Heather Dinich has Texas as No. 10 in CFP Ranking this week

[Blake Munroe]

FWIW, she was spot on in last week’s projections.

Ohio State, Indiana, Texas A&M, Alabama, Georgia, Ole Miss, Texas, Tech, Oregon, Notre Dame, Texas, Oklahoma and BYU are her top 12 in that order. 

[GoHorns1]

As expected no surprise 

[Tuco Ramirez]

“If Texas wins both games, it could jump Notre Dame…” 

If Texas wins both games and doesn’t jump Notre dame, then the CFP is seriously flawed.

[CGG]

BYU’s lone loss is to a CFP Top 10 team.  Who has that CFP Top 10 team beat, other than BYU.  Seems like a circular argument.

[GQ03]

6 minutes ago, CGG said:

BYU’s lone loss is to a CFP Top 10 team.  Who has that CFP Top 10 team beat, other than BYU.  Seems like a circular argument.

People say the same thing about the entire SEC. 

[CHorn427]

She got it completely wrong about the hardest game, though. If we can beat UGA in Athens, we’ll beat overrated TAMU with ease

[4thandFive]

Just beat Georgia.

[tenneseehorn08]

25 minutes ago, Tuco Ramirez said:

“If Texas wins both games, it could jump Notre Dame…” 

If Texas wins both games and doesn’t jump Notre dame, then the CFP is seriously flawed.

Also, it's a false premise. If both us and Notre Dame win out, then the ACC and the B12 are getting only one team in if that's what it takes to get us both in. 

[CHorn427]

11 minutes ago, GQ03 said:

People say the same thing about the entire SEC. 

The difference between the Big12 and SEC is that there are 2 teams in the Big12 and like 7 in the SEC. And several of those 7 have quality non-con wins or losses, or upcoming matchups (Texas 7 pt loss to #1 Ohio State, TAMU win over ND, UGA vs GTech coming up).

Texas Tech and BYU have had joke schedules

[CHorn427]

8 minutes ago, tenneseehorn08 said:

Also, it's a false premise. If both us and Notre Dame win out, then the ACC and the B12 are getting only one team in if that's what it takes to get us both in. 

Absolutely, there’s not a snowflake’s chance in hell 2 loss Texas or ND would be left out over a one loss Big12 or ACC non-champion 

[GQ03]

8 minutes ago, CHorn427 said:

The difference between the Big12 and SEC is that there are 2 teams in the Big12 and like 7 in the SEC. And several of those 7 have quality non-con wins or losses, or upcoming matchups (Texas 7 pt loss to #1 Ohio State, TAMU win over ND, UGA vs GTech coming up).

Texas Tech and BYU have had joke schedules

Folks look at Texas and say they've only beaten OU (whose only beaten Tennessee whose beaten nobody) and Vandy whose only ranked as highly as they are because they beat overrated teams like a top 15 ranked South Carolina, top 20 Mizzou and a top 10/15 LSU. The argument is SEC teams get ranked highly just because they're SEC and then when they lose the team that beats them gets the huge bump without considering the original ranked team might be highly overrated as South Carolina, Florida, LSU, Oklahoma and frankly we were as well. 

[NothinButDaHorns34]

Indiana will be exposed in the playoffs. How do you need a game winning drive to beat a penn state team that’s got everything going on they do?

[CHorn427]

9 minutes ago, GQ03 said:

Folks look at Texas and say they've only beaten OU (whose only beaten Tennessee whose beaten nobody) and Vandy whose only ranked as highly as they are because they beat overrated teams like a top 15 ranked South Carolina, top 20 Mizzou and a top 10/15 LSU. The argument is SEC teams get ranked highly just because they're SEC and then when they lose the team that beats them gets the huge bump without considering the original ranked team might be highly overrated as South Carolina, Florida, LSU, Oklahoma and frankly we were as well. 

You’re really trying to make a false equivalency.

The upper half of the Big12 has played literally zero teams that are currently ranked in the CFP Top 25. Mississippi State has one SEC win and beat the team that beat Tech (ASU). Fairly confident the SEC is undefeated by the Big12 this season.

By the end of the season, teams from the SEC will have played Ohio State, Notre Dame and Georgia Tech. That’s likely the two P4 winners plus the top non P4 team. The record will likely be 2-1, with a 7 pt loss to the #1 team.

The SEC’s quality is demonstrably not self referential like you are suggesting 

[CHorn427]

I even forgot about OU waxing Michigan, who will likely finish 4th place in the Big10

[alrightalrightalright]

Texas up to 10 in the AP Poll, finally ranked above OU

[GQ03]

1 minute ago, CHorn427 said:

You’re really trying to make a false equivalency.

The upper half of the Big12 has played literally zero teams that are currently ranked in the CFP Top 25. Mississippi State has one SEC win and beat the team that beat Tech (ASU). Fairly confident the SEC is undefeated by the Big12 this season.

By the end of the season, teams from the SEC will have played Ohio State, Notre Dame and Georgia Tech. That’s likely the two P4 winners plus the top non P4 team. The record will likely be 2-1, with a 7 pt loss to the #1 team.

The SEC’s quality is demonstrably not self referential like you are suggesting 

I get that but Vandy was ranked #9 last week by virtue of beating #11 South Carolina, #10 LSU and #15 Mizzou. Then we beat them and went from #20 to #11. OU jumped into the top 5 after beating #15 Michigan and #22 Auburn. 

Do you not see how others could make the same argument about many teams in the SEC? 

[ArizonaLonghorn]

54 minutes ago, NothinButDaHorns34 said:

Indiana will be exposed in the playoffs. How do you need a game winning drive to beat a penn state team that’s got everything going on they do?

I used to think like this too but that win at Oregon was very impressive ...

We'll know a lot more when they play Ohio State in the conference championship game (if OSU doesn't screw up against Michigan again) but Indiana looks pretty solid right now.

[Here for the Wins]

People will prop up the SEC as they have for two decades.

Miami is good enough to beat Notre Dame just like A&M.  They’re also good enough to not beat SMU.  And SMU is good enough to be 0-2 versus the Big 12.  
 

Ole Miss so good they beat Wazzu by 3.  The same Wazzu that lost to North Texas by 49.  Yes, that Wazzu that’s so good they just lost to Oregon State.  The same OSU that lost to previously winless Sam Houston only a week later.

Alabama lost to the great FSU yet is undefeated in the SEC.  But I’m sure that’s the reason FSU is 1-5 in the ACC.

Home games matter.  Timing of the games matter.  Matchups matter.  There’s not much to indicate the SEC top to bottom runs roughshod through other conferences.

[GoHorns1]

1 hour ago, NothinButDaHorns34 said:

Indiana will be exposed in the playoffs. How do you need a game winning drive to beat a penn state team that’s got everything going on they do?

Let’s folks on Texas getting in playoffs!

[FootLaw]

1 hour ago, 4thandFive said:

Just beat Georgia.

This. Who cares about rankings right now. Beat Georgia.