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!