College Football Top 25 Week 15 – Alabama or Ohio State+ My New Year’s Six

By Crazy Sportsdude
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Updated: December 3, 2017

These are NOT predictions of what the committee will do, rather, they are what I think the committee SHOULD do.

Sugar Bowl (Semifinal) – Clemson vs Alabama
Rose Bowl (Semifinal) – Georgia vs Oklahoma

Orange Bowl – Wisconsin vs Miami
Cotton Bowl – Washington vs Penn State
Peach Bowl – UCF vs Auburn
Fiesta Bowl – USC vs Ohio State

Rank	Team	Change	Result	Why?
1	Clemson (12-1)	Up 2	Beat Miami 38-3	Dominated Miami.
2	Georgia (12-1)	Up 4	Beat Auburn 28-7	Dominated Auburn.
3	Oklahoma (12-1)	Down 1	Beat TCU 41-17	Dominated TCU.
4	Alabama (11-1)	Up 1	Bye Week	#1 in Vegas and CPU Rankings, plus only one loss.
5	Ohio State (11-2)	Up 2	Beat Wisconsin 27-21	Sorry, but that loss to Iowa drags down the Buckeyes.
6	UCF (12-0)	Up 4	Beat Memphis 62-55 (2OT)	The only undefeated team in the country, and they have more top 25 wins than Alabama.
7	Wisconsin (12-1)	Down 3	Lost to Ohio State 27-21	Lowest ranked one-loss team, only one win vs the top 25.
8	Penn State (10-2)	No Change	Bye Week	Would make the top four if it really was the four best, but they’ll take a New Year’s Six bowl.
9	Auburn (10-3)	Down 8	Lost to Georgia 28-7	I had them #1 and they let me down, no way a three-loss team contends for the playoff.
10	Washington (10-2)	Up 1	Beye Week	Dominated one of the two teams that beat USC.
11	USC (11-2)	Up 2	Beat Stanford 31-28	The blowout loss to a Notre Dame team that has faltered down the stretch keeps the Trojans from the top ten.
12	TCU (10-3)	No Change	Lost to Oklahoma 41-17	We shouldn’t punish teams for making the conference title game, I expected TCU to lose and they did.
13	Oklahoma State (9-3)	Up 4	Bye Week	Oklahoma State is extremely underrated this year, two/three losses are to top twelve teams.
14	Miami (11-2)	Down 5	Lost to Clemson 38-3	I told you Miami was the most overrated team in the country, and they proved me right.
15	Notre Dame (10-3)	Up 1	Bye Week	Stanford’s loss killed any hopes of a New Year’s Six Bowl.
16	LSU (9-3)	Up 2	Bye Week	Loss to Troy = no top 15
17	Memphis (10-2)	Down 3	Lost to UCF 62-55 (2OT)	Undefeated against teams not named “UCF”
18	Virginia Tech (9-3)	Up 1	Bye Week	Decent year, beat the teams they should’ve beaten.
19	Northwestern (9-3)	Up 1	Bye Week	Head-to-head over Michigan State.
20	Michigan State (9-3)	Up 1	Bye Week	Win over Penn State keeps them in the top 20.
21	Washington State (9-3)	Up 1	Bye Week	Beat USC, which is a better win than any team 22-25.
22	Toledo (11-2)	Up 3	Beat Akron 45-28	One of their two losses was to Miami.
23	South Florida (10-2)	Up 1	Bye Week	South Florida gave my #6 team a hell of a game.
24	Florida Atlantic (10-3)	NEW	Beat North Texas 41-17	FAU has won nine straight games!
25	Troy (10-2)	NEW	Beat Arkansas State 32-25	Stanford losing devalues San Diego State’s resume, which allows Troy (who beat LSU) to bump the Aztecs.