Ranked in the Initial College Football Playoffs

[LWSVOL]

UAB & Syracuse have both jettisoned their coaches.

I missed that one....

 

[Ned Ray McWorkher]

UAB and Arkansas....

 

[farmdogvol]

So far we have lost to every team we have played with a winning record. Even one of our midmajor teams fired their coach midseason.

MSU is 5-4 overall, so there is that win to hang the season on.

 

[LegionnaireOfTheMiserable]

MSU is 5-4 overall, so there is that win to hang the season on.

They are most likely going 5-7 with 1 conference win

 

[Tin Man]

The only 3-loss team to be included…

If you're out on Josh Heupel, I'm out on you as a respectable football mind

 

[adam.vol]

The Vols are also a few plays away from 4-5. A 12 team playoff should have a long-shot in the mix.

That’s a great observation. If we’re a few plays from either way, then we must be where we belong.

 

[Tnphil]

I believe the coach is still there. They canned their last one a couple years ago.

 

[deatojl]

Why? We’d have had to have gone to Athens and Norman already. We’d be no better than 6-3 at the moment.

Out of curiosity, who would be the third loss in that scenario? LSU at home? Tulane at home?

 

[RDU VOL#14]

The Vols are also a few plays away from 4-5. A 12 team playoff should have a long-shot in the mix.

Not an unranked one

 

[deatojl]

The Vols are also a few plays away from 4-5. A 12 team playoff should have a long-shot in the mix.

Well, Ole Miss is just a few plays from being 3-6. A&M is just a few plays from being 5-3. Alabama is just a few plays from being 4-4. Georgia is just a few plays from being 3-5. Oklahoma from 5-4, Texas from 4-5, etc.

 

[Delmar]

I’m sorry but to have a team like Memphis not even be in the rankings get an opening round game (especially with their pathetic conference) really takes a lot of credibility away from this entire process. It’s borderline silly! The Vols….just a few plays away this season.

Letting the G5 team have a mercy spot was the only way this playoff system was getting in place. It’s a joke but it is what it is. When the big split happens, that will end.

 

[LegionnaireOfTheMiserable]

Out of curiosity, who would be the third loss in that scenario? LSU at home? Tulane at home?

Probably LSU, yes

 

[Rocky Top T]

I would like to gave the ole miss schedule!!

Ole Miss beat Oklahoma at Norman, Oklahoma beat us at Knoxville, enough said

 

[cgrish]

ImWin out and we MIGHT make it near the Top 15 if absolute chaos happens. Brutal to see OU at 12 knowing we would be right there. With the 9 game conference schedule I'm really starting to believe 9-3 might bump out a 10-2 Big 10 team in the next few years based off of tonight. Not saying I'm expecting to be a 9-3 program year in and year out but it's going to open the door down the road for being consistently in the dance. GBO

Imo no 9-3 team will be in playoffs

 

[VolInNW]

Would need a crap ton of help. Lots of teams to lose another game like the two loss teams. Would need bama Georgia ole miss to probably win out making oklahoma and texas have more losses. Vandy does not need to lose another game except for us. Would require some 2007 shi.

Yeah, CFP is not happening. Win out and let’s keep the W-L optics of the program strong.

Hey, cmon now. "Lots to clean up", about 218 more "uh's", and some waddle/swaying behind the podium and I'm sure our coach will take absolutely no action whatsoever to do anything, but will react to anything that happens to happen.

 

[tennrich1]

Letting the G5 team have a mercy spot was the only way this playoff system was getting in place. It’s a joke but it is what it is. When the big split happens, that will end.

Heard a national pundit recently refer to that bid as the “WELFARE SLOT” .

 

[Johnnyreb#VFL]

Best 3 loss team in the country