AEW Champion’s Power Rankings and Playoff Predictions

New predictions:

Byes:

1. Ohio State
2. Georgia
3. Miami
4. Iowa State

12. SMU at 5. Oregon
11. Indiana at 6. Texas
10. Boise State at 7. Notre Dame
9. Tennessee at 8. Penn State

First out and rooting for chaos:
13. Alabama
14. Ole Miss
15. South Carolina
16. Texas A&M
17. Clemson
 
Many of the playoff participants will be happy to see Alabama, Ole Miss and South Carolina out of the playoffs in favor or patsies like SMU, Indiana and Penn State.
 
AEW Champion said:
New predictions:

Byes:

1. Ohio State
2. Georgia
3. Miami
4. Iowa State

12. SMU at 5. Oregon
11. Indiana at 6. Texas
10. Boise State at 7. Notre Dame
9. Tennessee at 8. Penn State

First out and rooting for chaos:
13. Alabama
14. Ole Miss
15. South Carolina
16. Texas A&M
17. Clemson
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The loser of Oregon Ohio State should actually be 6th. The committee will probably screw this up however. Logically if they are 1 and 2, playing in the B18 championship game, and it is a close game, they theoretically would still be the 2 best teams, hence should meet in the finals, not the semis.
 
Hammerdrill said:
The loser of Oregon Ohio State should actually be 6th. The committee will probably screw this up however. Logically if they are 1 and 2, playing in the B18 championship game, and it is a close game, they theoretically would still be the 2 best teams, hence should meet in the finals, not the semis.
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What would make you think they were #1 and #2? Just because they don't have a strong schedule like the SEC teams? This is again the fallacy of all this. Good heavens Oregon had to fight for their life to beat Wisconsin and Bama crushed Wisky up there??? And Bama won't even make the playoffs?? You HAVE to use the few common opponents as data, it's the only way.
 
14Red said:
What would make you think they were #1 and #2? Just because they don't have a strong schedule like the SEC teams? This is again the fallacy of all this. Good heavens Oregon had to fight for their life to beat Wisconsin and Bama crushed Wisky up there??? And Bama won't even make the playoffs?? You HAVE to use the few common opponents as data, it's the only way.
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I didn’t say I thought they were. But it’s logical that they will be.
 
wolves82 said:
I'm sure you agree that a 3rd loss eliminates any team. Your post is not forward-thinking.

Somebody is losing the Georgia/Tennessee game. Someone is losing the Texas/Texas A&M game. Somebody is losing the SEC championship game. Key games below. At least two and possibly 3 of these teams end up with 3 losses. Which means bye-bye.

- Bama has: @ Oklahoma, Auburn
- Ole Miss has: @ Florida, Miss State
- Georgia has Tennessee and GA Tech
- A&M has: @ Auburn, Texas
- Texas has: @ Arkansas, Kentucky, @ A&M
- Tennessee has: Georgia, @ Vandy
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LOL. Yep.

Bye bye Bama. Bye bye Ole Miss. Bye bye A&M.

Could it be that only 2-3 SEC teams make the 12 team playoffs? Man I hope so. A conference full of good teams, but obviously none are great. If you lose 3 times, you are not great, you are Earle Bruce level.

Edit: Hoping A&M and Georgia beat Texas. Knock out those pretenders. They have no quality wins.
 
Teams like Oklahoma and Florida have talent, but regularly shoot themselves in the ace with self-inflicted boneheaded mistakes. A good example is Boomer Sooner marching down the field against Bama only to walk away with 0 points after dropping a wide open double pass for a TD and line drive knuckle balling wide left a less than 40 yard FG.

If you’re Alabama or Ole Miss and you miss the playoffs for having 3 losses and losing to the likes of those knuckleheads, it’s your own damn fault.
 
nwwarrior09 said:
Teams like Oklahoma and Florida have talent, but regularly shoot themselves in the ace with self-inflicted boneheaded mistakes. A good example is Boomer Sooner marching down the field against Bama only to walk away with 0 points after dropping a wide open double pass for a TD and line drive knuckle balling wide left a less than 40 yard FG.

