2025-2026 College Football Thread

[BizCat]

1. Alabama
2. Clemson
3. Ohio State
4. Washington

[Spurrier Sucks]

Originally Posted by BizCat

1. Alabama
2. Clemson
3. Ohio State
4. Washington

I like it. I think CU can out score OSU. They can't throw a forward pass. Huskies can beat Bama too. They can throw a forward pass. Bama has only faced 1 legit QB in Swag and he put 550 yards on them without a running game or D to help him out.

[ChadFL]

Opening point spreads for the playoff games. I really can't argue. I see Ohio St. as a modest favorite and Alabama as a huge favorite. Washington had a very good year but Alabama is likely to crush them.

Alabama (-14) over Washington
Ohio St. (-3) vs. Clemson

[ChadFL]

Point spreads for the other big bowl games. I like that USC-Penn St. matchup.

Rose Bowl: USC (-6.5) vs. Penn St.
Cotton Bowl: Wisconsin (-6.5) vs. Western Michigan
Sugar Bowl: Oklahoma (-5.5) vs. Auburn
Orange Bowl: Michigan (-6.5) vs. FSU

[Ray O. Blu]

Originally Posted by ChadFL

Point spreads for the other big bowl games. I like that USC-Penn St. matchup.

Rose Bowl: USC (-6.5) vs. Penn St.
Cotton Bowl: Wisconsin (-6.5) vs. Western Michigan
Sugar Bowl: Oklahoma (-5.5) vs. Auburn
Orange Bowl: Michigan (-6.5) vs. FSU

Yeah. That Rose Bowl looks like a good one.
I'm curious as to why Colorado didn't get to go to the Rose Bowl?
Am I missing something?

[The Lizard King]

Originally Posted by Ray O. Blu

Yeah. That Rose Bowl looks like a good one.
I'm curious as to why Colorado didn't get to go to the Rose Bowl?
Am I missing something?

USC #9 vs CU #10. Since UW went to the CFP, the Rose Bowl takes the highest-ranked Pac-12 team to replace UW in the game.

[Ray O. Blu]

Originally Posted by The Lizard King

USC #9 vs CU #10. Since UW went to the CFP, the Rose Bowl takes the highest-ranked Pac-12 team to replace UW in the game.

Wow. I'm not complaining. I'm happy for USC, but Colorado got shafted. They won the PAC-12 South division over USC.

[Spurrier Sucks]

Originally Posted by ChadFL

Point spreads for the other big bowl games. I like that USC-Penn St. matchup.

Rose Bowl: USC (-6.5) vs. Penn St.
Cotton Bowl: Wisconsin (-6.5) vs. Western Michigan
Sugar Bowl: Oklahoma (-5.5) vs. Auburn
Orange Bowl: Michigan (-6.5) vs. FSU

I like the favorites except I'll take FSU in the Orange bowl.

[Spurrier Sucks]

[The Lizard King]

Originally Posted by Ray O. Blu

Wow. I'm not complaining. I'm happy for USC, but Colorado got shafted. They won the PAC-12 South division over USC.

Head-to-head:

USC 21 Colorado 17

HUGE advantage: USC

Common opponents:

USC 10 Stanford 27
Colorado 10 Stanford 5

Advantage: Colorado

USC 27 Utah 31
Colorado 27 Utah 22

Advantage: Colorado

USC 41 ASU 20
Colorado 40 ASU 16

Advantage: Draw

USC 48 Arizona 14
Colorado 49 Arizona 24

Advantage: Draw

USC 45 Oregon 20
Colorado 41 Oregon 38

Advantage: USC

USC 26 Washington 13
Colorado 10 Washington 41

Advantage: USC

USC 36 fUCLA 14
Colorado 20 fUCLA 10

Advantage: Draw

Overall advantage: USC

QED

[The Lizard King]

Originally Posted by Spurrier Sucks

He also said that in the BCS era when there were only two teams who could compete for the MNC. Now, there are four.

[ChadFL]

Originally Posted by Spurrier Sucks

To be fair he said that back when there was no playoff and only 2 teams playing for the national title each season. There's more of an argument for allowing a team like Ohio St. to make a final four.

Just imagine if we still had to old top-2 national title system. It would likely be Alabama vs. Ohio St. for the title with Washington and Clemson royally screwed. At least 4 teams is progress over the old top-2 BCS garbage.

