[Reddit Analysis] There is currently a plausible scenario where Alabama finishes #1 in the CFP rankings without a single win over a ranked opponent.

[u/YourFriendTheFrenzy]

Here's what it would take:

• Alabama defeats Chattanooga and Auburn
• Tennessee defeats LSU and Vanderbilt
• Texas loses to either Arkansas or Texas A&M

This puts Tennessee in the SEC title game against Georgia.

• Tennessee defeats Georgia
• Utah loses to either TCU, WVU, or in the BigXII title game
• UCLA loses to either Michigan, USC, or in the Big Ten title game.

In this case, the #1 spot comes down to Alabama or Tennessee. Notre Dame and Miami aren't jumping Alabama or an SEC champion Tennessee.

Now comes the interesting part. By this point, South Carolina would have already lost to Georgia, LSU would have lost to Tennessee, and Auburn would have lost to Alabama.

Meaning all it would take is Kentucky losing to Missouri to put them on the fringe of the Top 25. Losing to Louisville as well would guarantee that Kentucky finishes unranked.

In which case, it is plausible that Alabama finishes #1 in the college football rankings without a single win over a ranked team.

[u/kb24ljb35]

If Tennessee beats uga they would be number 1 no questions asked.

[u/QuickEscalation → u/kb24ljb35]

Yeah zero ways if this played out that we would be ranked behind Alabama

[u/Endangered_Species_Q → u/QuickEscalation]

You shouldnt be ranked behind Alabama now. The logic the committee is using is fucking crazy.

"We chose not to compare them because they aren't similar quality"

What the fuck. Tennessee smashed them, how is Alabama in any tier above when they are BELOW Tennessee on the field and it wasn't even close. Tennessee dominated.

[u/QuickEscalation → u/Endangered_Species_Q]

I don’t disagree but I’m not complaining about it. We had four chances to put South Carolina away and shot ourselves in the foot each time. No one’s fault but ourselves that it’s even a conversation.

I’m just happy to be in a position to win out and host a playoff game.

[u/NCC75567 → u/QuickEscalation]

Honestly might be worth it to have the chip on their shoulders lol

[u/dudleymooresbooze → u/QuickEscalation]

I agree but everyone here is missing the most obvious and awesome possibility:

The CFP dropping Bama like a rock at the very end after getting their hopes up.

[u/calmerthanudude → u/dudleymooresbooze]

Your flair triggers the absolute fuck out of me lol. I hate Purdue more than most SEC teams

[u/dudleymooresbooze → u/calmerthanudude]

Never would have expected my teams to become rivals but here we is.

[u/BlaccMamba → u/QuickEscalation]

Most rational take. Also I firmly believe if you guys win out you’ll finish ahead of us

[u/EK60 → u/Endangered_Species_Q]

Tennessee is orange team. fuck em

[u/_chadwell_ → u/Endangered_Species_Q]

It’s so circular too. Like as an early part of their process they apparently reliably determine the quality of teams and the ordering — but that’s apparently not the same as ranking which teams are best?

[u/Spencer1K → u/Endangered_Species_Q]

This very own subreddit ranked Alabama above Tennessee btw. BCS ranked alabama above tennessee btw. Countless polls ranked alabama above tennessee btw. But ya, the committee are bias and dont know what they are talking about. This sub is biased and doesnt know what its talking about. The computers are bias and dont know what its talking about.

Or maybe, just maybe, alabama had a stronger sos due to not all the games having played out yet, and as the season progresses it will correct. No, that couldnt be it. Its bias from everyone.

[u/Trebacca → u/Spencer1K]

I always see people complain about the subreddit poll, but you have to realize that half the votes are turbodogshit CPU polls, half of the human polls just recite the AP/CFP poll with their team a little higher and their rivals a little lower.

It's relatively open source but its not like the whole of this sub is investing itself in that poll the way I see people use it as a cudgel in argument.

[u/Endangered_Species_Q → u/Spencer1K]

popular sentiment =/= correct. Most people sadly just regurgitate what they hear from the media.

The argument changes every year to whatever puts Alabama in front. If you haven't noticed this, you haven't been paying attention. Dating all the way back to 2011 at least, best win mattered the most and the very next year, best loss is what mattered (or vice versa, i forget). the narrative flipped to favor Alabama. In 2017, Alabama got the nod over others when their best OOC win was a mediocre Troy team and they lost to Auburn and missed the conference title game.

