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College Football Playoff Projections and Committee Rankings

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 Chuck Dunlap ‏@SEC_Chuck 2h2 hours ago

No. 1 Alabama will play No. 4 Washington in the College Football Playoff Semifinals in Atlanta on Dec. 31.
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https://twitter.com/DanWetzel/status/805755310199767040

QuoteStart with an eight-team field, with each of the five major conferences earning an automatic bid for their champion, however each conference wants to determine such a thing. Then eliminate conference championship games.

Ohio State getting in over Penn State in a year Penn State won the Big Ten championship, won the Big Ten East and defeated the Buckeyes head-to-head is proof the committee and the sport has evolved intellectually to the point where a title game is just another "data" point anyway.

Big 12 and its pure round-robin system was the best before.

Move the quarterfinals and semifinals to on-campus sites. The championship game can be played on a neutral field, just like the NFL. The benefits are numerous. Getting Western Michigan in Tuscaloosa would be a real advantage.
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Brett McMurphy ‏@McMurphyESPN 55m55 minutes ago

Lane Kiffin will remain as Alabama's OC through @CFBPlayoff same as DC Kirby Smart did last season before moving on to Georgia
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 Michael Carvell ‏@Michael_Carvell 4m4 minutes ago

ESPN announces broadcast plans for College Football Playoff semifinals

College Football Playoff semifinals on Dec. 31 — Ohio State vs. Clemson and Alabama vs. Washington — will be part of the network's Multicast

The traditional broadcast will be shown on ESPN.
There will be the "command center telecast" on ESPN2, which will air multiple camera views simultaneously.
ESPN3 will air the "hometown broadcasts"
Peach Bowl between Alabama and Washington will also have the Finebaum Film Room broadcast during the game on SEC Network
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https://twitter.com/Michael_Carvell/status/815166997784883200

Alabama-Washington at 3 p.m. ET, Ohio State-Clemson at 7 p.m. ET ESPN

Weather: Dome

Betting odds: Alabama -14, Ohio State -2.5

Network will provide a "multicast" to give viewers six different ways to watch the game, including a command center program on ESPN2, each local team's radio broadcast with the regular game broadcast on WatchESPN and a sky cam.
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Tim Bourret ‏@TimBourret 12h12 hours ago

If Clemson beats Alabama on Mon. Dabo Swinney would join Bud Wilkinson as only Associated Press National Champs as a player and head coach.
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 Stewart Mandel ‏@slmandel Jan 4

Per TicketIQ, the average price for Clemson-Bama in Tampa is approaching $3,000 with a get-in of $1,100. Highest title game on record.
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https://twitter.com/sportstalksc/status/818488344933961729

QuoteIt's a scary proposition for Clemson that Alabama's defensive line, the team's definitive strength, is matched up with Clemson's obvious soft spot.

Said one assistant familiar with Clemson: "The offensive line is a weak link for sure. Two years ago I thought they were not very good. This year at times they've played a little better. They need Watson running on the perimeter to negate their offensive line."

Said another: "Their right tackle [Sean Pollard] is atrocious. I think Wayne Gallman is a special back, and he's proven that. But they're not going to be able to go up and down the field and hand it off to move the chains."

It will be interesting to see if Clemson is able to incorporate anything that Washington did to slow down Alabama's offense. An NFL scout pointed out an intriguing trend with Huskies opponents. After Washington clamped down on Washington State (45–17), it left a blueprint for Minnesota to do the same (17–12 in the Holiday Bowl). Same with Colorado, which Washington beat 41–10 before Oklahoma State thumped 38–8 in the Alamo Bowl.

The Huskies defense really only gave up 17 points in the Peach Bowl...

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Kevin Scarbinsky ‏@KevinScarbinsky 1h1 hour ago

Tonight's officials are from the Big 12. Adjust your outrage accordingly.
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https://twitter.com/KevinScarbinsky/status/818705155323547648

QuoteHistory doesn't come easy. Sometimes it doesn't come at all.

Sometimes it's so close you can taste it but not drink it, touch it but somehow watch it slip away. You lay it all on the line and play like a champion for 59 minutes and 58 seconds and still come up one play short and one second shy.

That's where Alabama found itself late Monday night, somewhere between absolute exhaustion and the ultimate frustration, one play short of the team's fifth national championship in the last eight years, one second shy of history.

