Since early in the year, it’s been obvious that there would likely be one of the four College Football Playoff bids up for grabs. The SEC is almost certainly getting a bid. The ACC is almost certainly getting a bid–we had assumed that one would be Clemson, but now Notre Dame has the inside track. …
Tag Archive: Big Ten
Nov
02
2020
Week 8 CFP Implications: It’s Time to Discuss Cincinnati. Seriously.
From early in the season, when the Big 12 was clearly struggling, I’ve been mentioning the AAC somewhere in a group of teams in line for a Playoff bid. As the season has progressed, it became obvious that Cincinnati was the only AAC team in the picture. Still, with tons of teams playing and all …
Oct
28
2020
Week 7 CFP Eliminator: Big 12 Falling
This week saw a few more eliminations than I expected, particularly because the Big 12 is rapidly trending towards no teams remaining. Oklahoma State is still undefeated, and the Cowboys will make the Playoff if that keeps up, but outside of Stillwater the Big 12’s hopes are in trouble. The conference’s only other one-loss team …
Oct
28
2020
Week 7 CFP Implications: Off, Wisconsin
I was ready to write this post on Sunday, looking at the action from the SEC and Big 12. And, of course, the return of the Big Ten. Ohio State looked like a potential Playoff contender. Wisconsin, Michigan, and maybe Northwestern looked like potential contenders. And Cincinnati and BYU both made pushes for potential for …
Oct
19
2020
Week 6 CFP Implications: What will the Big Ten Bring?
The Big Ten hasn’t started to play yet. Looking at how the season has gone so far in each of the Power 5 conferences that have begun play already, maybe the Big Ten should be happy about that. There is one word that can describe the football season so far for each conference. Big 12: …
Oct
05
2020
Week 4 CFP Implications: Chaos and structural issues
The Big 12 was the first conference to really jump into play, and things have not worked out so well for the conference. Aside from a few canceled games on the COVID front, the Big 12 is seeing chaos and misfortune about. It started early, with nonconference losses to Sun Belt teams. That followed with …
Sep
27
2020
Week 3 CFP Implications: Big 12 Woes and Impending Chaos
It was obvious when they started playing two weeks ago that there were potential pitfalls for the Big 12. With a disastrous Week 1 that saw bad losses from three teams in the conference, plus a near-loss by Texas Tech to a bad FCS team, the conference could little afford upsets during the season–especially if …
Sep
23
2020
Week 2 CFP Eliminator: When to eliminate P5 teams
Eliminating Power Five teams early in the season is always a question for me. Sure, it’s a mostly irrelevant question–we’re usually pretty sure which P5 teams won’t be winning out. Still, my principle here at the Eliminator remains the same: losses will come when they come, and I have no need to assume them. I …
Sep
21
2020
Week 2 CFP Implications: How to Deal with Canceled Games
One good thing about having a season where no one knows what will happen and nothing is set in stone is that, well, nothing is set in stone. Over the first two full weeks (plus a slightly expanded “Week 0”) of the college football season, more than a dozen games have been postponed or canceled, …
Sep
14
2020
Week 1 CFP Implications: Ranked Teams Dilemma and the Big 12 Disaster
First of all, I would like to thank the great people here at All Sports Discussion for hosting my column for the time being. 2020 is a crazy time for lots of people, including writers. While I am currently unable to write at my usual outlets, I am more than happy to discuss everything CFP-related …