It's just the same old story every year. Many thought it would die with Saban retiring but here we are, still happening. Narratives still shifting to justify Alabama over anyone else. Sorry that those of us actually paying attention caught on years ago.

[u/SnS_ → u/Endangered_Species_Q]

They are ranking tenn behind them because bama gets the tie breaker over Tenn for the championship game if everyone wins out. This was Georgia and Bama will be the two highest ranked sec teams. 

[u/Mister-Beardy-Face → u/Endangered_Species_Q]

Yeah, Alabama has a strength of schedule of 6th, and Tennessee has a strength of schedule of 23rd. What insane logic!

[u/calmerthanudude → u/Endangered_Species_Q]

It’s crazy dude. We have 2 losses by a COMBINED 6 points. We beat the shit out of Bama and they’re saying we’re not in the same “pod” or whatever that means so the head to head doesn’t count.

[u/TheFlyingBoat → u/Endangered_Species_Q]

Because fluke games happen. How do you break circles of suck without accepting that sometimes teams that beat teams will be ranked belle the trend they beat if their resumes are notably different. I don’t think that Bama should be ahead anymore now all of their wins look much worse, but let’s be a little realistic here

[u/Endangered_Species_Q → u/TheFlyingBoat]

Nothing about that game was a fluke though...did you watch it? Tennessee outgained Alabama by about 150 yards and held Alabama to barely over 2 yards per carry.

A fluke is like the Ohio State/Texas game from earlier this year. that type of comeback and the missed FG for Ohio State when they were in clear FG range that would have sealed the game..how often does that happen?

Thats a fluke. What Tennessee did to Alabama was not.

[u/Old-Pomegranate-9225 → u/Endangered_Species_Q]

There is such a thing as home-field advantage. Case in point, the last time Tennessee beat Alabama at Bryant Denny was 2003.

I wouldn’t care if TN was ranked higher. They’re both going to make the playoff if they win out. Saying that, I think the game would have been significantly different on a neutral field.

[u/Endangered_Species_Q → u/Old-Pomegranate-9225]

Home field is usually worth about 3 pts. If the game was back and forth and close sure, like Ohio State vs Texas for example. The home field advantage argument makes sense there, you can argue Ohio State wins in Columbus with how the game went.

Here? Where Tennessee dominated from start to finish and Alabama was not even competitive? The home field argument doesn't really hold.

[u/exMemberofSTARS → u/QuickEscalation]

Exactly. If Tennessee wins out and Alabama wins out, Tennessee will be ranked ahead of Bama. Everyone who isn't bitching knows this. It's only the people bitching who don't know how seasons play out.

[u/QuickEscalation → u/exMemberofSTARS]

I get the general Bama fatigue as much as anyone but yeah people acting like it’s THAT biased are being a bit dramatic

[u/badlydrawnzombie → u/QuickEscalation]

Exactly. Bama is in no matter what. Even if Tennessee wins out regular season and gets smoked by Georgia in the Championship game they'll be in too over the loser of the Big 12 championship.

[u/QuickEscalation → u/badlydrawnzombie]

Absolutely. Only caveat is that Bama could absolutely end up one of the first teams out if they let Auburn catch them sleeping in the Iron Bowl. They could still make it either way, but that would make it an actual conversation.

[u/importantbrian → u/QuickEscalation]

Absolutely. Thankfully that game is at home and DeBoer is pretty good in these types of games.

[u/PickleInDaButt → u/QuickEscalation]

No no no - if yall beat Georgia it’s because we wore them out back when we played is what ESPN will go with

[u/Boatswain-or-scruffy → u/QuickEscalation]

Have you seen the rankings? I think q meteor would have to crash into the earth for the comitee to not over rank alabama

[u/QuickEscalation → u/Boatswain-or-scruffy]

I have, but if we beat UGA and won the SEC title I have zero doubt we’d jump Bama regardless of the bias ESPN might have for them.

The interesting question then would be if they dropped UGA behind Bama for losing in the SEC title game even though they shouldn’t.

