all?

Large field playoffs seem to work just fine in virtually every other major sport. Nobody seems to feel like playoffs are a failure because a wildcard team wins the Superbowl or World Series.

The fact of the matter is that there's 130ish FBS teams and a 12 game schedule will never provide a large enough sample of results to determine anything definitive due to schedule imbalance. So at the end of the regular season, pick a statistically large enough field of teams and let them decide things on the field. It's how March Madness works and it's the way CFB should be.

The problems with playoffs games in baseball, basketball, football and all NCAA playoff games. These are college students and not gladiators for the pleasure of large money making alumnI, corporations and colleges. IMHO.

These college students are playing to move up to the money making professional levels in football, baseball, basketball, etc.,

Do I enjoy the NCAA playoffs games. Yes!

 

[Elan]

The problems with playoffs games in baseball, basketball, football and all NCAA playoff games. These are college students and not gladiators for the pleasure of large money making alumnI, corporations and colleges. IMHO.

These college students are playing to move up to the money making professional levels in football, baseball, basketball, etc.,

Do I enjoy the NCAA playoffs games. Yes!

While I agree, I think that the "student athlete" ship sailed long ago.

FCS has had a 16 team playoff seemingly forever and has expanded to 24 teams since 2013. Teams without a first round bye potentially play 5 straight weeks. And, of course, more recently, NIL has made college sports effectively the minor leagues for the pros. There are now "student athletes" making more in college than they'll ever make as professionals.

With the expanded playoff, it will be interesting to see if any players forego playing in playoff games as they've been doing recently with bowl games.

 

[Elan]

Texas leading the SEC, Oregon leading the B10, SMU leading the ACC and Arizona State leading the B12. Every "P4" conference being lead by a newcomer, with two of those teams coming from a conference deemed not worthy of existence, and another coming from a G5 conference.

 

[Brett]

Wow! Alabama was not selected in the top twelve (12) for the NCAA Championship playoffs.

Some teams still have a chance for the NCAA football playoffs

2024 College Football Playoff odds​

https://www.espn.com/espn/betting/s...tide-ole-miss-rebels-indiana-hoosiers-week-14

 

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College Football Playoff predictions: Who's most likely to make the field​

College Football Playoff picks after Week 14

Find out which teams our reporters pick for the College Football Playoff following Week 14.

www.espn.com

Richard

 

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College football bowl projections after Week 14: Playoff changes after Texas wins, Ohio State falters​

College football bowl projections after Week 14: Playoff changes after Texas wins, Ohio State falters

Major changes in our penultimate bowl projections coming out of rivalry weekend.

247sports.com

Richard

 

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CFB Playoff Picture 2024-25: Standings, Scenarios, Bracket Predictions After Week 14​

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10145333-cfb-playoff-picture-2024-25-standings-scenarios-bracket-predictions-after-week-14

Richard

 

[pedro47]

What happen to Ohio State and Miami Saturday?

 

[Brett]

What happen to Ohio State and Miami Saturday?

And what happened to James Madison - and all the "flag planting"

https://sports.yahoo.com/flag-plant...college-football-rivalry-games-055054636.html

 

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AP Top 25: Ohio St, Miami, Clemson drop; Texas, Penn St, Notre Dame, Georgia in line behind Oregon​

AP Top 25: Ohio St, Miami, Clemson drop; Texas, Penn St, Notre Dame, Georgia in line behind Oregon

Ohio State, Miami and Clemson plunged in The Associated Press Top 25 college football poll following losses over the weekend.

apnews.com

Richard

 

[pedro47]

This is the big question. Can Oregon finish the football season undefeated?

 

[Rjbeach2003]

I just went back and looked, boy did the predictor get the Big 12 wrong. Arizona State last, and now they are first. In answer to the previous post, why shouldn't Oregon end the season undefeated? Having said that it wouldn't be a huge upset if Penn State beats them. I'm a Pac-12 fan but I still will root for the Ducks.

 

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Bowl Predictions 2024: Playoff Odds and Bracket Projections Heading into Week 15​

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10145442-bowl-predictions-2024-playoff-odds-and-bracket-projections-heading-into-week-15

Richard

 

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12-Team College Football Playoff Bracket Based on ESPN’s FPI Rankings​

12-Team College Football Playoff Bracket Based on ESPN’s FPI Rankings

The College Football Playoffs are approaching quickly as the final postseason picture begins to take shape. Here's a look at a potential bracket via FPI ranks.

www.sportsgrid.com

Richard

 

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12-Team College Football Playoff Bracket Based on Coaches Poll​

12-Team College Football Playoff Bracket Based on Coaches Poll

The 2024 college football season has been wild! If the CFP Bracket was based on the coaches poll, how would it play out? Oregon projects as the national champ!

www.sportsgrid.com

Richard