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ESPN Ranks all teams for 21 by Tiers
Posted on 1/28/21 at 10:01 am
Posted on 1/28/21 at 10:01 am
Looks pretty spot on to me.
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Tier 1: Championship favorites
Alabama, Clemson, Georgia, Ohio State, Oklahoma
Tier 2: Knocking on the door
Florida, North Carolina, Notre Dame, Oregon, Penn State, Texas, Texas A&M
Tier 3: Teams we'll spend a lot of time making a case for who won't actually make the playoff
Cincinnati, Iowa, Iowa State, Miami, Oklahoma State, USC, Washington, Wisconsin
Tier 4: High ceiling, low floor
Arizona State, Auburn, Louisville, LSU, Michigan, Ole Miss, UCF, UCLA
Tier 5: High floor, low ceiling
Boise State, Coastal Carolina, Indiana, Kentucky, NC State, Northwestern, TCU, Utah, West Virginia
Tier 6: Let's get nuts
Florida State, Maryland, Michigan State, Nebraska, Tennessee
Tier 7: The résumé-builders
Air Force, Appalachian State, Arkansas, Ball State, Baylor, Boston College, Buffalo, BYU, Cal, Colorado, Houston, Kansas State, Kent State, Liberty, Louisiana, Marshall, Memphis, Minnesota, Missouri, Oregon State, Pitt, San Diego State, San Jose State, SMU, Stanford, Tulane, Tulsa, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest
Tier 8: 'You're Not Going to Get Us to Say Anything Bad About Army'
Army, Central Michigan, Florida Atlantic, Mississippi State, Nevada, Ohio, Purdue, Rutgers, Texas Tech, UAB, UTSA, Virginia, Washington State, Western Michigan, Wyoming
Tier 9: Yikes
Arizona, Duke, Georgia Tech, Illinois, South Carolina, Syracuse, Vanderbilt
Tier 10: UConn and Kansas
UConn, Kansas
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Posted on 1/28/21 at 10:03 am to bama313
Florida and Texas knocking on the door?? Yeah, no
Posted on 1/28/21 at 10:05 am to bama313
tennessee should be in tier 10
Posted on 1/28/21 at 10:05 am to bama313
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Tier 2: Knocking on the door
Florida
With who at QB? I don't see Jones being the guy that leads them to the playoffs much less the SEC championship.
Posted on 1/28/21 at 10:08 am to bama313
Yeah, North Carolina, Penn St, and aTm are all totally way better than LSU. Not even mentioning tier 3
Posted on 1/28/21 at 10:08 am to bama313
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Tier 1: Championship favorites
Alabama, Clemson, Georgia, Ohio State, Oklahoma
AGAIN?

Posted on 1/28/21 at 10:09 am to bama313
Except the unique nature of CFB and its inherent inbalances makes stuff like that transparent bullshite if you examine it too closely. A lot of teams in higher tiers would get beaten soundly by those in lower tiers but the playoffs make us pretend that conferences and schedules are equal.
The playoffs revolving around conferences has exposed CFB in a lot of ways. We play pretend as much now as we did when newspapers randomly declared champs.
The playoffs revolving around conferences has exposed CFB in a lot of ways. We play pretend as much now as we did when newspapers randomly declared champs.
Posted on 1/28/21 at 10:10 am to LSU Patrick
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AGAIN?
They're going to win the Big 12 for like the hundred time in a row and will have a good shot at making the playoff. They definitely belong in the tier.
Posted on 1/28/21 at 10:12 am to RoscoeHarper
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Florida and Texas knocking on the door?? Yeah, no
Yeah UF that high is a mystery, went 8-4 and just lost everything that made them even that level of "good"

Posted on 1/28/21 at 10:12 am to Prof
Besides Clemson and maybe Ohio State, no non SEC team is winning the west in a given year
Posted on 1/28/21 at 10:14 am to bama313
Splitting hairs but I’d probably knock Oklahoma and Georgia to tier 2.
Other than that, it’s perfect.
Other than that, it’s perfect.
Posted on 1/28/21 at 10:16 am to bama313
Lol @ Notre Dame. They just embarrass themselves every time.
Posted on 1/28/21 at 10:17 am to Ssubba
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They're going to win the Big 12 for like the hundred time in a row
So what? USC will probably win the PAC12. Are they tier 1?
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and will have a good shot at making the playoff.
Like last year?
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They definitely belong in the tier.
Why again?
Posted on 1/28/21 at 10:17 am to TheXman
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tennessee should be in tier 10
UGA has been in tier 1 for 15 years and we still have a more recent championship.
Posted on 1/28/21 at 10:18 am to MacMan10
Ehhh, we all know the deal with Oklahoma. But Georgia belongs in tier 1. Pretty sure they'll be salty in 2021.
Posted on 1/28/21 at 10:20 am to bama313
Texas in Tier 2 is a joke, but I would expect nothing less from the media


This post was edited on 1/28/21 at 10:29 am
Posted on 1/28/21 at 10:21 am to bama313
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Tier 4: High ceiling, low floor
Arizona State, Auburn, Louisville, LSU, Michigan, Ole Miss, UCF, UCLA
Lol
Posted on 1/28/21 at 10:23 am to Prof
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The playoffs revolving around conferences has exposed CFB in a lot of ways. We play pretend as much now as we did when newspapers randomly declared champs.
You guys seem to be firing a lot of head coaches and spending a ton of money just to get to Pretend Land.
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