Our only option into the playoff at this point is to beat tu. We probably need to beat them by at least 10 because you know the talking points will change to "texas really didn't play many good teams and lost to both good teams. Their best win is Vanderbilt"

This is why the rankings really matter and we have not been ranked well this year at all. Two losses, one 8th one 21st. But we get treated like Kansas state or Colorado

Duck them all. Win out or shut up

Oh , you actually thought we would show up to the last game with only one loss in the SEC. I must have missed that prediction. We can't all have a sip schedule.

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We could can beat the sips. Lose the SEC championship game and a two loss bevo gets in while we get left out. Only sure thing is to win the next four games.

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Unfortunately agree, they have us as the last playoff level SEC team and it seems we will be left out unless we make it impossible

Just win, that simple

At 3 losses no shot, beat Texas and play for SEC championship almost guaranteed as long as it's not an embarrassing loss to who ever in championship game

A lot depends on what happens this weekend with Tenn/Uga.

Tenn win and UGA is officially out. I don't see any other losses for Miss and Bama. They are in. Tenn still has Vandy so I won't completely write a win in for them there, but probable and if so in. You have 4 Big teams in as I simply can't imagine any losses for any of those teams that would kick them out. Then add ND, G5 winner, and ACC winner. That leaves 2 spots. BYU win CCG and they are only Big xii team in. Lose CCG but win all other games which they should be heavy favorites and Big xii gets 2 teams in kicking 4th team from SEC or BIG out. I think committee takes 11-1 Indiana or 10-2 Ohio st over 10-3 Aggies. With all these assumptions I expect rankings to look like this going into CCG's.
1. Oregon
2. Ohio st
3. Penn st
4. ND
5. Tenn
6. BYU
7. Bama
8. Miss
9. Ags
10 Indiana
11. Miami
12. Smu
13. Texas
14. Boise

2 teams from outside top 12 could make playoff meaning only top 10 teams are in.

If UGA wins, then Tenn is in some trouble, but that could cause more problems for Ags. Ags would then be playing Bama in CCG. A team that Tenn beat head to head. Rankings going in would look like:

1. Oregon
2. Ohio st
3. Penn st
4. Bama
5. ND
6. BYU
7. Miss
8. UGA
9. Ags
10. Indiana
11. Miami
12. Smu
13. Tenn
14. Tex

I am not surprised we dropped from No. 14 to No. 15 because I knew Ole Miss would leap ups after throttling No. 3 Georgia 28-10. We control our own destiny by winning out. If we win our last 2 SEC games against Auburn and Texas, we will play Alabama in the SEC Championship Game.

Auburn has lost 5 consecutive Power 4 home games to Alabama, Cal, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Vanderbilt. Also, Hugh Freeze is 1-7 in Power 4 home games, and his only Power 4 home win was a 27-13 win over Mississippi State on 10/28/2023. Auburn's only Power 4 win of the season is a 24-10 road win at Kentucky on 10/26. For these reasons, we will probably be a double-digit road favorite at Auburn.

Still, the road game at Auburn is a trap game because we will probably be double-digit road favorites, and it comes before the Lone Star State rivalry showdown with Texas at Kyle Field. If win beat Auburn, we will return to Kyle Field with a 9-2 (6-1 SEC) record and be playing Texas for both an SEC Championship Game appearance and a playoff appearance.

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I am not surprised we dropped from No. 14 to No. 15 because I knew Ole Miss would leap ups after throttling No. 3 Georgia 28-10. We control our own destiny by winning out. If we win our last 2 SEC games against Auburn and Texas, we will play Alabama in the SEC Championship Game.

Auburn has lost 5 consecutive Power 4 home games to Alabama, Cal, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Vanderbilt. Also, Hugh Freeze is 1-7 in Power 4 home games, and his only Power 4 home win was a 27-13 win over Mississippi State on 10/28/2023. Auburn's only Power 4 win of the season is a 24-10 road win at Kentucky on 10/26. For these reasons, we will probably be a double-digit road favorite at Auburn.

