2025-26 College Football Thread

[DFWJC]

In a lot of ways this is JMU's chance to put themselves on the map. Talk about a once in a lifetime shot. I would love it if they managed to pull the upset.

If they can even be as close as the R1 visiting teams were last year, it'd be a minor victory

Oregon’s average margin of victory at home this year was 34 pts

 

[RonWashington]

I know UNT coaches and players were going to stay for the CFP, but are they still staying for a regular bowl?

I believe the new coach from West Virginia doesn’t take over until 2026 . Playing SDSU in a bowl is good for this program .

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

In a lot of ways this is JMU's chance to put themselves on the map. Talk about a once in a lifetime shot. I would love it if they managed to pull the upset.

Always love it when their is a big upset from a smaller school.

I think that is what is special about March Madness.

On a side note....If the ACC had a conference champ that was ranked...it would have knocked off one of the Tulane or JMU schools from the playoffs.

It was a cool thing to see Duke win the championship as the big underdog, but it did cost the ACC with Duke not being ranked at all and Virginia, even if they had won, being ranked lower than JMU or Tulane.

Now if it was truly the best teams over all....BYU and ND would be in place of Tulane and SMU. But they set up the CFP and I think this is one of those rarer cases where those two teams were ranked higher than the ACC champ.

 

[atlantacowboy]

They need to get rid of the small school entries. This isn't the 64 team NCAA basketball tourney. No Cinderellas required here nor is there room. To give 2 spots to small programs with teams like ND looking on the outside is absurd.

 

[Robbieac]

what a warped and twisted point of view but then considering who posted it no surprise at all

This is coming from the guy who said ND was snubbed because of an anti catholic bias.

Talk about a warped and twisted point of view.

 

[gtb1943]

This is coming from the guy who said ND was snubbed because of an anti catholic bias.

Talk about a warped and twisted point of view.

living in your head forever

 

[Robbieac]

living in your head forever

2 things most people will never hear simultaneously in their lifetimes:

The Notre Dame victory march and the phrase “The Irish are National Champions!”

 

[gtb1943]

2 things most people will never hear simultaneously in their lifetimes:

The Notre Dame victory march and the phrase “The Irish are National Champions!”

 

[Sydla]

The best part about all of this that when you watch all these pundits argue that ND was rightfully left out for Bama or Miami, they then say that ND was one of the few teams that probably could have won the NC. For example, Herbstreit seemed fine with the decision but then admitted that there are like 5 teams that could win it and ND was likely one of them. LOL. What are we doing here?

Also, Rece Davis spent the week on ESPN also downplaying ND and helping perpetuate the argument that ND probably shouldn't get in over Bama or Miami.

Then his AP Poll ballot was released............. he voted ND 8th above Miami, Bama and OU. Hahaha.

This was nothing more than ESPN and the CFP protecting their biggest asset - the SEC.

 

[Sydla]

And it's clear ND was the odd man out because they were independent and not a favored asset of ESPN like Bama and the SEC is.

Since 2014, 86 of 88 CCG losers dropped in the polls. TCU was one a few years ago that didn't drop after losing by 3 in OT. That year, the team right behind them also lost so TCU remained in their spot.

The other team not to drop? Bama this year. Despite getting absolutely dominated on the field by UGA. But somehow, the committee justified that Bama shouldn't be penalized for getting curb stomped in a CCG but a team two spots behind them at 11 in BYU? Well Yurachek stated they felt they had to punish BYU for getting smoked.

The whole thing is a sham created to protect the big conference interests as best they can.

 

[Sydla]

The committee process needs to be blown up. One, there is no reason there should be ADs or adminstrators with financial incentives to picking certain teams be on the committee. Arkansas benefits from Bama making the playoff over BYU or ND.

Second, they should make the final ballots of every member public. Just like the AP Poll does.

Frankly, despite bias even in the AP Poll, it would be a much better means of selecting the field than a shadowy group of people that have incentives to put certain teams in and leave certain teams out.

 

[jterrell]

G6 teams have won 5 NY6 games the last decade.
They are not winning a title; but they can win an R1 CFP game at some point.
The current path makes it insanely rough because 11 and 12 versus 5 and 6 is tough.
But in an expanded playoff they could definitely beat non top 10 P4 teams.
Northern Illinois beat the runner up Irish last year.

 

[jterrell]

They need to get rid of the small school entries. This isn't the 64 team NCAA basketball tourney. No Cinderellas required here nor is there room. To give 2 spots to small programs with teams like ND looking on the outside is absurd.

EVERY D1 Team sport with a playoff has auto-bids for its conference champions.
This also holds in EVERY level of collegiate football.

The braindead love the old system that created big brands that they now worship even though they often lack local ties to the university, never attended the school or stepped foot on the campus.
The brand lured them in, they bought the t-shirts, and they worship the brand and hand it all value.
If the brand loses value, they have no reason to even support them. They just move over to a new big brand.

 

[gtb1943]

EVERY D1 Team sport with a playoff has auto-bids for its conference champions.
This also holds in EVERY level of collegiate football.

The braindead love the old system that created big brands that they now worship even though they often lack local ties to the university, never attended the school or stepped foot on the campus.
The brand lured them in, they bought the t-shirts, and they worship the brand and hand it all value.
If the brand loses value, they have no reason to even support them. They just move over to a new big brand.

Football is a lot different then basketball and virtually any other sport despite your claims that there is none

I will put it this way
ONCE UPON A TIME EVERYONE HAD SLAVES

does not make it right

your worship of conferences is just absurd

 

[Ghost12]

I get what ND is doing here, but this hurts them a whole lot more than it hurts college football. There probably are some politics involved in leaving ND out of the playoff, but all they're doing here is robbing their fans and players from the opportunity to win a bowl game. Very shortsighted on their end and ultimately no one not associated with ND is going to care that they are not involved this bowl season.

ESPN is going to care when their ratings suffer. No one is going to go out of business but it will be a revenue hit for the bowl games and the corresponding telecast.

It’s hilarious how all the Notre Dame haters all of a sudden are just oh-so-upset at what ND has done to their players and fans.

Because the haters are only concerned about what’s best for the program, the players and the fans…. really they are!!

 

[Ghost12]

Still sets a bad example. Pouting is not the answer. I do not have an axe to grind with ND and would feel the same way if any team made this decision.

The current count is 10 teams have opted out of bowl games. That’s TEAMS, not players.

The player count will be in the hundreds.

 

[jterrell]

Three playoff games were decided by 20+ points last year and none of them involved Group of Five teams

 

[jterrell]

Football is a lot different then basketball and virtually any other sport despite your claims that there is none

I will put it this way
ONCE UPON A TIME EVERYONE HAD SLAVES

does not make it right

your worship of conferences is just absurd

that's like a gay dude telling me which chicks are hot.
just stop it and tell me how to decorate.

 

[gtb1943]

Three playoff games were decided by 20+ points last year and none of them involved Group of Five teams

So?

 

[gtb1943]

that's like a gay dude telling me which chicks are hot.
just stop it and tell me how to decorate.

Actually a gay dude would probably be more logical and pragmatic about rating them then someone who only wants to get into their pants