Because this team definitely doesn't:

OSU's playoff resume:
Win over 2-4 Nebraska
Win over 2-5 Penn State
Win over 2-5 Rutgers
(tight) Win over 6-1 Indiana
Win over 2-4 Michigan State

Wow

Blue blood always gets the benefit of the doubt.

You know it's 2020 when the second best team in the big 10 is Indiana.

Detmersdislocatedshoulder said:

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You know it's 2020 when the second best team in the big 10 is Indiana.

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Exactly.

If tOSU wants in, then they can arrange a play-in game with the Ags.

Only major conference undefetaed teams "deserve" a spot. Other teams may get a spot in order to have four teams, but none of them "deserve" a spot.

Blistering schedule/conference

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This about eleventy billion times.

Ohio State will play Ranked Iowa next week and seal the deal

Nope

Nobody should come out of pac 12 or big 10. If they wanted in they should have taken off their panties and started season when it was time to start.

wbt5845 said:

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Only major conference undefetaed teams "deserve" a spot. Other teams may get a spot in order to have four teams, but none of them "deserve" a spot.

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Undefeated does not mean undefeated this year; other than Bama and ND, undefeated largely means untested and unchallenged by a team with talent.

Remember the P5 game argument that plagues college football these past few playoff years. Well OSU is going to make the playoff with 5-6 P5 games, how is that fair?

ACC, SEC and B12 are getting the usual or more P5 games this year; 6-8 P5 games was never enough b4, it shouldn'y be now.

I agree. But now that you're going W/L - what's the same breakdown for our schedule this year? South Carolina Arkansas Miss St etc

RBarrRB35 said:

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I agree. But now that you're going W/L - what's the same breakdown for our schedule this year? South Carolina Arkansas Miss St etc

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We have the 6th ranked SOS.

OSU has the 72nd

If OSU played 10 games, they would go 10-0. Does that make you feel better about it?

Deserve not yet but win out and good things happen
Iowa could beat OSU
irish and clemdog both vulnerable

Rule#2 said:

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If OSU played 10 games, they would go 10-0. Does that make you feel better about it?

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OSU would get beat by Florida. I feel better about that.

Rule#2 said:

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If OSU played 10 games, they would go 10-0. Does that make you feel better about it?

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OSU against a full P5 slate almost always drops a game they shouldn't.

Rule#2 said:

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If OSU played 10 games, they would go 10-0. Does that make you feel better about it?

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OSU got beat by Wake a few years back. Like by 30

If OSU played our schedule they would have 2 losses

Sorry. Purdue.

https://www.espn.com/college-football/game?gameId=401013348

The only we get to the playoff is play osu

Toptierag2018 said:

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Because this team definitely doesn't:

OSU's playoff resume:
Win over 2-4 Nebraska
Win over 2-5 Penn State
Win over 2-5 Rutgers
(tight) Win over 6-1 Indiana
Win over 2-4 Michigan State

Wow

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This is what RC should put up on the screen as he recuses himself from voting for the top 4.
Also the Top 8 CFP team records, OSU doesn't compute.

What's the record of the teams we have beaten? We beat 0-8 Vandy by 5 points at home.

The problem is that no one stepped up and gave a minimum number of games required to make the playoffs.

Didn't we beat #4 Florida and beat Auburn on the road by 11??

I am all for Ohio State being left out.

Big 10 tried to make 'holier than though' decisions and nearly cancelled the entire season. They later realized what a stupid decision that was.

People all over this country have been negatively impacted by the decisions of leaders and I honestly believe the OSU players/University/Alumni and the Big 10 as a whole should feel serious repercussions for the decision to start so late.

I am tired of COVID having only 2 outcomes...death or not. There are a significantly more "smaller" negative impacts beyond just death and those get swept to the side...

In the committee's eyes:

1. OSU is a perennial power with multiple previous playoff appearances and a CFP title

2. OSU is currently undefeated in an otherwise wacky year.

3. A&M already got beat down by the #1 team in the country and it wasn't close. **this is the big thing standing in our way**

We still have a reasonable chance to get in if ND gets blown out by Clemson, but it's highly unlikely we leapfrog OSU.

If we wanted to be in the CFP, we should have gone undefeated. No one loss team deserves to be in. Sure, some WILL get in since you need 4, but none deserve to.

It is about the 4 best teams, not only for undefeated teams.

Toptierag2018 said:

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Because this team definitely doesn't:

OSU's playoff resume:
Win over 2-4 Nebraska
Win over 2-5 Penn State
Win over 2-5 Rutgers
(tight) Win over 6-1 Indiana
Win over 2-4 Michigan State

Wow

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Indiana was ranked 9th at the time and is now ranked 12th, and has since beaten #16 Wisconsin, which augments Ohio State's strength of schedule.

