With all top ten games complete, where will MSU be ranked?

#1 Clemson - beat Wake Forest 33-13
#2 Alabama - beat Charleston Southern 56-6
#3 Ohio State - lost to #9 Michigan State 14-17
#4 Notre Dame - beat Boston College 19-16
#5 Iowa - beat Purdue 40-20
#6 Oklahoma State - lost to #10 Baylor 35-45
#7 Oklahoma - beat #18 TCU 30-29
#8 Florida - beat Florida Atlantic 20-14 in OT
#9 Michigan State - beat #3 Ohio State 17-14
#10 Baylor - beat #6 Oklahoma State 45-35

Giant Moose wrote:#1 Clemson - beat Wake Forest 33-13
#2 Alabama - beat Charleston Southern 56-6
#3 Ohio State - lost to #9 Michigan State 14-17
#4 Notre Dame - beat Boston College 19-16
#5 Iowa - beat Purdue 40-20
#6 Oklahoma State - lost to #10 Baylor 35-45
#7 Oklahoma - beat #18 TCU 30-29
#8 Florida - beat Florida Atlantic 20-14 in OT
#9 Michigan State - beat #3 Ohio State 17-14
#10 Baylor - beat #6 Oklahoma State 45-35

6th

5th

kingstonlake wrote:5th

I think I agree. Iowa gets Ohio State's old spot at #3 and MSU gets Iowa's #5. Clemson stays 1, Alabama stays 2, and Notre Dame stays 4. (not that I agree with ND and Alabama's rankings but it is what it is)

#1 with a mother fucking bullet.

5

4

Best guess, 6, though I can see us jumping ND to 5.

#1 Clemson
#2 Alabama
#3 Iowa
#4 Oklahoma
#5 Notre Dame
#6 Michigan State
#7 Baylor
#8 Florida
#9 Stanford
#10 Michigan

Playoff fallout from Michigan State's upset

Dinich, for whatever she's worth, says maybe 4.

Committee will screw us in the end if we win out. Will screw just like Delaney's goon did down in Nebraska.

Giant Moose wrote:#1 Clemson - beat Wake Forest 33-13
#2 Alabama - beat Charleston Southern 56-6
#3 Ohio State - lost to #9 Michigan State 14-17
#4 Notre Dame - beat Boston College 19-16
#5 Iowa - beat Purdue 40-20
#6 Oklahoma State - lost to #10 Baylor 35-45
#7 Oklahoma - beat #18 TCU 30-29
#8 Florida - beat Florida Atlantic 20-14 in OT
#9 Michigan State - beat #3 Ohio State 17-14
#10 Baylor - beat #6 Oklahoma State 45-35

We pass tOSU, OSU south & FL. Our wins keep looking better while the Domer's wins keep looking worse so I think #6 is a lock and #5 in front of ND isn't out of the question.

Clemson - Alabama - Iowa - Oklahoma ahead of us although Oklahoma is debatable too.

So at best #4 - at worst #6.

Kirk Herbstreit ‏@KirkHerbstreit 19m19 minutes ago
My top 4 after week 12. 1-Clemson 2-Bama 3-Michigan St. 4-Oklahoma Next 2 ND Baylor 2 weeks to play!. @CollegeGameDay

Floyd Robertson wrote:Kirk Herbstreit ‏@KirkHerbstreit 19m19 minutes ago
My top 4 after week 12. 1-Clemson 2-Bama 3-Michigan St. 4-Oklahoma Next 2 ND Baylor 2 weeks to play!. @CollegeGameDay

Even a blind squirrel finds a nut. best analysis I've heard him say in a while.

Stewart Mandel ‏@slmandel 10h10 hours ago
My new Top 4: 1) Clemson 2) Bama 3) Iowa 4) Michigan St. .. Still figuring out the rest.

Stewart Mandel ‏@slmandel 10h10 hours ago
Michigan State's resume got sneaky good even before beating Ohio St. Oregon now 8-3, Michigan 9-2, Air Force 8-3.

Dan Wolken ‏@DanWolken 10h10 hours ago
My top 8: 1) Clemson 2) Alabama 3) Michigan State 4) Oklahoma 5) Notre Dame 6) Baylor 7) Iowa 8) Ohio State

Pat Forde ‏@YahooForde 10h10 hours ago
Three of five unbeatens lost today. Clemson and Iowa are it.

