CBS: A&M # 4 in CFP projection

I actually think the loser of Ohio St/Michigan slips in before the A&M does(assuming we go 11-1 with a close loss to bama).

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I have already told my wife that if we do make it to the playoffs, I am selling the ranch to get there.

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Speaking from experience you will pretty much have to do that. They literally treat this thing like a Super Bowl.

Actually not that far fetched... close loss to BAMA and slips here and there by the rest... Either Meechegan or OSU will have a late loss...

Washington could slip up...

How much is the total package?

I had hawaii planned but it can change in an instant if we really make it.

Still too much football to play to have any solid predictions. My shaky prediction would be, in no particular order:

1. Winner of SEC, assuming it is not a two loss team.
2. Winner of Ohio State/Michigan. Nebraska controls its destiny, but I can't imagine them beating Ohio State in the regular season and then again in the B1G championship.
3. ACC champs
4. Washington, if it can make it through with one loss other than the Pac12 championship.

Two teams that are undefeated and getting no attention yet: Navy and Boise. If Navy could make it through undefeated, even with a weaker schedule they would be a sentimental favorite.

I don't think is the year that a team makes the playoffs without winning their conference. Frankly, I doubt that it happens before they expand it to 8 teams - too much pressure to take a conference champ.

CBS hasn't been around Aggy yet to know that they have atleast 3 more bed shittings ahead of them

Actually if A&M wins a very close game with Bama and both teams win out I could see Bama slipping in to the CFP. They would need some help but that is possible. Clemson seems to be flirting with losing weekly. OSU/Michigan will take each other out and the loser will have that as their last game with no time to recover poll position. Washington is rolling but they are also new to winning so it wouldn't shock me if they slipped, they still have to play at Utah, USC and ASU at home, and then a rivalry road game against a WSU team that looks very dangerous with the pirate coaching them.

No way does any other 1 loss team jump Bama.

Now if it is A&M that loses and then wins out it is less certain. A&M hasn't been as dominant as Bama. That said, an A&M resume then would finish with wins over LSU (in the final game) and Ole Miss to go with Auburn, Arkie, UT, and UCLA and would only have the Bama loss. Certainly that would make A&M a strong contender if the undefeateds start to fall.

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Actually if A&M wins a very close game with Bama and both teams win out I could see Bama slipping in to the CFP. They would need some help but that is possible. Clemson seems to be flirting with losing weekly. OSU/Michigan will take each other out and the loser will have that as their last game with no time to recover poll position. Washington is rolling but they are also new to winning so it wouldn't shock me if they slipped, they still have to play at Utah, USC and ASU at home, and then a rivalry road game against a WSU team that looks very dangerous with the pirate coaching them.

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I think if what you said above were to occur, Bama may need a loss by OSU in that game. If Michigan losses by 3 or less on the road to a top 3 team, they SHOULD be viewed as more favorably to a top 5 team who lost at home. Also would depend on how the committee views the teams after A&M/Bama/OSU/Michigan in your presented scenario.

Who knows though today

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I think if what you said above were to occur, Bama may need a loss by OSU in that game. If Michigan losses by 3 or less on the road to a top 3 team, they SHOULD be viewed as more favorably to a top 5 team who lost at home. Also would depend on how the committee views the teams after A&M/Bama/OSU/Michigan in your presented scenario.

Who knows though today

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That's a point, but I actually think the opposite. Ohio State has a more impressive resume with the blowout win over OU. Michigan's best nonconference win is over Colorado. Bama's resume would be distinctly better than Michigan's, despite the assessment of home vs away in the loss in that scenario.

Plus, even though it shouldn't factor, Ohio State's talent loaded roster, coupled with the fact that many people thought they may have been the best team last year and only a close loss to MSU kept them out, would probably influence some of the discussion.

can you go 5 fricking minutes without bringing up Texas?