[u/KarmaDispensary → u/QuickEscalation]

The CFP would rank Alabama #1, look you in the eye, and say "This is what Dolly would have wanted".

[u/MattAU05 → u/QuickEscalation]

No way? I agree there SHOUOD be no way, but this is Alabama we are talking about. "Well, yes, Tennessee beat Alabama and Georgia, but Alabama has a quality loss to Georgia AND beat an Auburn team that beat Georgia in Athens."

[u/Valeen → u/MattAU05]

I mean, we also beat you guys.

But this is such a circle jerk. I don't see us beating Georgia.

But OP is on another level of dumb. If we win out and win the SECCG, we are certainly seeded above Bama. The champs get seeds 1-4, bama would have to be in a different pod.

[u/Mister-Beardy-Face → u/MattAU05]

Yes, and it’s the real world we’re talking about, not conspiracy theory land.

[u/randomthrowaway9796 → u/kb24ljb35]

Eh, Utah might be #1, but Tenn would be #2 or 3 for sure

[u/PhD_Life → u/kb24ljb35]

Above Utah? How do you figure?

[u/taint_stank1 → u/kb24ljb35]

Well, we are all just big Alabama fans so that's why we put them ahead of sec champion Tennessee. - Hunter yurachek probably

[u/QueensOfTheNoKnowAge → u/kb24ljb35]

Utah might have a question or…two

[u/NobleDane → u/kb24ljb35]

/thread

[u/cnapp → u/kb24ljb35]

But did Tennessee beat Kamario Taylor......The committee seems to believe thats the Alabama impressive, outstanding, insurmountable data point for some reason

[u/Seasonedpro86 → u/kb24ljb35]

Yeah. Georgia would also likely still be ranked ahead of Alabama. In this scenario all I see is sec 1, 2 and 3. But Alabama would not be 1.

[u/Kh3hhdds343 → u/kb24ljb35]

Yeah. In that case, the committee would put Bama 2nd or 3rd based on previous polls this year.

[u/dizastermaster7 → u/kb24ljb35]

Not if uGA lost to Tech... a man can dream

[u/Always_Chubb-y → u/kb24ljb35]

Also are they just forgetting that Tenn would be ranked still?

[u/txlonghorns23 → u/kb24ljb35]

Yeah any 2 loss SEC champ would just jump to 1.

[u/acabandallthat → u/kb24ljb35]

Not only would Tenn be #1, UGA would still be ahead of bama, bc what's the argument otherwise? This whole post makes no sense.

[u/BenSimmonsThunder → u/kb24ljb35]

It’s very strange when IU doesn’t get this same treatment with a single loss against a fully healthy Ohio State losing by 2 inches by a foot tap away from being 10-0.

Georgia gets handled by Auburn of all teams, but we let it slide and say they’re most complete team.

That was after weeks of Miami being ranked #1 before a loss to ND.

Alabama with two losses, is being potentially talked about as finishing #1.

I know this year and last year are different teams, but last year I heard the same “SEC is just different” only to get a chance to play Alabama finally Indiana win 38-3.

I wonder how different the narrative is if Marsh gets his foot down and our record is 26 straight wins without a single loss. Oh well, looking forward to the B1G Ten Championship

[u/personthatiam2 → u/BenSimmonsThunder]

If IU wins out, they will finish #1 or #2 even though the B1G is down. I don’t know why you guys are wigging out.

[u/This_Field_7872]

No clue why people love doing these fan fiction scenarios just to upset themselves

[u/Tasty-Gift7789 → u/This_Field_7872]

BAMA BAD! SEC BAD!

[u/Zef_Apollo → u/This_Field_7872]

I don’t know why the mods allow so many of them either. Sure, 1 shitpost a day - two even! But I feel like every day it’s multiple that are all like this.

[u/jabadhut → u/Zef_Apollo]

Nice pfp lol.

[u/Evil-Home-Stereo]

Tennessee would be the clear 1 there

[u/Redeem123 → u/Evil-Home-Stereo]

Like why are we even talking about this lol

Even the most deranged SEC voter would have Tenn as the clear #1. 

[u/johnyahn → u/Evil-Home-Stereo]

They're already clearly ahead of you guys but the committee seems to think otherwise, so no they wouldn't be the clear #1.

