College Football pick'em 2017- Gameplay and scoring thread

[Dereich]

FINAL AP POLL:

1. Alabama [57 first-place votes]
2. Georgia
3. Oklahoma
4. Clemson
5. Ohio State
6. Central Florida [4]
7. Wisconsin
8. Penn State
9. TCU
10. Auburn
11. Notre Dame
12. USC
13. Miami
14. Oklahoma State
15. Michigan State
16. Washington
17. Northwestern
18. LSU
19. Mississippi State
20. Stanford
21. South Florida
22. Boise State
23. North Carolina State
24. Virginia Tech
25. Memphis

Let's all applause the four brave heroes who acknowledged the true Champs.

[Alabama_Indy10]

FINAL AP POLL:

1. Alabama [57 first-place votes]
2. Georgia
3. Oklahoma
4. Clemson
5. Ohio State
6. Central Florida [4]
7. Wisconsin
8. Penn State
9. TCU
10. Auburn
11. Notre Dame
12. USC
13. Miami
14. Oklahoma State
15. Michigan State
16. Washington
17. Northwestern
18. LSU
19. Mississippi State
20. Stanford
21. South Florida
22. Boise State
23. North Carolina State
24. Virginia Tech
25. Memphis

Let's all applause the four brave heroes who acknowledged the true Champs.

You just made me spit out my drink.

[7,052,770]

Mississippi State beats the hell out of LSU and finishes with the same record, and doesn't lose to Troy, and yet we're ranked below them? Voters are so lazy.

[WritOfCertiorari]

In other news, along with their 4 first-place votes in the AP poll, UCF has finished first in the Colley Matrix ratings system, a former BCS component. This is the first claimed national title for the Central Florida football program in Division 1 FBS play.

1.    UCF               0.975472   13-0   0.548621: 49   3   5   W: #13 Auburn
2.    Alabama       0.969225   13-1   0.607685: 16   4   7   W: #4 Georgia
3.    Wisconsin       0.963034   13-1   0.600611: 21   4   6   W: #11 Miami (FL)
4.    Georgia       0.956415   13-2   0.650603: 5   5   6   W: #8 Notre Dame
5.    Ohio St       0.947197   12-2   0.653939: 4   4   6   W: #3 Wisconsin
6.    Clemson       0.929354   12-2   0.633548: 11   4   9   W: #11 Miami (FL)
7.    Penn St       0.909042   11-2   0.625818: 12   3   4   W: #14 Northwestern
8.    Notre Dame       0.891201   10-3   0.682155: 2   4   7   W: #10 Michigan St
9.    Oklahoma       0.878860   12-2   0.575841: 32   4   6   W: #5 Ohio St
10.    Michigan St       0.856520   10-3   0.642138: 7   2   4   W: #7 Penn St
11.    Miami (FL)       0.832242   10-3   0.614125: 14   1   4   W: #8 Notre Dame
12.    USC       0.825189   11-3   0.585930: 29   0   4   W: #28 Stanford
13.    Auburn       0.810911   10-4   0.641042: 8   3   4   W: #2 Alabama
14.    Northwestern       0.804470   10-3   0.582081: 30   2   4   W: #10 Michigan St
15.    TCU       0.790719   11-3   0.546536: 51   1   4   W: #21 Oklahoma St
16.    NC State       0.757578   9-4   0.604898: 18   0   4   W: #37 Boston Coll
17.    Boise St       0.753207   11-3   0.503665: 80   0   3   W: #31 Troy
18.    Iowa       0.752439   8-5   0.675892: 3   1   4   W: #5 Ohio St
19.    Memphis       0.750770   10-3   0.520120: 72   0   2   W: #41 Navy
20.    Washington       0.747533   10-3   0.516384: 74   0   2   W: #30 Washington St
21.    Oklahoma St       0.744866   10-3   0.513307: 75   0   3   W: #29 Virginia Tech
22.    South Carolina       0.742913   9-4   0.587977: 28   1   2   W: #16 NC State
23.    Florida Atlantic       0.737613   11-3   0.485844: 85   0   2   W: #46 North Texas
24.    LSU       0.724983   9-4   0.567288: 37   1   2   W: #13 Auburn
25.    Mississippi St       0.723433   9-4   0.565500: 39   1   4   W: #24 LSU

