Projected CFP Rankings after Week 3

[GeniusParks]

This projects to the end of the season:

(1) Alabama (13-0) - Will Pass Clemson once they beat LSU due to SOS
(2) Clemson (13-0) - The ACC is a G5 league without Clemson
(3) Ohio State (13-0) - PSU/MSU/Mich are all frauds, but 2 Wisc wins would be better than OU
(4) Oklahoma (13-0) - 2 Texas wins look like the only good wins.
(5) Georgia (12-1) - Only loss to Bama in the SEC Championship Game
(6) LSU (12-1) - Only loss to Bama
(7) UCF (13-0) - This is about as far as UCF can get with the SEC logjam if the schedules go according to plan. A&M, Auburn, or UF beating UGA or LSU would be nice but you know they'll just move those teams ahead of UCF.
(8) Notre Dame (11-1) Only loss to UGA

Other Notables:
Texas (10-3) - 2 losses to OU & LSU
UF (9-3) - losses to UGA, LSU, and A&M
Utah (10-3) losses to some PAC12 teams
Michigan (9-3) losses to Wisc, tOSU, ND

Peach: Bama vrs OU (rematch of last year's Orange Bowl)
Fiesta: Clemson vrs Ohio State (rematch from 2016)
Rose: Wisconsin vrs Oregon
Sugar: Texas vrs Georgia/LSU (Guaranteed Rematch of Some Type)
Orange: Georgia/LSU vrs Virginia - LSU goes here because ND/UVA will have been a regular season game
Cotton: UCF vrs ND

 

[Lurky]

I'd love to see UCF shred ND.

 

[muckdawg24]

So Virginia barely beats a terrible Florida State team, moves up four spots, yet we smoke a decent Stanford team and move up two. Mmmkay.

 

[GoKnights2003]

So Virginia barely beats a terrible Florida State team, moves up four spots, yet we smoke a decent Stanford team and move up two. Mmmkay.

I know. Fuzzy math!

 

[Central Floridave]

Good article here:
No Huddle: UCF Finally Played (And Crushed) Somebody But It Didn't Seem To Matter

https://watchstadium.com/news/no-hu...ebody-but-it-didnt-seem-to-matter-09-15-2019/

 

[Central Floridave]

---> "At what point do we, the collective college football-consuming populace, need to stop making excuses against UCF and believe, maybe even somewhat unwillingly at first, that the Knights are really good?"

 

[Stormthecourt?]

This projects to the end of the season:

(1) Alabama (13-0) - Will Pass Clemson once they beat LSU due to SOS
(2) Clemson (13-0) - The ACC is a G5 league without Clemson
(3) Ohio State (13-0) - PSU/MSU/Mich are all frauds, but 2 Wisc wins would be better than OU
(4) Oklahoma (13-0) - 2 Texas wins look like the only good wins.
(5) Georgia (12-1) - Only loss to Bama in the SEC Championship Game
(6) LSU (12-1) - Only loss to Bama
(7) UCF (13-0) - This is about as far as UCF can get with the SEC logjam if the schedules go according to plan. A&M, Auburn, or UF beating UGA or LSU would be nice but you know they'll just move those teams ahead of UCF.
(8) Notre Dame (11-1) Only loss to UGA

Other Notables:
Texas (10-3) - 2 losses to OU & LSU
UF (9-3) - losses to UGA, LSU, and A&M
Utah (10-3) losses to some PAC12 teams
Michigan (9-3) losses to Wisc, tOSU, ND

Peach: Bama vrs OU (rematch of last year's Orange Bowl)
Fiesta: Clemson vrs Ohio State (rematch from 2016)
Rose: Wisconsin vrs Oregon
Sugar: Texas vrs Georgia/LSU (Guaranteed Rematch of Some Type)
Orange: Georgia/LSU vrs Virginia - LSU goes here because ND/UVA will have been a regular season game
Cotton: UCF vrs ND

Is this your personal projection? You have UF losing to A&M? They don’t play A&M

 

[Central Floridave]

some random quotes from various national media articles:

"Reality check: The competition questions will never cease, but the Knights certainly look capable of running with any team outside of that top tier of elites.
Ranked: Too low."

"New quarterback, same results for No. UCF 17, which continues to state its case for inclusion in the discussion about elite teams in college football by lighting up the scoreboard and winning."

"And checking in with a 9% shot to reach the CFP is...UCF."

"I moved the Knights up seven spots to No. 12, not only because of their 45-27 demolition of Stanford — they led 38-7 at halftime — but as a course correction for a program that is 27-1 the past three seasons."

"I’ve heard from plenty of Central Florida fans the last couple years, but it’s past time to give full credit where it is due. UCF’s success transcends any one player or coach or team. The Knights have built a monster of a Group of Five program."

"Central Florida blasted Stanford 38-7 at halftime and 45-27 at the end, with another quarterback from Hawaii (Dillon Gabriel), a true freshman who took the postgame lectern in a lei, who looked outrageously young and sounded perfectly wise. (“We’ve got to prove it,” he said of UCF’s claims to eliteness as the ambitious program heads next for Pitt.) Stanford Coach David Shaw said of the Power Five and Group of Five designations, “We’re years past that,” even though around college football, of course, we’re never really years past anything."

 

[PowerEye101]

Colley Matrix Week 3 Rankings

http://www.colleyrankings.com/currank.html

UCF jumps from #43 to #19. The computer thinks FAU is UCF's best win. Interesting. Cincinnati & Temple next highest ranked Top 50 teams on UCF's schedule. Boise highest ranked G5 at #8.

 

[knight_tracker]

Temple is getting ripped by the system also. They shut down Maryland's high powered offence, and should be ranked. How can UCF get any credit when they refuse to rank other teams UCF plays.