For me it's not just about playoff implications as to whether I can get into a game, but whether it's just a good, even, could-go-either-way game. Although my favorite team is in control of its own destiny, so the implications of games involving two-loss teams are more academic than practical for me. That could change if Indiana is 11-0 in a week's time.
Both of the late games wound up being upsets - New Mexico over Wazzou and Kansas over BYU. Colorado had better not be snoozing on Kansas - the Jayhawks beat Iowa State last week, and have consecutive wins over ranked opponents for the first time ever. I'd been wondering what happened with Kansas after their legitimately good year last year - when they were 2-6 they were arguably the team with the second-worst change from last year (after Florida State of course). But all but one of their losses were by 6 points or fewer, and they've now won 3 of 4, the loss being a 2-point loss to then-#16 Kansas State. So they seem to have figured out how to finish games, and that mid-afternoon Kansas/Colorado game looks a lot more interesting now.
Now we only have 11 one-loss teams (including G5). My chart is based on last week's rankings so presumably it's Georgia, not Tennessee, that will be in (edit: and Ole Miss over SMU), and the Committee would put Alabama ahead of Army, though I'll keep my powder dry until we see how the Yankee Stadium game next week turns out.
One hundred years ago in 1924, the Four Horsemen of Notre Dame helped the Irish defeat Army in the Polo Grounds baseball stadium in New York City. Can Army return the favor a century later in a different New York baseball stadium?
Both of the late games wound up being upsets - New Mexico over Wazzou and Kansas over BYU. Colorado had better not be snoozing on Kansas - the Jayhawks beat Iowa State last week, and have consecutive wins over ranked opponents for the first time ever. I'd been wondering what happened with Kansas after their legitimately good year last year - when they were 2-6 they were arguably the team with the second-worst change from last year (after Florida State of course). But all but one of their losses were by 6 points or fewer, and they've now won 3 of 4, the loss being a 2-point loss to then-#16 Kansas State. So they seem to have figured out how to finish games, and that mid-afternoon Kansas/Colorado game looks a lot more interesting now.
Now we only have 11 one-loss teams (including G5). My chart is based on last week's rankings so presumably it's Georgia, not Tennessee, that will be in (edit: and Ole Miss over SMU), and the Committee would put Alabama ahead of Army, though I'll keep my powder dry until we see how the Yankee Stadium game next week turns out.
One hundred years ago in 1924, the Four Horsemen of Notre Dame helped the Irish defeat Army in the Polo Grounds baseball stadium in New York City. Can Army return the favor a century later in a different New York baseball stadium?
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