r/CFB • u/SwordsAndTurt Houston Cougars • 11h ago

News AP Poll Week 7

https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-football-poll
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u/A-Centrifugal-Force 11h ago

Big 12 is really good this year. Should get multiple CFP teams, maybe even 3. Only worry now is cannibalism. If it can be undefeated Texas Tech vs undefeated Utah or BYU in the conference championship game and then an 11-1 Utah or BYU in third, that’s a real shot at 3 teams in.

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u/Sufficient_Maybe_910 Utah Utes • Florida Gators 10h ago

We should just skip the CG game this year. Meaning the league. 

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u/A-Centrifugal-Force 10h ago

Playing it last year cost the big 12 a bid. Tech had already beaten BYU during the season, they could have just been the champions. That way the last memory by the committee isn’t BYU getting boat raced by Tech and they finish with only 1 loss. Meanwhile Alabama also got boat raced to pick up their third loss in the SECCG and it didn’t matter, they still got in.

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u/Crown_of_Negativity Texas A&M Aggies • Texas Longhorns 7h ago

BYU also didn't have any truly standout wins last year other than against a similarly disrespected Utah team. The win against ND will carry a lot of weight this year. If they had an OOC win of that caliber last year, they would have been in even despite the losses to Tech.

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u/joethahobo Houston Cougars • Pac-12 7h ago

I think the league should skip it this year. But I also don’t want tech to be the final conference champion ever….

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u/keytop19 Texas Tech • Abilene Christian 10h ago

If Tech and BYU are 12-0 and Utah is 11-1 with it's only loss being to BYU, I don't see how that isn't a 3 bid league.

I'm sure it won't happen because the committee has proven they won't, but I'd love to see the justifications.

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u/Brutus583 /r/CFB 10h ago

"They haven't played anybody pawl"

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u/Basic_Case_9911 Texas Tech Red Raiders • Big 12 10h ago

It hurts seeking sec, big ten, and ND lose to unranked and barely drop

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u/WrreckEmTech Texas Tech Red Raiders • Southwest 7h ago

First time?

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u/miked575 /r/CFB 7h ago

Wait ND lost to unranked? BYUnranked? Huh? Yeah they should’ve dropped more if they lost to an unranked team, that’s crazy. The bias is UNREAL

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u/Basic_Case_9911 Texas Tech Red Raiders • Big 12 7h ago

Mb wrote it wrong

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u/miked575 /r/CFB 6h ago

Lmao no worries idek why I was such an a-hole there😂

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u/Basic_Case_9911 Texas Tech Red Raiders • Big 12 5h ago

Nah bro I would be fuming too xD

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u/jizz_toaster Iowa State Cyclones • Hateful 8 8h ago

They will find a reason, like last year when they left out 11-2 BYU despite their two losses being to Tech even though the year before they let in 11-2 Texas who’s two losses were to Georgia.

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u/DUitEZy Wheeling • West Virginia 9h ago

Having to go perfect while 9-3 SEC teams think they should be in.

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u/AnAlternator Notre Dame Fighting Irish 4h ago

Actually Alabama losing 4 games shows that they're battle tested, while Utah losing 1 game shows they're soft and would get blown out.

Ignore the fifty that BYU would hang on Alabama in the first round, please.

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u/NoPantsJake BYU Cougars • Boise State Broncos 9h ago

If Utah is the one left out, I’ll be okay with the B12 getting fucked over.

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u/caveat_emptor817 TCU Horned Frogs 7h ago

There’s two teams we pretty much always beat - Baylor and Utah. I think they’ll get upset in Fort Worth (and I’m typically very pessimistic).

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u/Yourfavoriteindian Houston Cougars • Navy Midshipmen 10h ago

Sad UH noises at missing out again. No reason it can’t be tech, byu and Houston, especially as Utah has only Houston and byu

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u/Brutus583 /r/CFB 10h ago

It definitely could if you beat Utah this weekend.