The "Done" Teams. Are They Really Done?

101stAB said:
...not to mention, Oregon isn't USC. Not in anyones eyes except theirs.
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USC is like Nebraska/Texas/Michigan etc, if they lose first game but go on to dominate everyone will scream they're back. Of course Nebraska isn't doing it this year 😂
 
NU_WTF? said:
USC is like Nebraska/Texas/Michigan etc, if they lose first game but go on to dominate everyone will scream they're back. Of course Nebraska isn't doing it this year 😂
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Drink?
 
The largest margin of defeat for any team that went on to make the playoff was Notre Dame losing by 24 points against Clemson in the ACCCG in 2020. That was their only loss of the season, and they had beaten Clemson earlier in the season, and both teams were already locked in before that game.

Next closest was UGA losing by 23 to Auburn in 2017. They beat them by 21 in the SECCG rematch.

Nobody has lost by 4+ scores and got in. Oregon won’t be the first to do it, and I doubt it happens before the auto bids kick in for the 12 team playoff
 
JuiceTheGator said:
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Ii was feeling nostalgic.
 
Volbound1700 said:
I think Oregon and LSU were kind of done before season started but it will be hard for both to overcome loss. I just don't think both are good enough to run the table and LSU strikes me as a 6-6 or 7-5 team. Oregon is probably a 9-3 team. (I don't think they go through Pac12 North unscathed and may not even win it).

As for Utah, they are definitely not done. I think Florida looks like an 8-4 type team, even better if the ball bounces there way. Utah probably should have won that game anyways. Utah is the only CFP playoff contender in that bunch. They will need some help.
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Agree. Utah is definitely not done. If not for a mistake by their qb on the 2 yard line at the very end of the game, they likely win that game.

They need to win out and they need Florida, USC and UCLA to all finish in the 8-10 win range. Oregon being in the 8-10 win range would help as well since they may end up playing them twice. All of those things are not only possible, but maybe even likely.
 
trojanfan12 said:
Agree. Utah is definitely not done. If not for a mistake by their qb on the 2 yard line at the very end of the game, they likely win that game.

They need to win out and they need Florida, USC and UCLA to all finish in the 8-10 win range. Oregon being in the 8-10 win range would help as well since they may end up playing them twice. All of those things are not only possible, but maybe even likely.
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I think it will also depend on what happens in other leagues. The ACC and Big12 Champion will be Utah's biggest competition. Chaos in both leagues would help Utah.

It seems very likely that the B1G Champion (Ohio State or Michigan) plus Alabama and Georgia will be in it. That is 3 spots already.

Best case scenario would also be chaos in the SEC. Utah fans (and even USC fans) need to root hard for Tennessee to upset one of those two :). It is HIGHLY unlikely and it would take bad play by Alabama and Georgia for it to happen.
 
Kachina said:
As bad as the Oregon performance was, it very likely will be a major talking point if they are in the mix for the playoffs.
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but then it becomes a conversation of whose loss was better or worse. no one else is going to be in the mix losing to a UGA caliber team. is it worse to lose to the # 1,2,3 team by 40 on the road or lose to a 7-5 team by 14 at home
 
outofyourmind said:
Not many people hold a 1st game loss against you at the end of the season really. Are they ??
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I think it depends. Utah's loss to Florida isn't likely to be held against them unless Florida's season falls apart on them and they end up with fewer than 7 wins.

Oregon lost 49-3...I don't think there's any coming back from that. They'd have to win out and do so decisively. They'd also need at least 2 other conference champs to have 2 losses. Even then, if it comes down to Oregon and a 2 loss Alabama or Georgia, whose 2nd loss was in the CCG, Oregon doesn't get in.
 
Please refrain from including LSU in these playoff discussions for the next two seasons at the very least.

I know that 2019 Championship was great and all, but that was 2 losing seasons ago. We haven't done much since then.
 
Collegefbfan said:
So, Oregon, LSU, Utah, etc. are done for the season as far as the CFP goes. Are we sure about that? How are we so sure? Go back to 2014. Virginia Tech turned out to be a game above 0.500 according to their record. Ohio State's only loss that season on their way to being national champs? Virginia Tech. Nebraska had a lackluster season in 2015, and they beat Michigan State that season. Michigan State made the playoff. I feel that saying Utah, Oregon, etc. are out of the CFP is a little premature at this point. Some folks have said that this team or that team looked great this past weekend. Others reply well it's the first, maybe second game. Isn't this the same for the teams that lost? Especially close losses.
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They are really done.

I hope that answered your question and allowed you closure.
 
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