There's no shame in losing the ultimate game, but there is pain and plenty of it. It's the pain of knowing exactly how close you were to the ultimate victory.

Clemson 35, Alabama 31 will go down as one of the best championship games in memory, if you don't wear or bleed crimson, because the sequel trumped the original in every conceivable way.
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https://twitter.com/SECcountry/status/866017424134602752

QuoteFlorida State may be the best opponent Alabama has played in any season-opening game under Nick Saban.

There's a strong chance these teams are both ranked inside the top 5 or even the top 3 once preseason polls come out.

At last check, VegasInsider.com had Alabama at 15/4 odds to win the 2017 national championship. Ohio State is next at 11/2 followed by Florida State and USC at 15/2.

How would Alabama respond if it slipped in this game?


At some point, all of those key losses on defense will catch up with Alabama, right?

It hasn't.


Saban said after spring practice, the Crimson Tide are not elite yet. There are three areas of concern — the right side of the offensive line, kicker and left cornerback.
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https://twitter.com/Michael_Carvell/status/878647082554404865

QuoteSEC West champion: Alabama
Musburger: "You have to look at Alabama because of the great job Nick Saban has done as a coach."

SEC East champion: Winner of Georgia vs. Florida

SEC champion: Alabama

College Football Playoff teams: Alabama, Florida State, Ohio State, Washington

National champion: Alabama
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https://twitter.com/aldotcomSports/status/883115625824104448

A California school would have to qualify and be chosen by the selection committee.

In '64, State's basketball team left under the cover of night to face Loyola in an NCAA-T opener.
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 Bruce Feldman‏Verified account @BruceFeldmanCFB 1h1 hour ago

Latest national title odds #Bama 3/1; #OhioState 4/1; #USC 7/1; #FSU 15/2; #Michigan 12/1; #OU 15/1; #UDub 20/1; #Auburn #LSU & #PennSt 22/1
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https://twitter.com/Michael_Carvell/status/885542421920190464

QuoteIf Brando's prediction comes true, it would match the Crimson Tide against Urban Meyer and Ohio State one more time.

4- Oklahoma State
3- Alabama
2- Ohio State
1- USC

No other SEC team is in the Top 10 for Fox sake.
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https://twitter.com/LaurenSisler/status/888066995350065157

thoughts from Paul Finebaum, Cole Cubelic, Laura Rutledge and more national media experts
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 Michael Carvell‏ @Michael_Carvell 2m2 minutes ago

Big Ten officially allows teams to schedule FCS opponents in certain seasons


B1G used to be "high and mighty" about this, oversigning, and snagging a conference peer's verbal commit.
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 Bryan Fischer‏Verified account @BryanDFischer 3h3 hours ago

Coaches Poll by conference
SEC: 6
Big 12: 5
ACC: 5
B1G: 4
Pac-12: 4
AAC: 1
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 Michael Carvell‏ @Michael_Carvell 10h10 hours ago

ESPN's Tom Luginbill says Florida has a 'College Football Playoff roster' if it can find quality quarterback



https://twitter.com/Michael_Carvell/status/894730008169664512
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 Michael Carvell‏ @Michael_Carvell 15h15 hours ago

Athlon Sports: Auburn will win SEC, appear in College Football Playoff
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AL.com sports‏Verified account @aldotcomSports

Your College Football Playoff foursome is... http://trib.al/awVMltC


Quote1. Alabama -- Though the Crimson Tide has flaws, it's a fool's errand to pick against the only team that has been in all three CFPs thus far. This might be the year cracks start to appear in Nick Saban's program, but I'll have to see it to believe it.

2. Ohio State --

4... Oklahoma State has perhaps the country's best quarterback-receiver combo in Mason Rudolph and James Washington.

That's right, no Florida State or Clemson. I think the ACC cannibalizes itself this year..
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 Heather Dinich‏Verified account @CFBHeather

Regarding Bama-FSU, check this out: NO team has won a national title after losing its season opener since Miami in 1983. Good luck.
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Kevin Scarbinsky‏ @KevinScarbinsky

First impression: The national title will have to go through Alabama again.


QuoteScarblog: Alabama doesn't lose season-opening games, Alabama doesn't lose anywhere in Atlanta and Saban doesn't lose to his former assistants. A good Florida State team eventually buckled under the weight of those trends, and Alabama's 2017 edition left a special 24-7 first impression.

