College Football Playoff Rankings: Daily Cavalcade on the Top 25
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Before finishing this piece – and not knowing how it would turn out – I left for LSU.Never, EVER, let a chance to be pretentious go unused.
I think … I refuse to refer to these as the penultimate College Football rankings until the committee goes all in and calls last week’s version the antepenultimate rankings.I know … I took four years of Latin. I averaged a rock-solid C+.
I believe … penultimate is Latin for “these don’t really matter until we know who wins the Power Five conference championships.”
I think … Notre Dame is more alive in this College Football Playoff thing than many are letting on.
I know … Brian Kelly just had to bolt for LSU a few days before knowing whether or not the team he was coaching was actually out of the College Football Playoff.
I believe … this would be an all-timer if Notre Dame had a shot to get in, but the committee left it out because its former head coach chose to go live his best life …
I think … Notre Dame might be in if gets two losses this weekend between Alabama, Michigan, Oklahoma State, and Cincinnati.
I know … College Football Playoff committee chairman Gary Barta pointed out that all factors are considered – like if a star quarterback gets hurt, or if a team doesn’t have its head coach.
I believe … there aren’t enough candles at the Grotto to save Brian Kelly with the fan base if his early departure costs the Irish a College Football Playoff spot.
I think … Brian Kelly left for LSU to try to win a national championship.
I know … it was for gobs and gobs of money, too.
I believe … YOU DON’T LEAVE FOR ANOTHER JOB when the team you just led through the season has a shot at being two wins away from winning a national championship.
I think … defensive coordinator Marcus Freeman could step in and do the job if needed.
I know … no one would sell Notre Dame better over that lobbying period after the conference championships and before the final rankings are announced on Sunday morning.
I believe … Notre Dame would all of a sudden become America’s team to root for if it’s in without its head coach.
I think … Oklahoma State is fine at 5.
I know …if it beats No. 9 Baylor, that would make it two top ten wins – Oklahoma was 10 last week – to close out the season.
I believe … 12-1 Big 12 Champion Oklahoma State is in over Cincinnati if Alabama beats Georgia.
I think … this is easy peasy if Georgia beats Alabama in the SEC Championship.
I know … Georgia would get the 1, Michigan would be the 2 if that goes to plan.
I believe … Alabama is out. Maybe.
I think … the committee and the College Football Playoff types would love nothing more than for Oklahoma State to play in AT&T Stadium in Arlington.
I know … the committee doesn’t think about location when it does its rankings … really.
I believe … Oklahoma State jumps Cincinnati to the 3 if wins the Big 12 Championship, and it’s a no-brainer if it beats Baylor in a blowout.
I think … we’re WAY overdue for something wacky to happen.
I know … we have yet to have a monster upset in one of the significant conference championships in the College Football Playoff era.
I believe … the College Football Playoff won’t somehow be Georgia, Alabama, Notre Dame, and Ohio State when I see it.
I think … Ohio State at the 7 is a big deal.
I know … Iowa is in the Rose Bowl if it beats Michigan.
I believe … unless Alabama beats Georgia, Michigan still has a decent shot of getting in if loses to Iowa tastefully.
I think … it’ll be fascinating how this all plays out, because …
I know … Oklahoma State is up first on Saturday. Everyone else will know what they need to do after the early Big 12 Championship.
I believe … Oklahoma State is going to secure a spot by about 3:30 ET on Saturday, and then the pressure is on.
I think … Cincinnati will know it needs to be impressive against Houston.
I know … Houston is good enough to win the American Athletic Conference Championship.
I believe … Cincinnati will win, but beating the No. 21 team won’t be enough to overcome Oklahoma State beating the No. 9 team.
I think … I’m totally torn on Georgia-Alabama.
I know … Auburn had the chance to kill the zombie, and it didn’t do it.
I believe … Alabama is deadly when it can do the Nobody Believes In Us thing.
I think … Iowa can’t come close to beating Michigan unless Iowa forces at least three turnovers.
I know … Michigan will turn the ball over three times.
I believe … Iowa doesn’t have enough of an offense to take advantage of the three turnovers.
I think … about 12 people are going to watch the ACC Championship because …
I know … it’s on at the same time as the Big Ten Championship.
I believe … Pitt vs Wake Forest might be the most entertaining game of the weekend.
I think … on Sunday it’s going to be 1. Georgia, 2. Michigan, 3. Oklahoma State, 4. Cincinnati.
I know … it’s not going to be quite that easy.
I believe … Alabama will somehow be a part of this, just because.
I think … I know it’s all going to be okay.
I know … I believe it’s all going to be okay.
I believe … I think it’s all going to be okay.
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