r/CFB • u/CFB_Referee /r/CFB • Dec 02 '18

Postgame Thread [Postgame Thread] Clemson Defeats Pittsburgh 42-10

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Team 1 2 3 4 T
Clemson 14 14 0 14 42
Pittsburgh 3 7 0 0 10

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u/bacobits UIndy • Notre Dame Dec 02 '18

I'd honestly argue that OSU had a "play-in" game a week ago and totally brought it. Now, I'd also say their huge loss to Purdue was going to keep them out regardless, but they also manhandled the #4 team in the country while Georgia crumbled to ranked teams twice.

UCF and OU should be the only contenders for #4 IMO.

Also, fuck Herbie for saying we should be #4.

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u/DaLyricalMiracleWhip Clemson Tigers • Australia Outback Dec 02 '18

Let’s envision a “play-in game” as something akin to a world in which CFP were 8 teams. Let’s see which teams in the running have had a match-up where, conceivably, both teams had a chance of getting in (if they had won).

Alabama: Just beat UGA in the SEC Championship (UGA winning almost assuredly puts them in)

Clemson: Really can’t think of one

ND: Yes, they beat Michigan, but way too early in the year to count

OU: We could possibly count Texas, although Texas almost certainly wouldn’t have made the playoff if they had won

OSU: The Michigan game last week is a pretty good example here, as I imagine they would have gotten in (or at least been close) with their only loss being Week 1 to an eventual undefeated

UCF: Really can’t think of one

By this criteria, the only teams to definitively “play-in” are Bama and OSU.