Hearing all this early talk on the TV/ radio about Clemson being done and ND having no chance.
I think the talking heads may be way off here especially with Clemson just looking at the history of the playoff the past 7 years.
Only one 1 loss power 5 conference champ has ever missed the playoff. I think an undefeated ND took a spot that season.
I need to look at rankings/schedule to see if there would be any chance a non-power 5 undefeated conference winner could take a slot.
No one loss power 5 conference champion has ever been left out by a one loss non-conference champion power 5 team taking a slot.
Having pointed out all that I do think there are 2 SEC scenarios where there would be a strong argument to give a 2nd SEC team a slot if they only had one loss costing Clemson to be left out.
I think the talking heads may be way off here especially with Clemson just looking at the history of the playoff the past 7 years.
Only one 1 loss power 5 conference champ has ever missed the playoff. I think an undefeated ND took a spot that season.
I need to look at rankings/schedule to see if there would be any chance a non-power 5 undefeated conference winner could take a slot.
No one loss power 5 conference champion has ever been left out by a one loss non-conference champion power 5 team taking a slot.
Having pointed out all that I do think there are 2 SEC scenarios where there would be a strong argument to give a 2nd SEC team a slot if they only had one loss costing Clemson to be left out.
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