The 2024 Conference Realignment Experience, In a Picture

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I can’t think of a better graphic on the debate around scheduling and the CFP than this:

It’s interesting to also note this image:

Georgia beat three of the teams here by a combined score of 95-35. There are several teams on here that are either winless against top teams, and likewise don’t even have another “good win” on their resume, as the committee likes to say.

10 thoughts on “The 2024 Conference Realignment Experience, In a Picture”

  1. Should the cfp start today, are we ok with the top 4 as the qualifiers, which is hard to wrap around, sooner win or the bammer “l”…we always knew the texass malcontents were a stand alone group….GO DAWGS!!

  2. What is that second chart? Projected playoff rankings?

    Could Army get in as American Conference (what is that) champion while ranked around 25th (five highest ranked conference champs)?

    Could Clemson lose to SC, then land in the ACCCG on a Miami loss to Syracuse, then win that and get in? Have Dabo preaching that G_d wanted Clemson in the playoffs?

    • The second chart is the AP Top 25 poll released after the games on Saturday.

      The highest ranked G5 conference champion will get in to the playoffs. Currently, Boise State is the highest G5 ranked team. Boise State plays Oregon State on Friday and plays in the Mountain West championship game on Friday, December 6th (against either UNLV or Colorado State). If Boise State wins both of those games, Boise State will be the G5 participant in the playoff and, assuming that the Big XII title game winner doesn’t move ahead of Boise State in the final CFP rankings on December 8th, Boise State would have a first round bye in the CFP. Army’s only chance would be for Boise State to lose at least one (probably both) of its final two games and Army win out against UTSA on Saturday and Tulane in the American Conference championship game.

      • Okay, but what about the rule that the five highest ranked conference champs get in. In that chart I see four: SEC, Big Ten, ACC, and Mountain West. Does PAC XII count? What about the one Army is in?

  3. If Dawgs beat Tejas in the SECCG (If Tejas survives the TAM game..which is questionable) then the Holsteins should be OUT of the playoffs…no way Georgia should have to face the possibility of giving them a third chance down the road.

    • This is the potential scenario I read about last year. Beat Texas twice only to see them in the playoffs. Imagine playing our schedule, beating them twice, and then Texas pulls together their game of the year and take us out of the playoffs following their soft schedule. Of course this is all speculation but it doesn’t seem farfetched.

    • Definitely. The team that lost its only two games against top 25 opponents the entire season (unless aTm remains in the top 25 after the Auburn loss) is ESPN’s golden child.

  5. I have no love for Bama or Ole Miss, but tell me if you had to bet your mortgage payment you wouldn’t pick thedm over Indiana, Boise or Clemson?

    Also, how did we drop to 12 after the Ole Miss loss while Indiana gets trucked in their only game against a ranked team yet only falls to 10?

  6. Playoff selection reminds me of tax law. Take what you want first, then decide on what the justification and criteria look like.

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