To be honest I think Klatt was being too nice to us when he put at #5 on his top 10. Personally I think the Aggies should be ranked #6 behind Notre Dame and Georgia and in front of Cincinnati and BYU. Now on the AP polls we're ranked #7. I think being under ranked gives the Aggies the motivation and drive to go out every week and show that we should be included in the top 4 when the time comes at the end of the season.

If we just win out then we have a chance to be in the top four at the end of the season. It's that simple.

For now, we need to focus on winning one game at a time and not worry about what talking heads think about where our Aggies will be in December while continuing to rack up some amazing recruiting commitments along the way. We are building a national contender program under Coach Fisher and that takes time.

Beat the Hell Outta South Carolina! Gig 'em!

Well, I do believe we control our own destiny. If we win out, I think we'll get in the CFP. Looking at teams ahead of us and other competitors...

Clemson & Notre Dame: they play each other in 6 days and almost surely in their CG, meaning 2 losses are coming between them, and no team has ever lost their conference CG and made the playoff. They also aren't both gonna get in after playing in their CG against each other, so that's one team that drops from ahead of us.

Ohio State: Probably gonna win out. With how few games the Big 10 is getting in, only an undefeated or maybe a 8-1 champion get in, which will be hard with their COVID protocol. Maybe a 8-1 Indiana that beats tOSU in the CG gets in, I would think so, but there's a good chance COVID knocks their schedule back to somethin like 7-1.

Bama & UGA: Kinda the same thing where they won't both get in. The sauciest scenario here is if UF wins out, beating both of them, then would UF get in and Bama be the first conference CG loser to get in? I doubt it. Expect one of those to drop below us.

Cincinnati: Our remaining games are more meaningful so if we both continue to win, we will jump them. Remember when UCF had 2 consecutive undefeated seasons and beat Auburn in the middle and they still only got up to like 8 in the polls and had multiple TWO loss P5 schools ahead of them? yeah, Cinci won't stay ahead of us in CFP rankings.

Oklahoma State: Likely eliminated after yesterday's loss. IF, IF, IF they can win out, maybe they hop us? I doubt it.

The CFP committee is willing to overlook losses to a rematching team early in the season. 10-2 Auburn was ranked #2 behind Clemson, who AU lost to in the early weeks of 2017. We control our destiny.

However, there is a MUCH higher chance of us getting in if we win out than there is us actually winning out.

5th or 7th...never 6th!

1st - 4th would be better

Alpha Texan said:

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Well, I do believe we control our own destiny. If we win out, I think we'll get in the CFP. Looking at teams ahead of us and other competitors...

Clemson & Notre Dame: they play each other in 6 days and almost surely in their CG, meaning 2 losses are coming between them, and no team has ever lost their conference CG and made the playoff. They also aren't both gonna get in after playing in their CG against each other, so that's one team that drops from ahead of us.

Ohio State: Probably gonna win out. With how few games the Big 10 is getting in, only an undefeated or maybe a 8-1 champion get in, which will be hard with their COVID protocol. Maybe a 8-1 Indiana that beats tOSU in the CG gets in, I would think so, but there's a good chance COVID knocks their schedule back to somethin like 7-1.

Bama & UGA: Kinda the same thing where they won't both get in. The sauciest scenario here is if UF wins out, beating both of them, then would UF get in and Bama be the first conference CG loser to get in? I doubt it. Expect one of those to drop below us.

Cincinnati: Our remaining games are more meaningful so if we both continue to win, we will jump them. Remember when UCF had 2 consecutive undefeated seasons and beat Auburn in the middle and they still only got up to like 8 in the polls and had multiple TWO loss P5 schools ahead of them? yeah, Cinci won't stay ahead of us in CFP rankings.

Oklahoma State: Likely eliminated after yesterday's loss. IF, IF, IF they can win out, maybe they hop us? I doubt it.

The CFP committee is willing to overlook losses to a rematching team early in the season. 10-2 Auburn was ranked #2 behind Clemson, who AU lost to in the early weeks of 2017. We control our destiny.

However, there is a MUCH higher chance of us getting in if we win out than there is us actually winning out.

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True no team has lost their CG game and got in, but also true is there has never been an undefeated team lose their CG in the CFP era. If Bama were to be undefeated and lose the SECCG, they would get in over us. Same with Clemson. Then there is also Oregon, who if they are undefeated and do so in impressive fashion, then they most likely would get in. We have a shot, but by no means do we control our own destiny.

last I saw, Klatt had us ranked without including Ohio St. That was 2 weeks ago? This year's team is a legit top 15, possibly top 10

Those are good points. Hadn't thought about the losers in the CGs being teams with losses already. I really think that a 9-1 SEC team would go in ahead of a 7-0 pac 12 team, unless, like you're saying, they're absolutely dominant. But I mean dominant like avg margin of victory of 28 points. I won't even be disappointed if we don't make the playoff if we go 9-1 because I'll probably be so happy we went 9-1 but can you imagine a rematch with Clemson... now that's a dream.

I think this is where it gets interesting for Jimbo. He obviously doesn't care about style points, but once you go 1 loss down and don't have an inside track on your conference championship game, you need them. I don't think we just need to win our games, I think we need to look good doing it. Early loss, but much improved type situation.

This is getting ahead of ourselves obviously. We need to win games in venues we havent done very well in

Jimbo will continue to protect our thin depth. We can worry about style points after we win a few more.

impossible. klatt is a big 12 homer who hates and trolls aggies.

/texags last 6 years

West Point Aggie said:

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5th or 7th...never 6th!

