Ranked 22 in this week's CFP so if we take care of business, we are in. Interesting not only that we continue to be ranked, but we are still ranked in front of Cincy as well!
Win and In!
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If you had told me back in 2017 that in 2022 I'd be of the opinion that the CFP Rankings are being too kind to us, I'd have laughed in your face.
The fact that Navy outscored ND (#14 in the CFP) 19-0 in the second half a week and a half ago helped us a lot. But the way we played it's a reprieve, so Gus needs to make that clear to the guys and we need to stuff USF this Saturday. Let's see what this team (and its coaches) are made of.
This is hilarious
22 is not deserved but we’ll take it
22 is not deserved but we’ll take it
And with no other G5 teams ranked I would have to assume the AAC winner gets the Cotton Bowl. It's possible that a 3 loss UCF gets a NY6 game. Seems like the twilight zone...
We played a 3 loss Auburn team in a NY6, so we would not be the first. We just earned our first truly “Quality Loss” where basically the CFI just ignores all reason. Another first for UCFs program.
I'm blown away after that loss that we only fell 2 spots.
I’m going to go take a shower. I feel dirty.
Nope, just the ESPN zone trying to match the best games. We finally made it!
If polls were objective all 8-3 teams would be ranked the same. #21. There are 11 8-3 loss teams. 21-31 shouldn't be deciding anything.
Let's not be so critical of ourselves. Instead channel the UCFrustation to the source, a broken and corrupt system.
#UCFacts
Still not convinced we are in just beating usf. Tulane is several spots ahead and Cinn just behind us. If they have a great game with either team winning by a point or two, and we only beat usf by a point or two wouldn’t the loser of Tulane-Cinn be ahead of us?
I understood that in the case of a 3 way tie with Houston, that the first tie breaker was invitational ranking.
I understood that in the case of a 3 way tie with Houston, that the first tie breaker was invitational ranking.
I don’t get how we automatically get in either. If Cincy beats Tulane, how can we assume Tulane is below us?
Several spots ahead? If we're referring to the CFP rankings, they're only 3 spots ahead of us. So one would assume that if we beat usf and Tulane loses, we'd jump ahead of them.
I think the H2H and our 2 top 25 wins is what would give us the advantage over Tulane if they lose.
But I see your point as Tulane would have the same number of losses but theirs would all be to Top 25 teams (Cincy, UCF and K-State).
But we only lost 2 spots losing to a bad team at home….why would we jump them if we only beat the worst team in FBS by a point or two?
In the tiebreaker rules, it states that if one of the teams lost the previous week, they are knocked out… as long as another qualifying team is ranked in the previous CFP. That’s why the loser of this week’s Cinci-Tulane game is done, because we were ranked in this week’s CFP (given we win against USF)
So yes, that seems to be correct. I honestly don't really understand why the final regular season week supersedes the rest of the season when it comes to the tiebreaker, doesn't really make sense to me.
I mean you could have a season where a team goes 11-0, beats the 2nd and 3rd place AAC teams, who both have 1 conference loss, then that undefeated team loses to some other team in that last week, other two teams win their last game, and that team who is previously undefeated is out of the conference championship game. Doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me, but hey it helps us this year.
Because nobody wants to see the same game played the next weekend.
Well this is interesting. Don’t know if that is good or bad Bryant wasn’t necessarily tearing it up.
www.espn.com
Source: Cincy QB Bryant (foot) out for season
Cincinnati quarterback Ben Bryant will not play again this season due to a foot injury, a source told ESPN. Redshirt sophomore Evan Prater will make his first career start against Tulane while trying to lead the Bearcats to the American title game.
We’ve established this doesn’t matter. Loser of this game is out as long as we win tomorrow.
Insane....would MUCH rather face a QB in his 2nd start than Pratt/Spears.
I’m hoping Cinci can pull this one. Would much rather play them, feel we just match up better than with Tulane. Spears is scary good. Prater doesn’t look great either.
Side note, we seem to have a sort of rivalry brewing with Cinci with the past few years also, this will fuel it going into the Big12. We need a new rival, our old one seems to have quit football.
Side note, we seem to have a sort of rivalry brewing with Cinci with the past few years also, this will fuel it going into the Big12. We need a new rival, our old one seems to have quit football.
Eye test the AAC isn’t good this year. All 3 teams could get blown out in the Cotton Bowl
I'm halfway with you. Watching the game right now, the only reason I'd rather play Tulane is because that gives us homecourt advantage but that's about it- they seem like the harder team.
Cinci playing at home would be difficult to win bc they do have a good fanbase that comes out but they seem beatable, and it also seems they are playing with ALL the pressure, not necessarily the 3-loss (esp to ecu and Navy) road dog UCF team.
I know I'm stating the obvious. I do agree with you that Cinci/UCF brings more eyeballs in and is good for the future in general. Not overlooking the community college down the street though. I honestly feel like that's the harder game at this point after last week...
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