Still, the road game at Auburn is a trap game because we will probably be double-digit road favorites, and it comes before the Lone Star State rivalry showdown with Texas at Kyle Field. If win beat Auburn, we will return to Kyle Field with a 9-2 (6-1 SEC) record and be playing Texas for both an SEC Championship Game appearance and a playoff appearance.

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Yes they beat Georgia but do not forget the loss to UK at home (for ole miss). UK is 3 and freaking 6

Miami only dropping 6 with loss to 6-4 GT and really only 1 too 25 win scares me in looking ahead to see how far Texas falls after we beat them.

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vander54 said:

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Ties very much into my thoughts about us being lumped with Kstate and Colorado. They're somehow blessed and we take one hard on the chin. So we end up all next to each other. Wild

Indiana still hasn't played a team that's lost less than 4 games.

Two thoughts.

1. A Tennessee win helps us. Instead of two potential 10-2 teams looking for a spot, Georgia is eliminated from the conversation.

2. The committee is not giving strength of schedule much weight. Our tough OOC game with Notre Dame is a liability. If we played a weak P4 and won, we're in a much better position. I'm all for scheduling good OOC opponents, but only when the committee acknowledges strength of schedule in the rankings. If we played Syracuse week 1 and won, this same team is easily top 10 and can maybe afford an additional loss.

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the committee loves the undefeated and 1-loss teams who have played tomato can schedules

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if that is the reality, we should get that schedule and copy/paste?

We all made a grievous error going to 12 teams.

I understand it but now we let in crap teams with crap schedules and nobody's schedule can have any weight or it ruins all of the automatic qualifying crap

Here how things stand for A&M.

Win out get first round bye.

Win next three but lose SEC champ game will end up 9-12 seed bc the committee will keep us below Notre Dame. That is the problem with the ND loss. My guess is every SEC or Big 10 champ game loser will typically be placed in the 5-8 range. Making that game should automatically give you a home game in the first round at min. But not this year bc we are the one SEC team in the running that played a quality non conference game who so happens to be in the running for a playoff spot. Its funny how it's always ND mucking things up for us.

Totally disagree

I love the 12 teams. It's just the Big 10 and blue blood bias I cannot stand. But that was always there even in a 4 team playoff. See Texas last year for example.

Texas, Indiana and Penn State are not top 10 teams much less top 5.

Reports are that Nico Iamaleava is out. I wouldn't count on Vols.

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Texas, Indiana and Penn State are not top 10 teams much less top 5.

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Who is your top 10?

LB12Diamond said:

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Here how things stand for A&M.

Win out get first round bye.

Win next three but lose SEC champ game will end up 9-12 seed bc the committee will keep us below Notre Dame. That is the problem with the ND loss. My guess is every SEC or Big 10 champ game loser will typically be placed in the 5-8 range. Making that game should automatically give you a home game in the first round at min. But not this year bc we are the one SEC team in the running that played a quality non conference game who so happens to be in the running for a playoff spot. Its funny how it's always ND mucking things up for us.

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It's not funny, it's just convenient. I would love to play those asshats again in the post season and destroy their ass.

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We all made a grievous error going to 12 teams.

I understand it but now we let in crap teams with crap schedules and nobody's schedule can have any weight or it ruins all of the automatic qualifying crap

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It wasn't going to 12 teams that was the error. It was the DEI mentality of how to select those teams that's the problem. But the weaker P5(4) and G5 conferences weren't voting for anything that wasn't all-inclusive. And it required a unanimous vote. Yes, that means there will be better SEC and Big10 teams left out and weaker teams included every year. Go to 16, eliminate the 4 team bye and those additional 4 will virtually always be SEC and Big10 schools. But then the G5 would probably push for 2 spots which would still leave 3. Nothing wrong with 16. There were some great looking week 1 matchups on that board last night.