1st - 4th would be better

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The last time we were 4th worked out worse than any time we were 6th.

How many games do we have?

Joel Klatt is a huge d***** bag !

Cramp00 said:

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impossible. klatt is a big 12 homer who hates and trolls aggies.

/texags last 6 years

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Alpha Texan said:

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Well, I do believe we control our own destiny. If we win out, I think we'll get in the CFP. Looking at teams ahead of us and other competitors...

Clemson & Notre Dame: they play each other in 6 days and almost surely in their CG, meaning 2 losses are coming between them, and no team has ever lost their conference CG and made the playoff. They also aren't both gonna get in after playing in their CG against each other, so that's one team that drops from ahead of us.

Ohio State: Probably gonna win out. With how few games the Big 10 is getting in, only an undefeated or maybe a 8-1 champion get in, which will be hard with their COVID protocol. Maybe a 8-1 Indiana that beats tOSU in the CG gets in, I would think so, but there's a good chance COVID knocks their schedule back to somethin like 7-1.

Bama & UGA: Kinda the same thing where they won't both get in. The sauciest scenario here is if UF wins out, beating both of them, then would UF get in and Bama be the first conference CG loser to get in? I doubt it. Expect one of those to drop below us.

Cincinnati: Our remaining games are more meaningful so if we both continue to win, we will jump them. Remember when UCF had 2 consecutive undefeated seasons and beat Auburn in the middle and they still only got up to like 8 in the polls and had multiple TWO loss P5 schools ahead of them? yeah, Cinci won't stay ahead of us in CFP rankings.

Oklahoma State: Likely eliminated after yesterday's loss. IF, IF, IF they can win out, maybe they hop us? I doubt it.

The CFP committee is willing to overlook losses to a rematching team early in the season. 10-2 Auburn was ranked #2 behind Clemson, who AU lost to in the early weeks of 2017. We control our destiny.

However, there is a MUCH higher chance of us getting in if we win out than there is us actually winning out.

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True no team has lost their CG game and got in, but also true is there has never been an undefeated team lose their CG in the CFP era. If Bama were to be undefeated and lose the SECCG, they would get in over us. Same with Clemson. Then there is also Oregon, who if they are undefeated and do so in impressive fashion, then they most likely would get in. We have a shot, but by no means do we control our own destiny.

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Actually, two undefeated teams have lost conference championship games in the College Football Playoff era, and neither team got in.

2015: 12-0 Iowa lost to 11-1 Michigan State 16-13 in the Big 10 Championship Game and dropped from No. 4 to No. 5 before a 45-16 blowout loss to Stanford in the Rose Bowl.

2017: 12-0 Wisconsin lost to 10-2 Ohio State 27-21 in the Big 10 Championship Game and dropped from No. 3 to No. 6 before defeating Miami 34-24 in the Orange Bowl.

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threeanout said:

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Alpha Texan said:

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Well, I do believe we control our own destiny. If we win out, I think we'll get in the CFP. Looking at teams ahead of us and other competitors...

Clemson & Notre Dame: they play each other in 6 days and almost surely in their CG, meaning 2 losses are coming between them, and no team has ever lost their conference CG and made the playoff. They also aren't both gonna get in after playing in their CG against each other, so that's one team that drops from ahead of us.

Ohio State: Probably gonna win out. With how few games the Big 10 is getting in, only an undefeated or maybe a 8-1 champion get in, which will be hard with their COVID protocol. Maybe a 8-1 Indiana that beats tOSU in the CG gets in, I would think so, but there's a good chance COVID knocks their schedule back to somethin like 7-1.

Bama & UGA: Kinda the same thing where they won't both get in. The sauciest scenario here is if UF wins out, beating both of them, then would UF get in and Bama be the first conference CG loser to get in? I doubt it. Expect one of those to drop below us.

Cincinnati: Our remaining games are more meaningful so if we both continue to win, we will jump them. Remember when UCF had 2 consecutive undefeated seasons and beat Auburn in the middle and they still only got up to like 8 in the polls and had multiple TWO loss P5 schools ahead of them? yeah, Cinci won't stay ahead of us in CFP rankings.

Oklahoma State: Likely eliminated after yesterday's loss. IF, IF, IF they can win out, maybe they hop us? I doubt it.

The CFP committee is willing to overlook losses to a rematching team early in the season. 10-2 Auburn was ranked #2 behind Clemson, who AU lost to in the early weeks of 2017. We control our destiny.

However, there is a MUCH higher chance of us getting in if we win out than there is us actually winning out.

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True no team has lost their CG game and got in, but also true is there has never been an undefeated team lose their CG in the CFP era. If Bama were to be undefeated and lose the SECCG, they would get in over us. Same with Clemson. Then there is also Oregon, who if they are undefeated and do so in impressive fashion, then they most likely would get in. We have a shot, but by no means do we control our own destiny.

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Actually, two undefeated teams have lost conference championship games in the College Football Playoff era, and neither team got into the CFP.

2015: 12-0 Iowa lost to 11-1 Michigan State 16-13 in the Big 10 Championship Game and dropped to No. 5 before a 45-16 blowout loss to Stanford in the Rose Bowl.

2017: 12-0 Wisconsin lost to 10-2 Ohio State 27-21 in the Big 10 Championship Game and dropped to No. 6 before defeating Miami 34-24 in the Orange Bowl. That's how 11-1 Alabama got the last playoff spot, despite not even winning the SEC West. Alabama went on to crush defending national champion Clemson 24-6 in the Sugar bowl and defeat SEC Champion Georgia 26-23 in overtime in the National Championship Game.

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Yep, you are correct.