09-05-2016, 06:46 PM
(09-05-2016, 06:43 PM)washingtonismoney link Wrote:It always amazes me the imagination people put into various hypothetical playoff scenarios, etc. I still think it's pretty simple! Win your conference unbeaten and you're definitely in; win your conference with one overall loss and you're probably in. In that sense, rankings in the second week of the season aren't terribly meaningful.
Pretty much, yeah. I have a tough time seeing an unbeaten P5 conference champion (one who has ranked #8 when the season kicked off, no less) being snubbed. No need to stress ourselves over hypotheticals until such time as the loss column has a nonzero value.