Here's our resume
5-point over 0-8 Vanderbilt
28-point loss to #1 Alabama that was over at halftime.
3-point win over #6 Florida - best thing on the resume, Florida is 8-1 and ranked #6
14-point win over 2-6 Mississippi State
11-point win over 3-6 Arkansas
45-point win over 2-8 South Carolina
13-point win over 3-5 and terrible LSU
11-point win over 5-3 Auburn, ranked 22nd when we played, not ranked now.

So match those two up.

• We each have a win over a top 10 team.
• We have an additional win against a team ranked 22nd at the time
• Their other 4 wins are against teams averaging records of 2 wins and 4.5 losses.
• Our other 5 wins are against teams averaging records of 2 wins and 6.6 losses
• We got our asses beat badly in a loss to Alabama.

Based on that comparison, if you think we should go instead of them, is your argument based on our 11-point road win over #22 Auburn completely negates our 28-point loss to #1 Alabama?

I want us to make the playoff, but reverse the names on those resumes and I'm pretty sure you wouldn't be saying 1-loss Ohio State should jump undefeated A&M.

TAM85 said:

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It is about the 4 best teams, not only for undefeated teams.

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No it isn't. It's about giving every team that deserves a shot at the national championship to have one.

MuckRaker96 said:

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Toptierag2018 said:

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Because this team definitely doesn't:

OSU's playoff resume:
Win over 2-4 Nebraska
Win over 2-5 Penn State
Win over 2-5 Rutgers
(tight) Win over 6-1 Indiana
Win over 2-4 Michigan State

Wow

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Indiana was ranked 9th at the time and is now ranked 12th, and has since beaten #16 Wisconsin, which augments Ohio State's strength of schedule.

Here's our resume
5-point over 0-8 Vanderbilt
28-point loss to #1 Alabama that was over at halftime.
3-point win over #6 Florida - best thing on the resume, Florida is 8-1 and ranked #6
14-point win over 2-6 Mississippi State
11-point win over 3-6 Arkansas
45-point win over 2-8 South Carolina
13-point win over 3-5 and terrible LSU
11-point win over 5-3 Auburn, ranked 22nd when we played, not ranked now.

So match those two up.

• We each have a win over a top 10 team.
• We have an additional win against a team ranked 22nd at the time
• Their other 4 wins are against teams averaging records of 2 wins and 4.5 losses.
• Our other 5 wins are against teams averaging records of 2 wins and 6.6 losses
• We got our asses beat badly in a loss to Alabama.

Based on that comparison, if you think we should go instead of them, is your argument based on our 11-point road win over #22 Auburn completely negates our 28-point loss to #1 Alabama?

I want us to make the playoff, but reverse the names on those resumes and I'm pretty sure you wouldn't be saying 1-loss Ohio State should jump undefeated A&M.

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MuckRaker96 said:

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Toptierag2018 said:

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Because this team definitely doesn't:

OSU's playoff resume:
Win over 2-4 Nebraska
Win over 2-5 Penn State
Win over 2-5 Rutgers
(tight) Win over 6-1 Indiana
Win over 2-4 Michigan State

Wow

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Indiana was ranked 9th at the time and is now ranked 12th, and has since beaten #16 Wisconsin, which augments Ohio State's strength of schedule.

Here's our resume
5-point over 0-8 Vanderbilt
28-point loss to #1 Alabama that was over at halftime.
3-point win over #6 Florida - best thing on the resume, Florida is 8-1 and ranked #6
14-point win over 2-6 Mississippi State
11-point win over 3-6 Arkansas
45-point win over 2-8 South Carolina
13-point win over 3-5 and terrible LSU
11-point win over 5-3 Auburn, ranked 22nd when we played, not ranked now.

So match those two up.

• We each have a win over a top 10 team.
• We have an additional win against a team ranked 22nd at the time
• Their other 4 wins are against teams averaging records of 2 wins and 4.5 losses.
• Our other 5 wins are against teams averaging records of 2 wins and 6.6 losses
• We got our asses beat badly in a loss to Alabama.

Based on that comparison, if you think we should go instead of them, is your argument based on our 11-point road win over #22 Auburn completely negates our 28-point loss to #1 Alabama?

I want us to make the playoff, but reverse the names on those resumes and I'm pretty sure you wouldn't be saying 1-loss Ohio State should jump undefeated A&M.

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Avg score of an OSU game = 47-23 OSU
Avg score of an A&M game = 31-22 A&M

How impressive you win matters and they are outperforming us 15 points per opponent.