[Giant Machine]

A two-loss team isn't getting into the final four playoff picture. Sorry not sorry. They can rectify issues like this by expanding to an 8-10 team playoff picture. The committee got it right.

Looking forward to a good bowl game with Louisville. Let's go, Coach O.

[ChadFL]

Originally Posted by Giant Machine

A two-loss team isn't getting into the final four playoff picture. Sorry not sorry. They can rectify issues like this by expanding to an 8-10 team playoff picture. The committee got it right.

Looking forward to a good bowl game with Louisville. Let's go, Coach O.

An 8 team playoff was always my preference. Would have been something like this.

Alabama, Clemson, Oklahoma, Penn St., Washington make it via automatic bids for winning their power 5 conferences. At-large bids to Ohio St. and probably Michigan and USC.

[Spurrier Sucks]

Originally Posted by The Lizard King

He also said that in the BCS era when there were only two teams who could compete for the MNC. Now, there are four.

Originally Posted by ChadFL

To be fair he said that back when there was no playoff and only 2 teams playing for the national title each season. There's more of an argument for allowing a team like Ohio St. to make a final four.

Just imagine if we still had to old top-2 national title system. It would likely be Alabama vs. Ohio St. for the title with Washington and Clemson royally screwed. At least 4 teams is progress over the old top-2 BCS garbage.

Honestly I don't care. As long as my Tigers are in is all I care about. Just thought it was funny.

[Ray O. Blu]

Originally Posted by The Lizard King

Head-to-head:

USC 21 Colorado 17

HUGE advantage: USC

Common opponents:

USC 10 Stanford 27
Colorado 10 Stanford 5

Advantage: Colorado

USC 27 Utah 31
Colorado 27 Utah 22

Advantage: Colorado

USC 41 ASU 20
Colorado 40 ASU 16

Advantage: Draw

USC 48 Arizona 14
Colorado 49 Arizona 24

Advantage: Draw

USC 45 Oregon 20
Colorado 41 Oregon 38

Advantage: USC

USC 26 Washington 13
Colorado 10 Washington 41

Advantage: USC

USC 36 fUCLA 14
Colorado 20 fUCLA 10

Advantage: Draw

Overall advantage: USC

QED

I hear ya. I'm just referring to the way the first 100 years of the Rose Bowl and how the two teams were chosen:

"The Rose Bowl Game has traditionally hosted the conference champions from the Big Ten and Pac-12 conferences."

I'm elated that USC got in it. I've been watching them since the 70's when I was a little Trojan.

[Terjyn]

I'm more convinced than ever that they will immediately adopt an 8 team playoff, but only after the Big 10 or SEC gets left out.

The Ohio State treatment this year makes it all the more absurd TCU was left out two years ago.

Any reason why TCU dropped from #3 to #6 could be considered as applying to Ohio State, and just makes me believe anymore if the name was "Texas" instead of TCU they never would have been left out. Can't leave out a big name! That would just be wrong!

[sk33tr]

Originally Posted by Terjyn

I'm more convinced than ever that they will immediately adopt an 8 team playoff, but only after the Big 10 or SEC gets left out.

The Ohio State treatment this year makes it all the more absurd TCU was left out two years ago.

Any reason why TCU dropped from #3 to #6 could be considered as applying to Ohio State, and just makes me believe anymore if the name was "Texas" instead of TCU they never would have been left out. Can't leave out a big name! That would just be wrong!

if i'm not mistaken, they're contractually obligated to have it at 4 teams until at least 2025. so it'll be at least another 9 years before that will happen.

[ChadFL]

Originally Posted by Terjyn

I'm more convinced than ever that they will immediately adopt an 8 team playoff, but only after the Big 10 or SEC gets left out.

The phrase "immediately" should never be in the same sentence with D1 football. They move at glacier speed. It took what, like 80+ years for them to adopt the BCS system. Then we got stuck with the stupid BCS system another 15 years to evolve into a 4 team playoff. We're probably not getting an 8 team playoff for at least another decade.

[MD-Blu]

Is Paul Finebaum an idiot? On his twitter page he seriously asked this question, "Do you think Alabama can afford a loss to Washington and still make the championship game?"

Yes, he actually asked that question.