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[QUOTE="pokercuse08, post: 4738389, member: 6535"]
Whether or not the #3 conference gets into the playoffs is going to depend on how many programs in the conference are considered strong enough that a national title that excludes them is illegitimate.

In a world where the Big 12 is the #3 conference, the ACC has been picked to the bone and the Big 12 has picked up the remainders. It's a best of the rest conference of misfits and you can pretty much exclude it. In a world where the ACC is the #3 conference, there's at least a chance it maintains enough quality programs to have a strong case against being excluded outright. It might be that the B1G and SEC each get like 5 teams in, the ACC gets 1, and the rest get 1, or something like that... But it could still have a seat.

It could also be raided enough to not have enough quality programs left to get that seat, in which case it only matters to the extent we want the best conference fit we can get for Syracuse at that point. I'm just rooting for the best options for SU - first, to have enough success and for the criteria to shift enough to get into the B1G and if not to end up in a conference that still has a seat at the table and if not to be in the best conference fit for us. To me, all the best non-B1G options are in the ACC.
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