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Seriously they need to go.
Vandy wins at Tennessee and drops in rankings.
Missouri is 8-4 and still ranked.
NDSU received votes

Teams without a win against an FBS team with a winning record during 2025 regular season.

Missouri is still ranked. Tennessee was ranked nearly every week.


Arkansas
Auburn
Boston College
Maryland
Missouri
North Carolina
Oklahoma State
Purdue
South Carolina
Tennessee
UCLA
 
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Seriously they need to go.
Vandy wins at Tennessee and drops in rankings.
Missouri is 8-4 and still ranked.
NDSU received votes

Teams without a win against an FBS team with a winning record during 2025 regular season.

Missouri is still ranked. Tennessee was ranked nearly every week.


Arkansas
Auburn
Boston College
Maryland
Missouri
North Carolina
Oklahoma State
Purdue
South Carolina
Tennessee
UCLA
I didn’t realize FCS teams could even receive votes.
 

Seriously they need to go.
Vandy wins at Tennessee and drops in rankings.
Missouri is 8-4 and still ranked.
NDSU received votes

Teams without a win against an FBS team with a winning record during 2025 regular season.

Missouri is still ranked. Tennessee was ranked nearly every week.


Arkansas
Auburn
Boston College
Maryland
Missouri
North Carolina
Oklahoma State
Purdue
South Carolina
Tennessee
UCLA
On the aggregate Vanderbilt moved down but how many individuals moved them down and who did they move them behind

That may be dumb too. But if the reason they moved down is because a bunch of voters finally put Texas tech and BYU ahead of them it feels a little different
 


On the aggregate Vanderbilt moved down but how many individuals moved them down and who did they move them behind

That may be dumb too. But if the reason they moved down is because a bunch of voters finally put Texas tech and BYU ahead of them it feels a little different
tbh, I think they got Miami above Vandy correct. Also think you could argue Texas over Vandy too.
 



tbh, I think they got Miami above Vandy correct. Also think you could argue Texas over Vandy too.
Texas beat Vandy and Vandy’s best win is 8-4 Missouri

Missouri is 8-4 but their best win might be 6-6 Louisiana (Lafayette)

Texas needed to beat Florida to make it a lock
Vanderbilt needed to beat one of the two ranked teams they played to make it a lock
I know they’re SEC, but their schedule wasn’t good enough to be a lock at 10-2


This year. Wisconsin would’ve made it at 9-3 with their schedule. Nebraska probably would’ve needed 11-1 with theirs.
With the schedule imbalance there are different numbers of wins needed to get to different places.
People keep saying Texas is getting punished for playing Ohio state. They aren’t, SOS is why they’re the only 3 loss team being discussed. They’re SOS is so tough people are overlooking a loss to Florida.
Likewise, bama is in at 10-2 with a loss to Florida state while 1 loss BYU was behind them due to lack of SOS.
 


I didn’t realize FCS teams could even receive votes.
I don't follow NDSU/FCS very closely - I do cheer for them in the playoffs and will usually try to tune in once they are on TV...

I was reading somewhere that some think this might be the best NDSU team they've had during their FCS era.

I echo your thought... didn't realize FCS teams could receive votes... it doesn't make sense and seems like a waste.
 

Texas beat Vandy and Vandy’s best win is 8-4 Missouri

Missouri is 8-4 but their best win might be 6-6 Louisiana (Lafayette)

Texas needed to beat Florida to make it a lock
Vanderbilt needed to beat one of the two ranked teams they played to make it a lock
I know they’re SEC, but their schedule wasn’t good enough to be a lock at 10-2


This year. Wisconsin would’ve made it at 9-3 with their schedule. Nebraska probably would’ve needed 11-1 with theirs.
With the schedule imbalance there are different numbers of wins needed to get to different places.
People keep saying Texas is getting punished for playing Ohio state. They aren’t, SOS is why they’re the only 3 loss team being discussed. They’re SOS is so tough people are overlooking a loss to Florida.
Likewise, bama is in at 10-2 with a loss to Florida state while 1 loss BYU was behind them due to lack of SOS.
Nice breakdown. It's going to be interesting to see how it all plays out. Committee needs to put out a strong message/ranking tomorrow and they need to explain the scenarios that will play out.