AP Top 25 ‏@AP_Top25 1h1 hour ago
.@ralphDrussoAP projects Clemson, 'Bama, Michigan St and Oklahoma in playoff. Thoughts? http://apne.ws/1T7Dlw1

CFP field for sure:
1 loss SEC team (either Bama or Florida). They'll jump Florida up there if they have to.
1 loss BT (MSU/OSU) or undefeated BT (Iowa). Only possible way BT gets screwed is Iowa loses to Nebraska or loses in BT title game to Michigan. IF MSU loses to Penn State and OSU wins out they'll find a spot for the Buckeyes.
Undefeated ACC team (Clemson). If UNC wins it all they won't take them as their schedule is pathetic.
1 loss or undefeated Big 12 team. It's a cluster but somebody has to come out of there in reasonably good shape.

If something wacky happens Notre Dame is waiting to vulture the last spot. Pac-12 is out no matter what and ND is out if they lose to Stanford or even if they win and the field holds to form.

3, 4, 5, or 6.

For sure.

Mike Greenberg ‏@Espngreeny 6m6 minutes ago
The teams that control own destiny:
#Clemson
#Alabama
#MichiganState
#Iowa (probably)
I have no idea how they'd handle #ND vs #Oklahoma.

I'm still hungover or buzzed from last night and now have a rum punch.

InTenSity wrote:I'm still hungover or buzzed from last night and now have a rum punch.

That pic you posted with Lorenzo White was epic.

Thanks!

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The Spartans Shift Up: Updated College Football Playoff Predictions (Week 12)

Michigan State kicked a field goal on the last play of its game on Saturday to topple the undefeated Ohio State Buckeyes — and made the College Football Playoff picture more complicated. You may have some unanswered questions: What does the upset of the Buckeyes mean for the eventual Big Ten champ’s chances? Does it help or hurt Notre Dame’s playoff position? And what about the Big 12? Fear not! FiveThirtyEight’s college football model has some (probabilistic) answers. Here are our updated projections following Saturday’s games (these numbers will change again on Tuesday night after the new committee rankings are released):

LooseGoose wrote:The Spartans Shift Up: Updated College Football Playoff Predictions (Week 12)

Michigan State kicked a field goal on the last play of its game on Saturday to topple the undefeated Ohio State Buckeyes — and made the College Football Playoff picture more complicated. You may have some unanswered questions: What does the upset of the Buckeyes mean for the eventual Big Ten champ’s chances? Does it help or hurt Notre Dame’s playoff position? And what about the Big 12? Fear not! FiveThirtyEight’s college football model has some (probabilistic) answers. Here are our updated projections following Saturday’s games (these numbers will change again on Tuesday night after the new committee rankings are released):

But that is not the Buckeyes’ only way to the playoff. Should they win out and be excluded from the Big Ten championship game, they still make the playoff 54 percent of the time. As I explained last week, Ohio State as a one-loss defending national champion presents an impressive résumé for the committee to consider

Please tell me this carries no weight.

Floyd Robertson wrote:

LooseGoose wrote:The Spartans Shift Up: Updated College Football Playoff Predictions (Week 12)

But that is not the Buckeyes’ only way to the playoff. Should they win out and be excluded from the Big Ten championship game, they still make the playoff 54 percent of the time. As I explained last week, Ohio State as a one-loss defending national champion presents an impressive résumé for the committee to consider

Please tell me this carries no weight.

It carries no weight. They don't have an impressive resume. They would have a win against Michigan and that's it in that scenario.

Giant Moose wrote:

InTenSity wrote:I'm still hungover or buzzed from last night and now have a rum punch.

That pic you posted with Lorenzo White was epic.

InTenSity wrote:Thanks!

What picture? Posted where?

Page 9 of the game thread.

Floyd Robertson wrote:

LooseGoose wrote:The Spartans Shift Up: Updated College Football Playoff Predictions (Week 12)

But that is not the Buckeyes’ only way to the playoff. Should they win out and be excluded from the Big Ten championship game, they still make the playoff 54 percent of the time. As I explained last week, Ohio State as a one-loss defending national champion presents an impressive résumé for the committee to consider

Please tell me this carries no weight.

It carries no weight.

Not sure I understand where he comes up with 54%, when the graph says 33%.

Are there ways OSU can still get in? Sure. But, a few things would have to happen. Or more than a few things.