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uclanut
Joined: 11/06/05 Posts: 1,408

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expansion
Posted Fri, Sep 02 11:51 am
https://sports.yahoo.com/reports-college-football-playoff-board-193500285.html
OswegoBruin
Joined: 11/11/10 Posts: 17,107
One hopes they do not afford the top teams,
Posted Fri, Sep 02 1:36 pm
In response to expansion (uclanut)
who will inevitably get byes, additional practice time and revenue. Other than that, fine with me.
bruinbeast
Joined: 12/12/12 Posts: 5,888

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Oregon, Washington, Utah have easy entry to playoffs
Posted Fri, Sep 02 1:39 pm
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With auto entry for conference champion, PAC 12 is a better conference to get in playoffs.
8years
Joined: 7/10/12 Posts: 1,694
It says automatic entry for the six top ranked
Posted Fri, Sep 02 4:39 pm
In response to Oregon, Washington, Utah have easy entry to playoffs (bruinbeast)
conference champions, not power conferences. One of the power 5 conference champions theoretically could be left out of the automatic qualifiers if Group of 5 champions have a higher ranking.
ShowtimeUCLA
Joined: 11/19/17 Posts: 1,978
Not likely though
Posted Sat, Sep 03 1:09 pm
In response to It says automatic entry for the six top ranked (8years)
It would require 2 G5 conference champions to finish ranked ahead to deny a P5 champion a spot. There very well might be more than one G5 team ranked ahead of a P5 champion but the likelihood of them being from different conferences is minimal. It’s usually only the MWC or AAC who have occasionally highly ranked teams. Recent realignment has drastically weakened the AAC so it’s really just MWC left. I’m not suggesting it’s impossible or will never happen but I think it’s highly unlikely. If a p5 champion ranks below multiple G5 champions, they probably don’t stand a chance in the CFP anyway.
Student Baller
Joined: 7/14/14 Posts: 6,578
The way Georgia is
Posted Sat, Sep 03 1:53 pm
In response to Oregon, Washington, Utah have easy entry to playoffs (bruinbeast)
Dismantling Oregon, I’d probably not be that sure Oregon has an easy road to anything.
ziggy_84
Joined: 1/14/14 Posts: 1,917
Did oregon deserve that preseason #11 ranking?
Posted Sat, Sep 03 2:05 pm
In response to The way Georgia is (Student Baller)
They lost a lot of good players, was surprised they were ranked that high.
AnthemForOne
Joined: 2/07/05 Posts: 2,605
I'm going to say no
Posted Sat, Sep 03 2:42 pm
In response to Did oregon deserve that preseason #11 ranking? (ziggy_84)
Georgia is still VERY, VERY good, but Oregon's making them look like the '85 Bears.

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