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SCarolina Ibis said:
Yeah I agree with all that tbh. Unbeaten Miami getting left out of the ACCCG would make it interesting though.

I think we can all agree that the committee will have us behind Texas and OSU when they release their rankings next week.

Let's say the polls/rankings stay that way until the conference championship games.

Oregon and UGA are #1 and #2, and they win close games against Texas and Ohio State in their conference championship games.

There's already been debate over whether or not the the committee will/should punish teams for losing their conference championship games.

OSU would have two losses to #1
Texas would have two loses to #2
The second loss for both teams would've come in their conference championship game.

The ONLY way they aren't 100% getting the 5 and 6 seeds is if it takes place in OP's original scenario..

But.. Miami wasn't ranked ahead of either team before their conference title game losses. So would they punish unbeaten Miami for not playing in the ACCCG?

I honestly don't know. These are crazy, biased times.
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So if Miami was to win out and presumably get the 3 seed

Ohio State, Oregon, Texas or UGA would get that 6th seed

What’s interesting is that game would be played at Peach Bowl or Sugar Bowl. I think we should want any team other than UGA since they could essentially get a home game if it was played at the Peach Bowl

Personally I’m rooting for chaos with those conferences . Would be amazing if Miami was able to nab that #1 spot
 
There is literally zero chance that we go undefeated and don't play in the ACC Champ game lmao. Like 0 zero.
 
305_separatist said:
There is literally zero chance that we go undefeated and don't play in the ACC Champ game lmao. Like 0 zero.
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You are incredibly wrong. There is absolutely a chance. Likely? No. A chance? Obviously yes.

HOWEVER, and what’s really most important here, is there is literally zero chance that Miami goes undefeated and gets left out of the playoff.

If we can go 12-0, here are the 3 possibilities:

1. Go to the ACC and win, get a top 4 seed and a bye
2. Go to the ACC champ game and lose, have about a 98% chance to make the playoff as an at-large.
3. Miss the ACCCG on a tiebreaker, there is a 100.0% chance we make the playoff as an at-large.

Just win the next 5. The rest will take care of itself.

I still think Clemson or SMU stumble once and this is all moot, but we’ll see. All we gotta do is win the next 5 and we are gucci.
 
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2FNFST4U said:
I hope Louisville steps up beats Clemson and it's a Miami - SMU title game. Tickets and the ticket prices will be much cheaper and easy to be had than if Clemson is there for what is basically a home game for them. And a 2ND loss would knock Clemson out of the playoffs.
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I hope Pitt wins both against SMU and Clemson. And meets us in the ACC ship.
Would love to face a former Big East rival
 
CANESCANES said:
It’s def not 0, theirs absolutely a chance the way the tie breaker works in ACC
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Nah. They’re going to not let in one of the biggest rating draws in the entire sport for their champ game when they’re fighting for relevancy and life in the super conference era, in favor of a school that literally just joined this season? Nah they will sit aside lol. The most likely scenario if all win out is Clemson sits, but I don’t see that as likely either.
 
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S.CarolinaCane said:
I hope Pitt wins both against SMU and Clemson. And meets us in the ACC ship.
Would love to face a former Big East rival
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That would be insane if that happens. Narduzzi should win coach of the year. He went from the hot seat to taking them to the ACC title game in that scenario. Pitt got the toughest remaining ACC schedule out of the 4. I think they slip up and more then once
 
Cylo said:
That would be insane if that happens. Narduzzi should win coach of the year. He went from the hot seat to taking them to the ACC title game in that scenario. Pitt got the toughest remaining ACC schedule out of the 4. I think they slip up and more then once
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I think they beat Clemson. When they meet, Pitt will be just outside top 12 and flirting with a playoff spot. Stadium will be a sellout and filled to the brim with Pitt fans. Probably an evening game because of the matchup. Good chance it will be high 30s- low 40s. Lots favoring Pitt. Also interesting this isn’t a traditional narduzzi team. They aren’t good on defense but offense is top 10 (just behind Clemson in total offense).
 
305_separatist said:
Nah. They’re going to not let in one of the biggest rating draws in the entire sport for their champ game when they’re fighting for relevancy and life in the super conference era, in favor of a school that literally just joined this season? Nah they will sit aside lol. The most likely scenario if all win out is Clemson sits, but I don’t see that as likely either.
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Its literally the tie breaker rules
 
jsy said:
So as we know if SMU clemson and Miami continue to win out there is a possibility that Miami would be left out of the ACC Championship game. However if this is the case Miami would most likely make the at large bid and could potentially get the number five seed. In many ways don't you guys think that getting a #5 seed would be better even if we are not ACC champions. this is a much easier route through the playoffs. What are your guys' thoughts
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Prepare for bitter disappointment.
 
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305407cane said:
We can all agree the worst case scenario isn’t we win out. Play the ACC ship game. Lose. Then we play the extra game and the extra game in the playoffs. Assuming we still make it in

I will say the hilarious poetic justice would be us going undefeated with our best team in over a decade and then we can’t even play for the ACC ship. We’ve gotten so much crap for not winning that stupid thing. We have to.
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How could we be left out if say we did go undefeated? As Clemson and SMU have 1 loss already
 
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ajkreider said:
You all are nuts. An 11-1 SMU team that is undefeated in the ACC and whose one loss is by three points to one of the bye teams (BYU) is going to be in the playoff.
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But if Miami and Clemson wins out I think that hurts SMU chances at the playoffs unless they win the ACC. I can't see them taking 3 ACC teams. So there is a chance SMU goes 11-1 and just misses the playoffs
 
ajkreider said:
You all are nuts. An 11-1 SMU team that is undefeated in the ACC and whose one loss is by three points to one of the bye teams (BYU) is going to be in the playoff.
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Over lets say a 2 loss Ole Miss team? Idk about that

SEC treatment is different
 
Golsen82 said:
How could we be left out if say we did go undefeated? As Clemson and SMU have 1 loss already
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I don’t believe the tiebreakers take into consideration anything non-ACC , other than indirectly as it relates to the strength of schedule. Does a bad loss to a top team affect SOS more than a close win over a “bad” team? No idea.
 
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