Sports Texas hasn’t played its most effective football but this season, however lets still predict that to swap this weekend when the No. 1-ranked Longhorns host No. 5 Georgia in an SEC showdown.
Place in mind this: Georgia would possibly perchance lose its second game earlier than Iowa Teach or BYU lose its first. Kirby Dapper’s crew, ranked No. 1 heading into the twelve months, would possibly perchance rob losses to groups which possess viewed the No. 1 headscarf wrapped around their heads a minimal of as soon as this twelve months. And they still would possibly perchance not rep the College Football Playoff. Those are the stakes for the Bulldogs as they roll into Austin taking a see to win a victory that would possibly perchance successfully be vitally crucial for his or her CFP possibilities. If the Bulldogs lose to Texas, the difficulty for the committee will be justifying them as one of many 12 most effective groups in college football.
Within the intervening time, Dillon Gabriel and the Oregon Ducks possess rounded into the crew we thought they’re generally heading into the season. Oregon did what others possess no longer — keep up 32 choices on a crew that had allowed fewer than seven choices per game, and the Ducks did it with Gabriel going enormous-game looking. Gabriel has played 21 games through which he is thrown a minimal of two touchdowns and rushed for one. Fully Tim Tebow has done that feat more (24). Furthermore, rob disclose of Gabriel’s closing two games in opposition to high-three opponents, where he has had 626 passing yards, 145 speeding yards, 5 complete touchdowns with a 2-0 narrative. With Gabriel at QB, Oregon beat a high-two ranked opponent for the first time in its ancient past. Whereas we’re right here, Texas doesn’t in point of fact favor to see Gabriel all over again, does it?
Texas seemingly needs to see Oregon savor Penn Teach needs to see Indiana. But a Nittany Lions-Hoosiers matchup is no longer on the time desk this season, and that is the reason too contaminated because of Indiana would possibly be factual to ask what it’s we see in Penn Teach?
Whereas Penn Teach tight live Tyler Warren went paunchy Kratos — fearing no gods — with 17 catches for 224 receiving yards, if he hadn’t keep up those numbers, Penn Teach would possess lost to a USC crew that sits at factual 3-3 midway through the season.
Within the intervening time, Indiana has mopped the floor with its competitors, changing into the first crew this season to narrative six wins while ranking ninth within the nation in third-down efficiency (54%), fourth in yards per game (515.7) and second in scoring (47.5 choices per game). Effect Indiana in Penn Teach’s uniforms, after which you’d seemingly agree that the Hoosiers are the third-most effective crew within the nation, and no longer the 16th. Penn Teach is getting the blue-blood bump.
For now, though, Penn Teach gets to play within the 12-crew CFP — for now. Let’s rep to my third residing of CFP projections for the 2024 college football season:
1. Oregon
Convention: Huge Ten
File: 6-0
2. Texas
Convention: SEC
File: 6-0
3. Miami (Fla.)
Convention: ACC
File: 6-0
4. Iowa Teach
Convention: Huge 12
File: 6-0
5. Ohio Teach
Convention: Huge Ten
File: 5-1
6. Penn Teach
Convention: Huge Ten
File: 6-0
7. Georgia
Convention: SEC
File: 5-1
8. Clemson
Convention: ACC
File: 5-1
9. BYU
Convention: Huge 12
File: 6-0
10. LSU
Convention: SEC
File: 5-1
11. Tennessee
Convention: SEC
File: 5-1
12. Boise Teach
Convention: Mountain West
File: 5-1
Now that we’ve the projected seeding residing, let’s rob a see at what the first-spherical matchups would see savor:
1. Oregon: Bye (would then play the winner of 8. Clemson vs. 9. BYU)
2. Ohio Teach: Bye (would then play the winner of seven. Georgia vs. 10. LSU)
3. Miami: Bye (would then play the winner of 6. Penn Teach vs. 11. Tennessee)
4. Iowa Teach: Bye (would then play the winner of 5. Ohio Teach vs. 12. Boise Teach)
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5. Ohio Teach (Huge Ten championship runner-up) vs. 12. Boise Teach (very top-ranked Neighborhood of 5 champion)
Boise Teach would commute to Columbus to play what looks to be savor one of many superb groups within the game. The Broncos would seemingly budge Ashton Jeanty till he would possibly perchance not elevate them to any extent further in what would possibly be the superb game Boise Teach has played for the reason that 2007 Fiesta Bowl. The Buckeyes would depart away nothing in reserve to continue their quest toward winning the program’s first national title in a decade.
Ohio Teach’s offense is averaging 43.5 choices per contest through six games this season.
6. Penn Teach (one of many tip-12 groups) vs. 11. Tennessee (one of many tip-12 groups)
The Vols would commute to Teach College to play in what many rob disclose of to be the toughest away ambiance within the nation. Tennessee would lean on its defensive front to rep rigidity on quarterback Drew Allar and strive to pause what has been a vast speeding assault. The Vols would attain as noteworthy as they’d presumably perchance to pause tight live Tyler Warren from doing what he did to USC.
Penn Teach has outscored its opponents by a median margin of 20 choices per contest through six games this season.
7. Georgia (one of many tip-12 groups) vs. 10. LSU (one of many tip-12 groups)
What would automatically be a gargantuan SEC matchup has higher stakes with the program that received the 2019 national title facing the actual person that received the 2021 and 2022 national titles. Then all over again, with this game at Sanford Stadium, LSU would face one of many most intimidating atmospheres within the nation. And if the game is at night? The Tigers would reach upon that very same feeling company attain as soon as they possess to play in Baton Rouge below the lights — looming dread, destiny doomed.
Carson Beck has passed for 1,818 yards and 15 touchdowns while main Georgia to a 5-1 narrative.
8. Clemson (ACC championship runner-up) vs. 9. BYU (Huge 12 championship runner-up)
BYU traveling to Death Valley? With a rowdy and prepared Clemson crew playing for the prospect to derive but one other opportunity to compete for a national title? There would possibly be no longer some distance more the folk of Clemson, South Carolina would savor than to snarl the males of Provo a runt bit southern hospitality as they faucet Howard’s Rock and escort the Cougars out of the CFP.
BYU sits at 6-0 and atop the Huge 12 standings heading into Week 8.
RJ Younger is a national college football creator and analyst for FOX Sports and the host of the podcast ” The Quantity One College Football Show. ” Note him at @RJ_Young and subscribe to “The RJ Younger Show” on YouTube .
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