Examples
BYU is only in if they win.
TT is still in if they lose
Indiana and tOSU are in
Georgia is in
Alabama is out with a loss.


The bottom of the SEC is absolute garbage and 6 teams admitted it by firing their coaches. Honestly I don't know how you put Texas A&M or Ole Miss in the field. Ole Miss is a complete mess with the coaching situation. Texas A&M played 9P4 teams and only beat the bottom 7 teams in the SEC and lost to Texas H2H.

This will never happen, but they should confirm that the SEC is making the right move by going to nine conference games. Alabama is only SEC contender that has played 10 P4 teams.

Put Indiana, tOSU, Texas Tech, Oregon, Georgia, Alabama, G5 Champ, Virginia if they win, BYU, Miami, Notre Dame, Texas in.

Next in line are Texas A&M, Oklahoma, Ole Miss and Vandy.

Every one of these teams will have played at least 10 P4 teams, won their league, played an early season marque game.
 
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Nice breakdown. It's going to be interesting to see how it all plays out. Committee needs to put out a strong message/ranking tomorrow and they need to explain the scenarios that will play out.

Examples
BYU is only in if they win.
TT is still in if they lose
Indiana and tOSU are in
Georgia is in
Alabama is out with a loss.


The bottom of the SEC is absolute garbage and 6 teams admitted it by firing their coaches. Honestly I don't know how you put Texas A&M or Ole Miss in the field. Ole Miss is a complete mess with the coaching situation. Texas A&M played 9P4 teams and only beat the bottom 7 teams in the SEC and lost to Texas H2H.
I would be surprised if Bama is out with a loss. The committee has stated in the past that they won’t penalize teams for playing in a conference championship.
 

When something along these lines happened to us in ‘22 (I think our best win was 6-6 Sconnie), we barely sniffed the polls all year. People pretend this can’t happen in the SEC to fit their agenda or claim that it’s offset because that conference is deeper but people need to come to terms with the fact that the B1G and the SEC are around the same in power level at this point.
 

Nice breakdown. It's going to be interesting to see how it all plays out. Committee needs to put out a strong message/ranking tomorrow and they need to explain the scenarios that will play out.

Examples
BYU is only in if they win.
TT is still in if they lose
Indiana and tOSU are in
Georgia is in
Alabama is out with a loss.


The bottom of the SEC is absolute garbage and 6 teams admitted it by firing their coaches. Honestly I don't know how you put Texas A&M or Ole Miss in the field. Ole Miss is a complete mess with the coaching situation. Texas A&M played 9P4 teams and only beat the bottom 7 teams in the SEC and lost to Texas H2H.
I think they’re going to put bama below Miami, Notre dame, and BYU on Tuesday so if they lose the championship they can leave them out.

Historically they don’t move a team down for losing a championship game so they have to make the move now.

Perhaps not BYU because BYu can play their way in
 

Seriously they need to go.
Vandy wins at Tennessee and drops in rankings.
Missouri is 8-4 and still ranked.
NDSU received votes

Teams without a win against an FBS team with a winning record during 2025 regular season.

Missouri is still ranked. Tennessee was ranked nearly every week.


Arkansas
Auburn
Boston College
Maryland
Missouri
North Carolina
Oklahoma State
Purdue
South Carolina
Tennessee
UCLA

Agreed, the polls are silly/stupid/hoplessly biased. There is no planet where eg Notre Dame should be ranked ahead of Vanderbilt based on any factor except recruiting rankings.

If only there were ways to rank conference teams based on record and a series of tie breaking criteria. I realize the playoff has been enlarged to enable TV dollars and am yelling at clouds.
 




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