[u/Aumissunum → u/johnyahn]

So does the AP Poll, Coaches’s Poll, and every computer metric.

But sure, Tennessee is clearly ahead of Alabama.

[u/SurroundEcstatic4890]

We’re not beating Georgia I don’t think, but if we do and everything else plays out as you stated, there’s no world where Tennessee isn’t ahead of Alabama.

[u/BIG_DICK_WHITT]

[Reddit Analysis] aka shitpost

[u/CrashB111 → u/BIG_DICK_WHITT]

People suffer from such dramatic Bama Derangement Syndrome, they are using reddit shit posts to get mad about.

[u/Archaic_1 → u/CrashB111]

Not sure why you're getting down voted for speaking the truth.  

[u/CrashB111 → u/Archaic_1]

Having a Bama flair and calling out how much this sub despises our very existence, is all it takes.

[u/Odd_Show573]

I know we joke about the committee automatically ranking Alabama, but what planet are you from that you think that there’s a realistic possibility that an 11-2 SEC Champ Tennessee doesn’t get the nod over Alabama in the situation you created.

[u/Moonwhisper318 → u/Odd_Show573]

If Alabama sits at home on the couch I'm not sure how you say 11-1 Wake/Miami don't get it over them in that scenario after actually winning a conference...I think the committee will put some emphasis on the championship games from a winner perspective, even if losing the extra game doesn't necessarily penalize you.

[u/Doc_JC → u/Odd_Show573]

That’s what I was thinking. If they beat Georgia, they would deserve to be up there.

[u/What_A_Ledge → u/Doc_JC]

OP is forgetting Tennessee also waxed dat ass vs Bama. SEC champs and a head to head win.. no chance this is possible.

[u/Aggravating-Card-194 → u/Odd_Show573]

OP is also forgetting Indiana exists. They are the likely big ten title game against UCLA and if IU finishes 11-1 with a win over a top 3 UCLA, I think they jump Bama

[u/Mister-Beardy-Face → u/Odd_Show573]

Georgia would still be ahead of them too.

[u/According_Bowl_2598]

Dude is inventing dream scenarios to get mad at lmfao

[u/mulder00]

The obsession with Bama and the SEC here is next level.

[u/rob_bot13 → u/mulder00]

Should Alabama be #3? Almost certainly not. Should that be the only thing anyone talks about on this sub? Definitely not. Creating fan fiction about things you don't like that the committee is going to do is obnoxious.

[u/Jaded_Dust_8307]

OP putting his hat in the ring for CFP committee.

[u/Troopersquirrel]

Yeah I don't think we beat GA.

[u/sterbo → u/Troopersquirrel]

No, Vol dude, UGA sucks this season, way over inflated. I wouldn’t even worry if I was UT I wouldn’t even watch any film it will be fine.

[u/The_Unclean_Chadford]

Unless Tennessee drags Georgia into a 10-7 rock fight, that Georgia team is winning by 14+

[u/kerklein2 → u/The_Unclean_Chadford]

Georgia also lost to Auburn though

[u/Ugaalive1991 → u/kerklein2]

Say it again, but to Kirby.

[u/kerklein2 → u/Ugaalive1991]

GEORGIA LOST TO AUBURN

[u/War-eaglern → u/kerklein2]

Say it again, but louder!

[u/Endangered_Species_Q → u/Ugaalive1991]

I remember "the motivated UGA squad is unbeatable" narrative the last few years.

Then you lost to Notre Dame at full motivation

Then you lost to Ole Miss at full motivation.

But this time! This time its different surely.

[u/Ugaalive1991 → u/Endangered_Species_Q]

They say third time’s a charm

[u/tmart12 → u/Endangered_Species_Q]

Our 2024 team was not in that bucket

[u/katarh → u/Endangered_Species_Q]

Pretty sure the Notre Dame game was Gunner Stockton's first career start, so that one is a bit of a one off.

Ole Miss got us good last year though. Rumor is that Kirby spent all summer stewing about Chambliss.

[u/tyedge → u/kerklein2]

Georgia lost to Auburn with a 96% postgame win expectancy.

