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60's Guy said:
Good to know but somewhat inevitable to most all watching.
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I was thinking there was someway the Ducks could get left out IF:

Wash beat Ore
Ind lost to Oh St but beat Pur
Ohio St lost to Mich
Penn St beat Minn & Mary

That would mean a 3-way tie of Oregon, Indiana & Penn St, all with 1 loss and no head-to-head matchups.
 

Is making the Big Ten Championship Game an auto-bid?

The tweet says they are "locked into the playoff"

What if they got whooped by Washington then also got beat bad in the B1G title game? Or had something happen like FSU last season where their QB blows out a knee. Are they in CFP no matter what, even with 2 bad (theoretical) losses?
 

fmlizard said:
Is making the Big Ten Championship Game an auto-bid?

The tweet says they are "locked into the playoff"

What if they got whooped by Washington then also got beat bad in the B1G title game? Or had something happen like FSU last season where their QB blows out a knee. Are they in CFP no matter what, even with 2 bad (theoretical) losses?
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Probably not a lock but hard to leave an SEC or B1G team that makes conference championship out. They would have their second loss in an extra game played.
 





Ope3 said:
I was thinking there was someway the Ducks could get left out IF:

Wash beat Ore
Ind lost to Oh St but beat Pur
Ohio St lost to Mich
Penn St beat Minn & Mary

That would mean a 3-way tie of Oregon, Indiana & Penn St, all with 1 loss and no head-to-head matchups.
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That's a mind twister. I think that scenario would come down to tie-breaker #2. Oregon beat the Buckeyes while Indiana and PSU lost to them.

Tiebreaker Order:​

  1. Head-to-head matchups
  2. Record against common conference opponents, in order of conference record
  3. Record against common opponents with the best conference record and proceeding through common opponents based on their order of finish within the conference standings
  4. Best cumulative conference winning percentage of all conference opponents
  5. SportSource Analytics (team Rating Score metric) ranking following the regular season
  6. Random draw among tied teams conducted by the Commissioner or designee
 



fmlizard said:
Is making the Big Ten Championship Game an auto-bid?

The tweet says they are "locked into the playoff"

What if they got whooped by Washington then also got beat bad in the B1G title game? Or had something happen like FSU last season where their QB blows out a knee. Are they in CFP no matter what, even with 2 bad (theoretical) losses?
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Yea, I'll believe we're in when the final playoff spots are officially announced. We are officially in the B1G Championship game, that's all we've accomplished so far. Next is the huskies and that's always a war. And Lanning is 0-3 vs the huskies, I think he'll want this one bad.
 
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Ope3 said:
An SEC loser with 3 or 4 losses overall, I don't think would even nearly be a "lock".
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Historically, the championship game losers haven’t really moved down in the ratings, so I more think it depends on where the loser is rated before the game.

I think if it’s a 5 way tie for the SEC title game it is possible one of the participants might be rated Low to start with
 

Some guy said:
Historically, the championship game losers haven’t really moved down in the ratings, so I more think it depends on where the loser is rated before the game.

I think if it’s a 5 way tie for the SEC title game it is possible one of the participants might be rated Low to start with
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Wasn't Georgia #1 last year? They lost were on the outside looking in.

TCU the year prior also lost (in OT), but still made it.
 




Ope3 said:
Wasn't Georgia #1 last year? They lost were on the outside looking in.

TCU the year prior also lost (in OT), but still made it.
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I think last year was the perfect storm:
  • 2 undefeated power conference teams (Michigan & Washington)
  • Couldn't make a really acceptable argument to put Georgia ahead of Alabama, considering the head to hear
  • At the same time, couldn't really make an acceptable argument to put Alabama ahead of Texas, considering they had same record, both conference champs & Texas beat Alabama.
If Oregon had beat Washington, then you probably would have had some chaos with only Michigan being the no-argument entry.
 

GoDucks349 said:
Yea, I'll believe we're in when the final playoff spots are officially announced. We are officially in the B1G Championship game, that's all we've accomplished so far. Next is the huskies and that's always a war. And Lanning is 0-3 vs the huskies, I think he'll want this one bad.
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Wow! Sorta like Minnesota and Bert prior to finally snuffing him out this year....except the Ducks are only a third of the way down Minnesota's now vanquished plight.
Not sure what to think of Lanning but I do hope he wins vs Washington this time.
(I commented because I was surprised he's 0-3.). THX for the info
 

60's Guy said:
Wow! Sorta like Minnesota and Bert prior to finally snuffing him out this year....except the Ducks are only a third of the way down Minnesota's now vanquished plight.
Not sure what to think of Lanning but I do hope he wins vs Washington this time.
(I commented because I was surprised he's 0-3.). THX for the info
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Yea, he lost all three games by exactly 3 points each time.
 

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