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The first 2 tiers are pretty reasonable, but the rest definitely have some questionable choices.
From the article:
In college basketball, there are teams that expect to advance deep into the NCAA Tournament. Others are simply happy to make it at all. If you had to put college football teams into similar tiers based on the expanded Playoff, who would fill each category?
TIER 1: Expects to compete for national titles and isn’t going to celebrate anything less.
TIER 2: Expects to make the CFP on a near-yearly basis and considers a deep run to be a success.
TIER 3: Makes the CFP every five-ish years and considers it a success to win a game or two.
TIER 4: Makes the CFP every 10-ish years and is excited to win even once.
TIER 5: Making the field is a once-in-a-lifetime experience to be celebrated, even if it gets blown out in the process. — Brian S., Buford, Ga.
Tier 1 (3) is tiny: Alabama, Ohio State and Georgia.
Tier 2 (12) comprises more programs than can pull this off, and some haven’t come close any time recently: LSU, Texas, Oklahoma, Florida, Michigan, Oregon, Penn State, USC, Notre Dame, Clemson, Florida State, Miami.
Tier 3 (10): I’m converting this to “every three to five years,” because five is a long time: Ole Miss, Texas A&M, Auburn, Tennessee, Washington, Wisconsin, Michigan State, TCU, Utah, Boise State.
Tier 4 (19): Iowa, Nebraska, Missouri, Arkansas, SMU, Louisville, Virginia Tech, North Carolina, Pitt, Baylor, BYU, Kansas State, Colorado, Cincinnati, UCF, Texas Tech, West Virginia, Oklahoma State, Washington State.
Tier 5: Everyone else, including Indiana, which happened to get its once-in-a-lifetime trip in Year 1.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/59...ource=athletic_targeted_email&userId=11702194
From the article:
In college basketball, there are teams that expect to advance deep into the NCAA Tournament. Others are simply happy to make it at all. If you had to put college football teams into similar tiers based on the expanded Playoff, who would fill each category?
TIER 1: Expects to compete for national titles and isn’t going to celebrate anything less.
TIER 2: Expects to make the CFP on a near-yearly basis and considers a deep run to be a success.
TIER 3: Makes the CFP every five-ish years and considers it a success to win a game or two.
TIER 4: Makes the CFP every 10-ish years and is excited to win even once.
TIER 5: Making the field is a once-in-a-lifetime experience to be celebrated, even if it gets blown out in the process. — Brian S., Buford, Ga.
Tier 1 (3) is tiny: Alabama, Ohio State and Georgia.
Tier 2 (12) comprises more programs than can pull this off, and some haven’t come close any time recently: LSU, Texas, Oklahoma, Florida, Michigan, Oregon, Penn State, USC, Notre Dame, Clemson, Florida State, Miami.
Tier 3 (10): I’m converting this to “every three to five years,” because five is a long time: Ole Miss, Texas A&M, Auburn, Tennessee, Washington, Wisconsin, Michigan State, TCU, Utah, Boise State.
Tier 4 (19): Iowa, Nebraska, Missouri, Arkansas, SMU, Louisville, Virginia Tech, North Carolina, Pitt, Baylor, BYU, Kansas State, Colorado, Cincinnati, UCF, Texas Tech, West Virginia, Oklahoma State, Washington State.
Tier 5: Everyone else, including Indiana, which happened to get its once-in-a-lifetime trip in Year 1.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/59...ource=athletic_targeted_email&userId=11702194