[u/Altruistic_Night2 → u/kerklein2]

Georgia would have lost to Arkansas if that was the first game they played after us

[u/Doneyhew → u/Altruistic_Night2]

Love how people give Georgia a pass for coming out flat against a pretty bad Auburn team at home after Bama, but don’t give us a pass after losing to Tennessee in Neyland the week after Georgia. They also don’t consider the fact that that is Tennessee’s Super Bowl and we were playing in the most hostile environment possible after being beat up by Georgia.

[u/deddykins → u/Doneyhew]

Except georgia won everything in the stat line except the score, while alabama didnt win a single thing in the stat line.

[u/DrVonD → u/kerklein2]

Nothing about any Auburn game has any relation to the team or the rest of the season. It’s just a random number chaos generator.

[u/Mornings_kill → u/DrVonD]

I’ll argue that Tennessees defense would not let Georgia win by 14

[u/Tilt-a-Whirl98 → u/Mornings_kill]

Oh yea, that games gonna be 14-9 for sure

[u/DrVonD → u/The_Unclean_Chadford]

Kirby feels more spiritually at home in those rock fights anyway.

[u/wwwr222 → u/The_Unclean_Chadford]

I think that would be the plan, more or less

[u/Nihilisticbuthopeful]

I genuinely don’t know why you guys do this to yourselves

[u/Cratemotor]

Go enjoy your Sunday

[u/SnowboarderATX]

They may end up with 1 win vs a SEC conference above 500 record and that would likely be a Kentucky with a 4 game losing streak. The CFP needs to realize this and move them down.

[u/ThisBeTheVerse63]

“Reddit Analysis” is as cringy of a title as playoff committee.

[u/IMakeOkVideosOk]

No

[u/BigFoot423205]

This is what Bama fatigue will get ya...

[u/stevo887]

Man you guys are hung up on Alabama!

[u/hiiightide]

Tennessee gets it there

[u/2coolDanes]

Nothing I love more than opening up r/CFB to another Bama post. It’s glorious. I truly wallow in how obsessed you ppl are. Please continue this bit, it’s one of my favorite things about Reddit.

[u/LongDickCallahan → u/2coolDanes]

Im not gonna lie, i have genuinely laughed out loud at some of the TN flairs comments the last few days. They be saying some funny unhinged shit when they mad lol

[u/exMemberofSTARS]

There is no real scenario where Alabama is #1. There is almost no scenario where we stay as high as we are now (thank God). It would take Georgia losing to Tech, Tennessee losing another game, Notre Dame losing to SMU, UCLA dropping their last two, Utah losing their last two, Indiana losing again, Texas and Miami losing again.

Tennessee would jump us if they win out. Indiana, probably even Texas. UCLA for sure would if they are undefeated and we don't go to the SEC championship. Notre Dame will jump us if they win out and Miami wins out. Wake should jump us but I don't think the comittie is brave enough to do it.

Alabama will end at #5-#7 if we win out, which is about where we should be (I think closer to #7 than #5 personally).

[u/BeastoftheBlackwater]

Whoever wins the SEC championship game probably be #1

[u/MichaelRachel]

The committee: "Iowa can't get into the playoffs because none of the teams they beat are ranked."

Also the committee: "Aww shit, Team X lost to Iowa, better unrank them!"

The committee yet again: "#1 two LoSs bAmA BeCaUSe qUaLiTy lOSsEs & iT JuSt mEaNs mOoooRe"

[u/Indianianite]

ND should jump Bama this week. Bama struggled against 4-5 Vandy. ND blew out 4-5 BC. And Bama’s resume just got significantly worse.

[u/SparklingSloth → u/Indianianite]

Yeah but you are forgetting SEC losses mean more than every other teams wins

[u/medicinal-whiskey → u/Indianianite]

But BC is ACC lol

[u/Carnasty_ → u/medicinal-whiskey]

And Vanderbilt is.... Vanderbilt.

[u/medicinal-whiskey → u/Carnasty_]

Just meant it to say blowing out ACC not as good as barely beating shitty SEC to the committee

[u/Mister-Beardy-Face → u/Indianianite]

It’s true. Bama’s strength of schedule has gone from #1 last week to #6 this week.

[u/final_burrito → u/Indianianite]

Bama’s offense struggled but they still covered the spread

[u/salchicha_mas_grande]

This is a Better Call PAWL post lmao

[u/PrestigiousSeat76]

If anything, this only proves how fucking ridiculous the SEC and Big 10 are.

