CFP Rankings: Alabama barely hangs on, Miami on exterior wanting in
There’s huge motion within the last School Soccer Playoff rating earlier than the convention championships and Dan Wolken is right here to interrupt it down.
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With championship weekend within the books, it is formally bowl season in faculty soccer.
Headlining the postseason is, in fact, the School Soccer Playoff, which this yr is increasing to a 12-team format from its earlier four-team discipline.
What number of groups will the Massive Ten have within the School Soccer Playoff? That actual reply might be unveiled in just some hours in the course of the last CFP rankings, however the convention is anticipated to have a robust presence.
Is Ohio State properly positioned to make the CFP regardless of having two losses on their respective schedules, together with a Week 14 upset to Michigan? Outdoors that loss, Ryan Day’s Buckeyes have two signature wins towards Penn State and Indiana and a one level loss to Massive Ten champion Oregon.
On high of the Buckeyes, one potential staff to keep watch over for the CFP is Indiana. Regardless of going 11-1 total within the common season, with their lone loss to Ohio State, the Hoosiers have been the No. 10 seed within the final CFP rankings.
The Massive Ten’s postseason presence would not finish on the CFP, because the convention is anticipated to ship a number of applications to bowl video games all through the nation over the following few weeks as properly. With that, this is which bowl video games the Massive Ten may very well be sending groups, together with which can be taking part in within the School Soccer Playoff:
Massive Ten School Soccer Playoff projections
Projections courtesy of USA Immediately’s dwell CFP tracker
- CFP first spherical: No. 10 Indiana at No. 7 Ohio State
- CFP first spherical: No. 9 Tennessee at No. 8 Penn State
- Rose Bowl: No. 1 Oregon
Utilizing USA Immediately’s dwell CFP tracker from Saturday night time, 4 Massive Ten groups appear to be well-positioned to make the School Soccer Playoff.
One notable entry is a rematch of Indiana and Ohio State within the first spherical at Ohio Stadium, which the Buckeyes gained 38-15 and wherein they out-gained Indiana 316-151 in whole yards of offense three weeks in the past
Of notice: the format guidelines of the CFP state the choice committee won’t make any particular preparations to make sure groups that met within the common season will keep away from taking part in within the postseason, as displayed in Smith’s rankings with Indiana- Ohio State and Oregon-Penn State within the quarterfinals.
Elsewhere, and regardless of dropping within the Massive Ten championship recreation to top-ranked Oregon, No. 8 Penn State is projected to host No. 9 Tennessee in Completely happy Valley.
Remaining Massive Ten bowl projections
With Oregon, Ohio State, Penn State and Indiana all projected to play within the School Soccer Playoff, USA Immediately’s Erick Smith’s has 5 different groups from the Massive Ten taking part in in bowl video games this season:
- Price Bowl (Dec. 26): Texas Tech vs. Rutgers
- Las Vegas Bowl (Dec. 27): USC vs. Texas A&M
- Pinstripe Bowl (Dec. 28): Pitt vs. Nebraska
- Citrus Bowl (Dec. 31): Illinois vs. South Carolina
- ReliaQuest Bowl (Dec. 31): Iowa vs. Ole Miss
- Music Metropolis Bowl (Dec. 31): Michigan vs. LSU
- Solar Bowl (Dec. 31): Syracuse vs. Washington
- Duke’s Mayo Bowl (Jan. 3): Duke vs. Minnesota