If you’re Alabama or Ole Miss and you miss the playoffs for having 3 losses and losing to the likes of those knuckleheads, it’s your own damn fault.
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Seems like maybe the SEC needs to play only 7 conference games. It’s just too difficult.
 
14Red said:
It's only logical in records only, not taking into account who they play, how the games went. The playoff should be really interesting.
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it’s pretty much the consensus now that they are 1 and 2. And it will remain that way if Ohio State beat Oregon in the B18 championship game
 
AEW Champion said:
https://twitter.com/x/status/1861808379607363900

How much better do the playoffs look if we just went with Josh Pate’s Top 12? That looks highly enticing!

Why waste our time with DEI candidates like Indiana, Boise State and the Big 12?
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Looks like a talent rating, with a few exceptions to me. On the field results matter. Florida and USC are 6-5 and ranked in the top 20. Both are 10th in their respective conferences.
 
Latest projections:

1. Oregon
2. Georgia
3. Iowa State
4. Boise State

12. Clemson at 5. Texas
11. South Carolina at 6. Notre Dame
10. Indiana at 7. Ohio State
9. Penn State at 8. Tennessee

First out:
13. SMU
14. Miami
15. Alabama
16. Ole Miss
 
South Carolina ironically must become huge Clemson fans this week. If Clemson beats SMU, I don’t see how you can put SMU or even Miami in over a South Carolina team that just won on the road at Clemson and has been on a roll down the stretch.

Then the argument would turn into, do you put SCar in over teams that it lost to (Bama and Ole Miss)? I think I would.
 
AEW Champion said:
South Carolina ironically must become huge Clemson fans this week. If Clemson beats SMU, I don’t see how you can put SMU or even Miami in over a South Carolina team that just won on the road at Clemson and has been on a roll down the stretch.

Then the argument would turn into, do you put SCar in over teams that it lost to (Bama and Ole Miss)? I think I would.
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…and then you put SMU in over Indiana. How can you penalize SMU for having a tougher schedule than Indiana, similar loss, but losing in a conference championship?

I’d almost argue South Carolina is already in and other than playing in the cold should be a favorite over ND or PSU.

Still can’t believe OSU lost. Insane.
 
Quebec said:
…and then you put SMU in over Indiana. How can you penalize SMU for having a tougher schedule than Indiana, similar loss, but losing in a conference championship?

I’d almost argue South Carolina is already in and other than playing in the cold should be a favorite over ND or PSU.

Still can’t believe OSU lost. Insane.
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SMU and Indiana are similar cases: Weak schedules, 11-1 regular seasons. Indiana has played only two close games all season: Michigan and at Ohio State.

SMU losing at home to BYU is a worse loss than Indiana getting avalanched at Ohio State. SMU has also been in a few more competitive games than Indiana has.

SMU’s schedule — aside from BYU, at Louisville, at Duke — was extremely weak. To me, the Clemson game is a “prove it against a legit opponent or go home” game IMO for SMU.

I just don’t see the committee leaving out an 11-1 Big Ten team even though their schedule was miserable.
 
The four ACC and Big 12 teams playing in Saturday’s title games will be rooting hard for UNLV on Friday night.
 
AEW Champion said:
Latest projections:

1. Oregon
2. Georgia
3. Iowa State
4. Boise State

12. Clemson at 5. Texas
11. South Carolina at 6. Notre Dame
10. Indiana at 7. Ohio State
9. Penn State at 8. Tennessee

First out:
13. SMU
14. Miami
15. Alabama
16. Ole Miss
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I have seen a lot who have PSU ahead of OSU, which doesn't make sense, given the results of the game they played. But pretty much no one wants to watch an OSU v IU rematch. It further illustrates how stupid the conference champions getting byes. I probably would put OSU at 5 or 6.
 
You just know that, somehow, Alabama will sneak in. There will be more controversy this year than with the four team playoff.
 
Notre Dame 66, Purdue 7
Penn State 49, Purdue 10

Notre Dame 49, USC 35
Penn State 33, USC 30 OT

Apparently the committee must have been impressed by Penn State’s recent one-point survival at mediocre Minnesota.

And of course the incompetent committee is chaired by Big Ten Wonk AD Warde Manuel who presided over a massive cheating scandal. Coincidence why Perpetually Overrated Penn State is over-inflated again!?
 
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