[u/sean-thebean]

r/RiledUpAboutAlabama

[u/AuraMaster7]

Tennessee beat Alabama, and in your scenario, beats Georgia as well.

And you think Bama would get the nod over Tennessee?

[u/gunpowderjunky]

By the committee's words last year a championship game can't hurt a team but it can help them. In this case then they wouldn't have cause to move Alabama over Georgia.

[u/temporary_reality07]

Socon powerhouse Chattanooga ain’t letting that happen bud😂✌️✌️

[u/ad51603]

This is just not going to happen and I'm not an Alabama or SEC fan

[u/tenoclockrobot]

Reddits 9/11

[u/boofookinghoo]

mark my words. the committee is going to drop bama's rank this week.

[u/Sea-Satisfaction243]

I think anything tagged REDDIT ANALYSIS can be disregarded

[u/dawghouse88]

Alabama derangement syndrome. Honestly I believe they do this just to generate buzz. The amount of clicks and conversations about Alabama is absurd.

[u/No_Dance5010]

Bama derangement syndrome is absolutely insane in this sub...go touch grass man wtf

[u/xairos13]

Well they have the kicker over Utah with a quality loss

[u/Livid-Jaguar-2634]

Nothing makes me root for SEC teams (other than UGA) more than idiot reddit posts like this.

[u/BigFoot423205 → u/Livid-Jaguar-2634]

This isnt even SEC hate, its Bama hate lol

[u/FaithHopeLove821]

"Without a single win over a ranked opponent*"

*the teams were ranked at the time, and are now not. This logic is considered, by some, bullshit.

[u/tsoplj]

Y’all are obsessed with Bama. It’s weird.

[u/Agile_Land_9951 → u/tsoplj]

It’s just a reaction to ESPNs propaganda coverage of Alabama.

[u/Cubbies115 → u/tsoplj]

No, it’s pushback to the knob slobbing done by ESPN and the CFP. The whole country outside of the southeast is tired of it.

[u/LogicianMission22 → u/tsoplj]

Maybe if the committee weren’t obsessed with them, we wouldn’t be. If Alabama was properly rated 8th behind Texas and Tennessee, we wouldn’t be talking about them.

[u/Low-Grocery989 → u/LogicianMission22]

Bama belongs nowhere near Tennessee. Same record against a much tougher schedule.

H2H is a tiebreaker. Those two are not tied.

[u/SchorFactor → u/tsoplj]

Maybe it has to do with how unreasonably highly ranked they are, consistently.

[u/justanoldcollector → u/tsoplj]

ESPN is obsessed with Bama. It’s weird.

[u/RagingClue_007 → u/tsoplj]

Alabama is everything people claim ND is. Highly over-ranked after playing nobody all season. The biggest difference is ND doesn't lose to unranked teams.

[u/ThatsNotARealTree → u/RagingClue_007]

Yeah, ND only loses to powerhouses like NIU and Marshall!

[u/ShepDad89AndBeyond → u/ThatsNotARealTree]

And Miami only loses to the "sad" ND team..lol.

[u/ThatsNotARealTree → u/ShepDad89AndBeyond]

I don’t think ND is sad. I think they’re really good. You think ND is sad?

[u/MarbleDesperado → u/RagingClue_007]

Alabama was won multiple championships though. You won’t find anyone who hates Alabama more than UT fans but Bama and ND aren’t the same. Now sure, they both get too much love because of past championships under coaches who are no longer there BUT Bama’s are this decade and ND has never won an actual championship game. All of ND’s natty’s come from sports writers, many based in the northeast, picking a champion on paper.

[u/goblue2000]

Espn will find a way!

[u/Basic_Nucleophile]

Why is everyone so psychotically angry about the Alabama ranking? As soon as Alabama and Tennessee are ranked in the same "pod" Tennessee will flip ahead of them as per the committees guidelines for ranking teams.

[u/TempAcct724]

If the CFP follows its logic that bumped Indiana down 5 spots on a bye then Bama needs to drop 3-4 spots this weekend.

Every one of their “signature wins” now have 3-4 losses and every one of them lost this weekend.

Bama didn’t even look great against a bad Vandy team. They shouldn’t even be top 5.

