Navy Ranked 15th In The Latest College Football Playoff Rankings

Yesterday, we ran a blind CFB playoff poll of the potential resumes for teams that ultimately can finish with one loss.

In the days leading up to the West Coast showdown that will define CFP No. 6 and AP fourth-ranked Notre Dame (10-1), the Irish senior wide receiver took time to lend a hand to Nick Coleman, Nick Watkins and Devin Butler. Oklahoma and Oklahoma State will have a lot to say about a playoff berth even without a conference championship game, correct? They can end up as Big 12 champions or co-champions, but it might not be enough to gain the favour of those 12 making the decisions about the Final Four.

Help needed: After narrowly beating Boston College, the committee banished Notre Dame from the top four. Not many thought Ohio State could hang with Alabama and OR past year either.

Jeff Long, the CFP Selection Committee chairman, said Oklahoma’s performance since losing to Texas coupled with its six wins over opponents with. The Sooners’ loss was to Texas and with the Big 12 now using head-to-head tiebreakers, they would be the conference’s one champion.

Notre Dame is fourth and Oklahoma is fifth. Plenty of controversy stemmed from the committee’s top four. Oklahoma plays Saturday at Oklahoma State (7 p.m., WFAA/Ch. 8). 2 – and it nearly collapsed late against the Horned Frogs.

“I think if you look at the teams across the board, we’ve played, from the start in September all the way through November, a very good schedule”, Kelly said.

After OU’s impressive victory over Baylor two games back, many were calling it the biggest game of the season in college football.

How Mayfield’s injury impacted the Sooners’ defense allowing 22 second-half points to TCU’s “B” offense isn’t entirely clear.

The bottom line is this: While the “win and get in” mentality is a very reasonable possibility, should the following scenarios play out, the Spartans will have plans on New Year’s Eve. 3 and 4, respectively, behind top-ranked Clemson and No. 2 Alabama.

Because of geography, proximity and fan interest, the Fiesta Bowl probably would get a marquee matchup of No. 6 Notre Dame against No. 8 Ohio State in the Fiesta Bowl. Oklahoma is in better position. Navy is the highest-ranked team the Irish have beaten, and the Midshipmen can improve their stock with a road game against fellow one-loss team Houston. I don’t like Florida’s chances of getting there, but it’s hard to deny that they would jump people by closing with wins over both Florida State and Alabama, thus taking Alabama’s slot in the current top 4.

Unbeaten Iowa (11-0) and No. 5 Michigan State (10-1) can setup a possible playoff play-in game in the Big Ten championship if both win this weekend.

Nevertheless, it was interesting and somewhat surprising to hear why the committee put Iowa ahead.

Michigan State has a road win at WMU. For the sake of simplicity, let’s take a look at the teams behind and in front of the Cowboys to see where the best path forward is.

This is a team, though, that has said for weeks it doesn’t care about where it’s ranked (even though videos of the team celebrating its previous No. 4 slots were posted on social media earlier this month). For the season, Oklahoma State has been the most opportunistic team in the conference in the turnover category with a plus-15 ratio. Basically, the committee chose the easier way out this week by picking the undefeated team, knowing this debate won’t matter anyway.

No. 1 Clemson at South Carolina: South Carolina has fallen apart. There wasn’t much interest in shifting the order. The top four teams are awarded an opportunity to compete in the national playoff. The Tide are the only team in the top 12 that doesn’t have a top-20 win, but we know the “eye test” overrides results when convenient.