Are the Heisman and playoff races already decided? Or is there still some wiggle room for changes? EddieTimanus discusses in this week's college football overreactions.
Like Southern California, the Tigers would be the champions of a Power Five conference with a 12-1 record should they win their last two games. In theory, they’d still be in the playoff equation, but if the simple scenario laid out above comes to pass, Clemson would likely be the fifth choice with only four spots available.
For one thing, the ACC lacks the overall depth of the Pac-12, which should have six teams in the committee’s top 25 when those rankings are revealed Tuesday. Clemson’s ACC championship game opponent, North Carolina, didn’t help matters by losing to Georgia Tech over the weekend. The Tigers will at least be under consideration, but they’ll probably need help to get to the top four.
In truth, however, it would probably take an unprecedented level of chaos for that to happen – like every major conference championship game producing an upset, a complete Pac-12 meltdown on the final weekend of the regular season, and probably even Georgia and TCU each losing their last two contests. And oh yeah, LSU would probably have to lose to Texas A&M next week as well. So relax, theorists. It’s probably not going to happen.
The Bearcats seemed like a long shot to reach a major bowl for a third consecutive year after starting the campaign with a close loss at Arkansas then seeing its lengthy American Athletic Conference winning streak snapped at Central Florida. Cincy still has work to do, but if they get past upstart Tulane at home next week, they’ll earn a chance to defend their AAC title.
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