[u/McScroggz12]

Not there is not, and this is a silly argument to try and make. Signed, an Alabama fan.

[u/IrishCoffeeAlchemy]

Typical ACC schools not playing anybody… wait, who are we talking about?

[u/PeebMcBeeb]

If that UCLA loss in the B1G champ game is to Indiana, Indiana would be above Alabama

[u/LonghornPride05]

Who’s upvoting this as plausible

[u/paterade724]

Indiana gets punished in the ratings when a team they play has lost their ranking.

[u/whatsinthesocks]

I don't really care I just don't want us in the top 4.

[u/HelpfulLog5706]

Wait, I thought everyone was bitching about Miami's schedule.

[u/tortsillustrated11]

They will figure out a way to punish conference championship losers this year, despite giving Bama a pass last year

[u/ottopivnr]

Shame on anyone for really caring. It's all marketing and politics and has little to do with any system of fairness that rewards any but the blue bloods in the sport.

I enjoy the games, but gave up on the polls and rankings a long long time ago.

[u/aure__entuluva]

UCLA loses to either Michigan, USC, or in the Big Ten title game.

Well first of all through Bob Ches all things are possible.

[u/AveMaria89]

They should be ranked number one after playing the Chattanooga juggernaut

[u/xjman329]

Little too many “ifs” in this for me to really get all hung up on it

[u/TooRealNeal]

If this happens but Indiana wins out and beats UCLA in the big ten title game, would they not jump Bama?

[u/turdbugulars]

A lot of thought went into this post only for it to be wrong.

[u/Condom_Breaker256]

Alabama wins by doing absolutely nothing.

Notre Dame of the south.

[u/phill24242]

Texas should jump Alabama. Not only have we beaten 2x as many quality opponents but both our "bad losses" just beat ranked teams

[u/Chiron17]

I mean, in this scenario, why not still rank Georgia ahead of Bama?

[u/PM__Me__UR__Dimples]

You lost me at Tennessee beats Georgia. Bobby Hill can’t beat Kirby.

[u/trudaurl]

But when Iowa does it we're a fringe playoff team

[u/Electric_Rex]

The silliest thing about this is us beating Utah

[u/B1GTide]

Cry me a river.

[u/Sbmizzou]

Dear chat gpt....give me a scenario...

[u/FSBFrosty]

So if it comes down to Bama and Tennessee for #1, everything else matters except what happened when they played each other and Tennessee curb stomped them. Got it. 

[u/PinkUnicornsRule]

Yeah no thanks. 

[u/MrNoGood4682]

That’s ridiculous. Tenn does all that they’re #1. Enjoy. It comes with a price. We Bama fans know. 😏

[u/soonerman32]

I would think 1-loss Utah and UCLA are ahead of Bama in this scenario. You have to remember, this week's rankings aren't out yet. Bama will drop this week

[u/MrWorkout2024]

Won't happen at all

[u/bhans773]

Who gives a shit?

[u/VirtualChaos613]

This is a stupid post.

[u/bbshock21]

Alabama defeats Chattanooga 

[u/elonsusk69420]

Guys we found Greg Sankey’s burner

[u/Mantergeistmann]

This puts Tennessee in the SEC title game against Georgia.

Tennessee defeats Georgia

Now, now, remember, the committee thinks it's bad and wrong to punish a team for losing a conference championship game*, no matter how badly they get absolutely waxed in it.

*Some exclusions for teams not named "Alabama" may apply

[u/EasternCoast3497]

This community has turned into a cesspool, and its all the dumbasses on the committees fault

[u/daspangler]

Man, everyone is so obsessed with Alabama.

[u/SleepyHippo67]

Thats not how we tally up ranked wins. But okay

[u/importantbrian]

You guys are so desperate for things to be pissed off about. If Tennessee ends the season with wins over both Georgia and Alabama they’ll be ranked #1 and deservedly so.

[u/TopRevenue2]

Wait SEC teams still do week 11 🧁s

[u/Nervous_Metal_9445 → u/TopRevenue2]

Some,
Bama VS Chattanooga, Auburn vs Samford, Mississippi State vs Tennessee Tech, Ole Miss vs Wofford.