source: http://www.colleyrankings.com/currank.html

[Terry the Fat Shark]

yay TCU finished in the top 10 on AP

Also, UCF can claim all of the national titles they want, LOL

[WritOfCertiorari]

yay TCU finished in the top 10 on AP

Also, UCF can claim all of the national titles they want, LOL

I mean, it doesn't actually matter. No matter who claims the "mythical national championship", Alabama won the College Football Playoff.

To be perfectly fair, I'm sure Alabama has claimed some national titles in the past without necessarily being #1 in the final AP poll. It's more of an oddity of college football than anything else.

[Dereich]

yay TCU finished in the top 10 on AP

Also, UCF can claim all of the national titles they want, LOL

I mean, it doesn't actually matter. No matter who claims the "mythical national championship", Alabama won the College Football Playoff.

To be perfectly fair, I'm sure Alabama has claimed some national titles in the past without necessarily being #1 in the final AP poll. It's more of an oddity of college football than anything else.

Not necessarily #1 in the final AP poll? Think more outrageously! Alabama officially claims one from 1941 where they were ranked #20!

[Alabama_Indy10]

yay TCU finished in the top 10 on AP

Also, UCF can claim all of the national titles they want, LOL

I mean, it doesn't actually matter. No matter who claims the "mythical national championship", Alabama won the College Football Playoff.

To be perfectly fair, I'm sure Alabama has claimed some national titles in the past without necessarily being #1 in the final AP poll. It's more of an oddity of college football than anything else.

Not necessarily #1 in the final AP poll? Think more outrageously! Alabama officially claims one from 1941 where they were ranked #20!

That team was also chosen by the Houlgate system and won the Cotton Bowl. Many teams claim national championships from that era because there was no single system that declared a national champion like we have in the CFP now.

[Del Tachi]

yay TCU finished in the top 10 on AP

Also, UCF can claim all of the national titles they want, LOL

I mean, it doesn't actually matter. No matter who claims the "mythical national championship", Alabama won the College Football Playoff.

To be perfectly fair, I'm sure Alabama has claimed some national titles in the past without necessarily being #1 in the final AP poll. It's more of an oddity of college football than anything else.

Not necessarily #1 in the final AP poll? Think more outrageously! Alabama officially claims one from 1941 where they were ranked #20!

That team was also chosen by the Houlgate system and won the Cotton Bowl. Many teams claim national championships from that era because there was no single system that declared a national champion like we have in the CFP now.

Yes, but Alabama is known as an especially egregious offender considering that they claim eight disputed national championship titles.  And they could probably get away with this too, but not when their fans go around spouting off "#17" all day long.


No matter what happened in the CFP final, UGA had a better season than Alabama all around.  One game decided on a last-minute mistake in overtime doesn't change that.  I'm the most upset with this result because some will say that it vindicates the committee's decison to pick Alabama over Ohio St or other marginal teams, thus giving increased weight to "eye tests" in the future. 

If we're going to decide who gets to go to the playoff based on eye tests alone, what even is the point of competition?  Alabama played a weak schedule, lost their biggest game of the regular season, struggled severely against the likes of powerhouses like Texas A&M (7-6) and Mississippi State (9-4), and was not a Conference champion - they didn't deserve it. 

An Ohio State (or even Wisconsin, Miami, USC, etc for that matter) would have played-up to the occasion if selected for the playoff just like Alabama did.  I don't consider Bama's win validation for the Committee's decision. 

EDIT:  And Georgia has the same number of wins as Alabama and an SEC title to boot, if UCF can do it I say we claim the national championship too.  The more controversy the better. 

[Sprouts Farmers Market ✘]

Dereich, you are crazy if you want to give the 1941 championship to Minnesota. The win vs Northwestern was very controversial and the 2 pt conversion rightfully dropped them in the rankings. Alabama did a lot right that year