It was special because the defense allowed just seven points. That's one point for every one of last season's defensive regulars lost to the first four rounds of the 2017 NFL Draft.

Exit Marlon Humphrey, Jonathan Allen, Reuben Foster, Ryan Anderson, Dalvin Tomlinson, Tim Williams and Eddie Jackson. Enter Josh Frazier knocking down passes - Up goes Frazier! - Mack Wilson rattling FSU's cage with a key pick and Raekwon Davis whistling through the line for a big sack.

Minkah Fitzpatrick resumed his role as everybody's All-American. Shaun Dion Hamilton returned as a force of nature.

Bama's 11th straight season-opening win under Saban, his 11th victory in 11 meetings with his former pupils, was special because the Crimson Tide offense wasn't. New offensive coordinator Brian Daboll hasn't yet unlocked Jalen Hurts' inner Tom Brady, despite his picture-perfect TD pass to Calvin Ridley, and neither five-star running back Bo Scarbrough nor five-star running back Najee Harris provided any highlights.

Florida State's defense will shackle more big names. Fortunately for Alabama, five-star running back Damien Harris was there to pick up the slack...
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Scott Bell‏Verified account @ScottBellDMN

After getting torched in Week 1, the Big 12 needs a contender to pick up the slack | @ChuckCarltonDMN


QuoteThe losses by Texas and Baylor put even more importance on Oklahoma's game at Ohio State from the Big 12's standpoint. Texas almost certainly won't be a national factor.

Big 12 needs a signature win by a conference contender. Another September loss on a national TV showcase could carry unpleasant College Football Playoff consequences later.
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Michael Carvell‏ @Michael_Carvell

LOOK: Booger McFarland has surprise twist in 'way too early' College Football Playoff top 4


QuoteESPN analyst included Alabama and Georgia in his "way too early" top four rankings for the College Football Playoff. Alabama is second and Georgia is fourth. Clemson (first) and Oklahoma (third) round out his rankings.
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 Heather Dinich‏Verified account @CFBHeather

My top four this week ... Clemson Bama TCU and Georgia


Chris Low‏Verified account @ClowESPN 2h2 hours ago

Friendly reminder about polls: In the first playoff rankings a year ago, Michigan was No. 3 and Texas A&M No. 4. They combined for 8 losses.
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Feeling confident that UGA will win out and then lose a close game to Alabama in championship game. After that though, I am not sure what happens....


QuoteThat is confident, but not an outlandish scenario the way Georgia is playing. The only game it figures to be an underdog in is at Auburn, and even then the Bulldogs have had Gus Malzahn's number, whether it be Mark Richt or Kirby Smart coaching.

Georgia Tech and Florida are also potential stumbles, especially the former with its triple-option offense, which gave Smart's defense fits last year. That's also not overlooking Kentucky and South Carolina, but ...

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14 teams that still have a chance of playing in the College Football Playoff

Quote1. Bama
A no-brainer. The Crimson Tide have been largely dominant...

7. The Georgia Bulldogs are undefeated and the No. 3 team in the polls, but they have two games left in which they may very well be underdogs. They will travel to Auburn...
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Michael Carvell‏ @Michael_Carvell

Danny Kanell leaves Alabama out of his College Football Playoff projection


May be just seeking attention.  Did leave out Florida State.

QuoteKanell dropped his top 8, and rather shockingly, had Alabama buried down at No. 5. His top 4 is Georgia, Notre Dame, Clemson and Oklahoma, with the Crimson Tide coming in at No. 5.

Wisconsin is No. 8
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Nick Saban said he doesn't care about College Football Playoff rankings --

Crimson Tide was slotted No. 2 behind Kirby Smart's Georgia squad.


College Football Playoff Rankings

1. Georgia

2. Alabama

3. Notre Dame

4. Clemson

5. Oklahoma

6. Ohio State

7. Penn State

8. TCU

9. Wisconsin

10. Miami


14. Auburn

16. Miss St

19. LSU
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LRRandy

As past years have shown, these first few weeks rankings don't mean much. How many of the top 4 will still be there when the final ranking is released in 5 weeks?
This is fun, isn't it.

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Lots of match ups between the top 15 teams. 

Auburn plays both UGA and Bama.

Miami plays VT and ND.

OU and OSU play