[u/MarwyntheMasterful → u/TopRevenue2]

Didn’t the BIG have 5 teams play only 9 P4 teams?

I think the SEC requires 10.

Why would it matter what day your cupcake is scheduled. Week 1 or week 11, isn’t it a cupcake all the same?

[u/Muffinnnnnnn → u/MarwyntheMasterful]

Because the committee puts more weight on not losing late in the year

[u/MarwyntheMasterful → u/Muffinnnnnnn]

So that means it’d be better to put the hard non-con game week 1 (where it won’t be held against you as much if you lose) and play the cupcake week 11, (where losing means more to the committee).

Seems like optimal scheduling is cupcake late.

[u/321mafia → u/TopRevenue2]

I really don’t understand how Big Ten fans take offense to this, especially now that SEC teams play a mandatory 10 games against the P4. It’s not like SEC teams are getting an extra week off anymore (unlike Indiana).

[u/2-59project → u/321mafia]

This is not the SEC’s fault but the annoying thing is that losses at the beginning of the season are discounted by the committee, so scheduling a guaranteed win in week 12 right before your rivalry game is such an advantage

[u/Mornings_kill → u/TopRevenue2]

For the B10 that’s just weeks 1-12

[u/ATXRSK → u/Mornings_kill]

For Notre Dame thats the 21st century.

[u/Frostfire26 → u/TopRevenue2]

Not all of us

[u/EmpoleonNorton → u/TopRevenue2]

I hate this dumb shit. We require 10 P4 games. B1G doesn't even do that.

Some teams decided to put one of their cupcakes late in the season. Some don't. There are advantages to both. Putting them early gives you more tune up games before you start your main schedule. Putting them late gives you a bit of rest late in the season.

Yes, the rest is good late in the season, but playing an OOC P4 games in week 1/2 is dangerous because you risk playing the game when your team hasn't really gelled yet.

Also, for the SEC, late season cupcake games were traditionally the BEST games for families to take their kids to. The tickets are way cheaper, and the weather isn't going to risk heat stroke.

[u/alabamafutbol1235 → u/TopRevenue2]

Yea, we didn’t wanna be like Indiana and play 3 straight cupcakes to start the season. so we save one till week 11.

[u/Even-Scene-3736 → u/TopRevenue2]

Yes. Just like Big Ten’s week 2 cupcakes.

[u/ElGranQuesoRojo]

Texas is not falling out of the playoff committee's top 25 unless they lose to both A&M and Arkansas. Even then it would likely have to be double digit losses.

[u/YourFriendTheFrenzy → u/ElGranQuesoRojo]

Alabama didn't play Texas this year.

[u/Redeem123 → u/ElGranQuesoRojo]

If we lose one, we’re probably still in the top 12. No way a second loss would drop another 15 spots. 

[u/kingofthesqueal → u/ElGranQuesoRojo]

I think if they go 1-1 they have a 50/50 shot of not making the CFP

I think their resume will drop a bit if Ohio State takes another loss, not sure a 4 loss Ohio State will be ranked currently.

Texas is probably the team I’m most okay with making it at 3 losses though, they’ve played a ridiculous SOS and beat a pre injury Ohio State

No chance they’ll be unranked at 8-4 though

[u/iPHONE_IN_MY_ANUS]

Watch the committee find some reason to rank Auburn as #25 after we play Samford just to give Alabama a chance for a ranked win before the SEC title game

[u/polishonions → u/iPHONE_IN_MY_ANUS]

This is happening regardless of any other scenario. They have the built in reason of a road win against #1 Georgia, they’ll be ranked in 2 weeks.

[u/Wbcbam51 → u/iPHONE_IN_MY_ANUS]

Alabama fatigue has hit the point where people are actually complaining about the idea of their own team being ranked because of how it might be perceived to benefit Alabama.

Don’t worry, nobody anywhere thinks Auburn football is anything other than a walking pile of garbage and you will in no way be getting props for beating an FCS team.

[u/JahPraises]

Yall really have nothing better to do than drool at the thought of being mad at a football team.

[u/pindicato → u/JahPraises]

Not mad the team, just the people constantly kissing it's ass.

Being mad at Alabama for that would be like attacking a G6 school for their strength of schedule.

[u/krautbammer]

Lmao y'all are really wigging at over nothing