Pre-Season Polls

[The Reckoning]

There are plenty of toss up games, and so there are plenty of ways to get to 8 wins.

If I'm forced to choose how it may happen, then I would go with something like this:

North Texas - W
BYU - W
(Neutral Site) UCLA - L
at Kansas - W
Baylor - W
(Neutral Site) Oklahoma - L
Iowa State - W
at Kansas State - L
at Texas Tech - W
West Virginia - W
at Oklahoma State - L
TCU - W

But again, there are multiple ways to get to 8 wins.

they'll beat okstate but lose to baylor

[Flintstones32]

If Sparty gets by Oregon in week 2, then with the Braxon Miller injury, I think they have a legit chance at making the 4 team playoff. Pretty weak conference schedule. Will probably have to beat Wisconsin in the big ten le game, who they do not play in the regular season.

[DesignatedT]

If Sparty gets by Oregon in week 2, then with the Braxon Miller injury, I think they have a legit chance at making the 4 team playoff. Pretty weak conference schedule. Will probably have to beat Wisconsin in the big ten le game, who they do not play in the regular season.

I was thinking about this yesterday, would Michigan State have been the fourth team in the playoff last year? I can't remember. I know it would have been Florida State, Auburn and Bama but forgot who else it would have been.

[rjv]

If Sparty gets by Oregon in week 2, then with the Braxon Miller injury, I think they have a legit chance at making the 4 team playoff. Pretty weak conference schedule. Will probably have to beat Wisconsin in the big ten le game, who they do not play in the regular season.

i'm not ruling out ohio state just yet although the spartans have a solid chance.

[DesignatedT]

Iowa is a sleeper in the big10

[Blake]

If Sparty gets by Oregon in week 2, then with the Braxon Miller injury, I think they have a legit chance at making the 4 team playoff. Pretty weak conference schedule. Will probably have to beat Wisconsin in the big ten le game, who they do not play in the regular season.

Yup.

If big 10 didn't have a conference le game, I'd say Sparty would be a virtual lock for the playoffs.

[The Reckoning]

I was thinking about this yesterday, would Michigan State have been the fourth team in the playoff last year? I can't remember. I know it would have been Florida State, Auburn and Bama but forgot who else it would have been.

yeah i think it would have

[NFO]

If Sparty gets by Oregon in week 2, then with the Braxon Miller injury, I think they have a legit chance at making the 4 team playoff. Pretty weak conference schedule. Will probably have to beat Wisconsin in the big ten le game, who they do not play in the regular season.

I think they have to win that Oregon game to get into the playoff. Even with the Braxton injury I still think that Nov 9th game will be tough for Sparty, but they should win. Their conference scheule is weak and they need J.T. Barrett to play lights out to keep Ohio State undefeated until Nov 9th if Sparty wants a chance at the playoff. They should be able to beat Wisky in tht le game. Pretty much hinges on the Oregon game. They can lose that game and still get in, but the loss would have to be close, a blow-out loss would really hurt their case.

[DesignatedT]

New updated AP top 25:

The full AP Top 25:

1. Florida State (38), 2-0
2. Oregon (16), 2-0
3. Alabama (1), 2-0
4. Oklahoma (2), 2-0
5. Auburn, 2-0
6. Georgia (1), 1-0
7. Texas A&M (2), 2-0
8. Baylor, 2-0
9. Southern Cal, 2-0
10. LSU, 2-0
11. Notre Dame, 2-0
12. UCLA, 2-0
13. Michigan State, 1-1
14. Mississippi, 2-0
15. Stanford, 1-1
16. Arizona State, 2-0
17. Virginia Tech, 2-0
18. Wisconsin, 1-1
19. Kansas State, 2-0
20. Missouri, 2-0
21. Louisville, 2-0
22. Ohio State, 1-1
23. Clemson, 1-1
24. South Carolina, 1-1
25. BYU, 2-0

[DesignatedT]

Lol at the predicitions of 8 and 4. They will be lucky to win 5 games.

$100.00 bet? Who has more wins at the end of the season.. A&M v Texas.

Deal.

Bowl game is included obviously. A tie is a tie. I'll do paypal or a check whatever you prefer.

PayPal is fine

Better hope Texas wins and WVU takes us down or I'll be waiting on that $100 dumbjohn

[djohn2oo8]

According to the new AP Poll that came out today:

The SEC has 8 teams in the top 25.

A&M plays 3 top ten teams.
A&M plays 6 top 25 teams.

OU plays 1 top ten team.
OU plays 2 top 25 teams.

Baylor plays 1 top ten team.
Baylor plays 2 top 25 teams.



Power 5 Conference Breakdown
SEC - 8
PAC 12 - 6
Big 10 - 4
ACC - 3
Big 12 -3

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