LB12Diamond said:

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Totally disagree

I love the 12 teams. It's just the Big 10 and blue blood bias I cannot stand. But that was always there even in a 4 team playoff. See Texas last year for example.

Texas, Indiana and Penn State are not top 10 teams much less top 5.

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So expand to 16 or 24.

Let's win, boys.

You win, you get in.

Let's hope Elko and the boys focus on that rather than any victimhood. We are outsiders to the playoffs. It will take a lot to get in. But Indiana seems to be in, so why not us?

LET'S DO IT.

GO AGGIES!!! Let's cheer the team on!

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TAMUallen said:

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We all made a grievous error going to 12 teams.

I understand it but now we let in crap teams with crap schedules and nobody's schedule can have any weight or it ruins all of the automatic qualifying crap

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It wasn't going to 12 teams that was the error. It was the DEI mentality of how to select those teams that's the problem. But the weaker P5(4) and G5 conferences weren't voting for anything that wasn't all-inclusive. And it required a unanimous vote. Yes, that means there will be better SEC and Big10 teams left out and weaker teams included every year. Go to 16, eliminate the 4 team bye and those additional 4 will virtually always be SEC and Big10 schools. But then the G5 would probably push for 2 spots which would still leave 3. Nothing wrong with 16. There were some great looking week 1 matchups on that board last night.

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You are right. I found that out yesterday and went wtf?

No DEI. The best 12 teams should get in, period.

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RoadkillBBQ said:

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TAMUallen said:

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We all made a grievous error going to 12 teams.

I understand it but now we let in crap teams with crap schedules and nobody's schedule can have any weight or it ruins all of the automatic qualifying crap

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It wasn't going to 12 teams that was the error. It was the DEI mentality of how to select those teams that's the problem. But the weaker P5(4) and G5 conferences weren't voting for anything that wasn't all-inclusive. And it required a unanimous vote. Yes, that means there will be better SEC and Big10 teams left out and weaker teams included every year. Go to 16, eliminate the 4 team bye and those additional 4 will virtually always be SEC and Big10 schools. But then the G5 would probably push for 2 spots which would still leave 3. Nothing wrong with 16. There were some great looking week 1 matchups on that board last night.

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You are right. I found that out yesterday and went wtf?

No DEI. The best 12 teams should get in, period.

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Best 12 determined how? There is no objective system for doing that with 100% transparency. Hope that helps.

Go to 16 or 24 and allocate guaranteed invites. Assign conference champions higher seeds and play ball. This beauty contest system is an abject failure.

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They have BYU #1. That makes them lose all credibility in my book.

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TAMUallen said:

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We all made a grievous error going to 12 teams.

I understand it but now we let in crap teams with crap schedules and nobody's schedule can have any weight or it ruins all of the automatic qualifying crap

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It wasn't going to 12 teams that was the error. It was the DEI mentality of how to select those teams that's the problem. But the weaker P5(4) and G5 conferences weren't voting for anything that wasn't all-inclusive. And it required a unanimous vote. Yes, that means there will be better SEC and Big10 teams left out and weaker teams included every year. Go to 16, eliminate the 4 team bye and those additional 4 will virtually always be SEC and Big10 schools. But then the G5 would probably push for 2 spots which would still leave 3. Nothing wrong with 16. There were some great looking week 1 matchups on that board last night.

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Actually, I think the biggest issue is the unbalanced schedules in the super conferences. Too many 'good' teams padding their records against absolute crap schedules and not having to play other 'good' teams that would end up saddling one of them with losses.
There's just too many unproven teams with really good records due to the scheduling and not because they are actually deserving of being in the playoffs.

And I don't know if you can really blame the committee for giving these teams too much credit because they are unproven and there really aren't many proven teams that have gone out and beaten a lot of stiff competition. Pretty much everyone that has had several tough games has lost one or two of them.

Teams that lose games by 3+ touchdowns shouldn't complain about rankings.