Here we go again with the same old rants (and it's really kind of fun and practically tradition) - SEC bias, strength of schedule, they haven't played anybody, they had that one bad loss, quality wins, style points, etc. etc.
Alabama has no business in the top four after yesterday. They hung with LSU...as did Florida and as did Auburn. Bama is indeed a Top 10 team but they should not be in the CFP discussion. They will not win their conference, have no quality wins, their defense gave up 46 points, and the one game they needed to win they didn't - at home.
And unless Georgia wins out, they should not be ranked as high as they are. Georgia has a lot of good players in place but they are not on the LSU/Bama/Clemson level. Maybe not even the OSU level (as much as that pains me to say).
My Top 10 picks given the current situation would be as follows. Of course, the OSU/Minnesota and the LSU/Georgia things will work themselves out in the next month.
1. LSU (will win out)
2. Ohio State (likely to win out -but I'm tired of them scoring style points to make up for their moderate schedule)
3. Clemson (likely to win out)
4. Minnesota (may have to play OSU)
5. Oklahoma (should win out)
6. Alabama (will not win their conference and will have no quality wins except maybe Auburn)
7. Georgia (must win out and then play LSU; win the SEC and they should be in the mix even with the 1-loss)
8. Oregon (will have to face Utah and look impressive from here on out; no quality wins)
9. Utah (will have to face Oregon and look impressive from here on out; no quality wins)
10. Penn State (outside looking in for a shot at the conference title)
Alabama has no business in the top four after yesterday. They hung with LSU...as did Florida and as did Auburn. Bama is indeed a Top 10 team but they should not be in the CFP discussion. They will not win their conference, have no quality wins, their defense gave up 46 points, and the one game they needed to win they didn't - at home.
And unless Georgia wins out, they should not be ranked as high as they are. Georgia has a lot of good players in place but they are not on the LSU/Bama/Clemson level. Maybe not even the OSU level (as much as that pains me to say).
My Top 10 picks given the current situation would be as follows. Of course, the OSU/Minnesota and the LSU/Georgia things will work themselves out in the next month.
1. LSU (will win out)
2. Ohio State (likely to win out -but I'm tired of them scoring style points to make up for their moderate schedule)
3. Clemson (likely to win out)
4. Minnesota (may have to play OSU)
5. Oklahoma (should win out)
6. Alabama (will not win their conference and will have no quality wins except maybe Auburn)
7. Georgia (must win out and then play LSU; win the SEC and they should be in the mix even with the 1-loss)
8. Oregon (will have to face Utah and look impressive from here on out; no quality wins)
9. Utah (will have to face Oregon and look impressive from here on out; no quality wins)
10. Penn State (outside looking in for a shot at the conference title)