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Message: [QUOTE="Fjoinkay, post: 3210319, member: 604"] Ohio State and LSU are both great teams, and Clemson could be just as good or even better. And so, one more problem with the 4-team playoff is that the #2 and the #3 face off in the first round. My top 8- Ohio State LSU Clemson Oklahoma Oregon Wisconsin Baylor Georgia After #3 it becomes very difficult to differentiate just like it is difficult to differentiate the top 3. Georgia struggles to score points against good defense even when they are healthy. Yesterday they were very banged up on offense, and they had several opportunities to score more points. Credit LSU on defense of course, but LSU's defense has allowed 21 points a game this year. A few weeks ago Mississippi scored 37 against LSU and the following week Arkansas scored 20 agains them. I think both schools fired their coaches. Also, Georgia plays in a division with Vanderbilt, Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri and South Carolina. All of those teams had mediocre seasons or much worse. South Carolina (4-8) beat Georgia at home. South Carolina lost at home to App State and to North Carolina. All of this is to say that the SEC East was Florida and Georgia, and it is unclear how good those teams really are. This isn't the old SEC. Wisconsin right now is a better team than Georgia. No one really believed that Georgia was the #4 team in America before yesterday, and they clearly were not. Don't forger the narrow victory over Notre Dame at home when everyone predicted that Georgia would run over the Irish. Ohio State's defense gave up 12.5 points a game whereas LSU's defense allowed 21.0 points a game. Ohio State's offense scored 48.7 points a game which is better than LSU at 47.8. Ohio State beat Wisconsin 2 times which is really difficult. Yesterday the Buckeyes were dealing with an injured QB going against a Wiscy defense that is right there with Georgia's defense and a Wiscy offense that is better than Georgia's. Wisconsin plays quick. They are not the old Wisconsin. Throw in the let down after the big win in Ann Arbor, and yeah it took a while for Ohio State to find their groove. But they won the second half 27-0. I reluctantly put Oklahoma at #4. Baylor almost beat Oklahoma playing 3 different QBs including a Freshman. This will be Oklahoma's 4th trip to the CFP where they are 0-3 and have allowed an average of 45.3 points a game. This system is flawed. Make it the top 8. It will be much better. [/QUOTE]

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