Post-Week 6 Field of 12 Projection: Alabama remains in for now despite loss to (wait for it. ...) Vandy

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Automatic qualifiers/conference leaders are determined by "best conference record", hence 1-0 is better than 0-0, 2-0 is better than 1-0, etc. If tied, I first determine auto qualifier using head to head (if applicable), then if no head to head, by most deserving.

FIELD Of 12 PROJECTION (through October 6) -- * denotes utomatic qualifier
American (1): *Army (5-0, 4-0)

ACC (2): *Clemson (4-1, 3-0), Miami (6-0, 2-0)

Big Ten (4): *Indiana (6-0, 3-0), Ohio State (5-0, 2-0), Penn State (5-0, 2-0), Oregon (5-0, 2-0)

Big XII (2): *Texas Tech (5-1, 3-0), BYU (5-0, 2-0)

SEC (3): *Texas A&M (5-1, 3-0), Texas (5-0, 1-0), Alabama (4-1, 1-1)

Last 2 In: Miami, Alabama

First 4 Out (alphabetical): Georgia (4-1, 2-1), llinois (4-1, 1-1), Iowa State (5-0, 2-0), Pitt (5-0, 1-0)

Other Conference Leaders Under Consideration (4): Liberty (4-0, 2-0/Conference USA), Toledo (4-1, 1-0)/MAC), San Jose State (4-1, 2-0/Mountain West), UL-Monroe (4-1, 2-0/Sun Belt)

Movin' In (3): Army, Miami, Texas Tech

Movin' Out (3): Georgia, Tennessee, UNLV

THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF
First Round (Dec. 20 & 21)
#9 BYU @ #8 Oregon
#12 *Army @ #5 Texas

#10 Miami @ #7 Penn State
#11 Alabama @ #6 Ohio State

Quarterfinals
#1 *Indiana vs. #8 Oregon/#9 BYU winner (Rose Bowl/Jan. 1)
#4 *Texas Tech vs. #5 Texas/#12 *Army winner (Fiesta Bowl/Dec. 31)

#2 *Texas A&M vs. #7 Penn State/#10 Miami winner (Sugar Bowl/Jan. 1)
#3 *Clemson vs. #6 Ohio State/#11 Alabama winner (Peach Bowl/Jan. 1)

Semifinals
Orange Bowl (Jan. 9)
Cotton Bowl (Jan. 10)

National Championship (Jan. 20) -- Atlanta, GA

Power 4 Head to Head Standings (through Oct. 6) -- Notre Dame (Independent), Oregon State (Pac 12), and Washington State (Pac 12) included

1 Notre Dame (3-0)
2 Washington State (2-0)
3. SEC (10-6)
4. Oregon State (1-1)
5. ACC (8-10)
6. Big Ten (7-10)
7. Big XII (7-11)

Week 7 Head to Head
Stanford (ACC) @ Notre Dame

 

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Bama losing to Vandy is like OSU losing to NW or Purdue. I see at least one more loss for the Tide and that should be enough to eliminate them. Going to be 4-5 SEC teams with two losses or less.