6. Penn State checks in ahead of Oklahoma. Ultimately this won’t matter unless Penn State wins out but its worth noting how the best in the Big XII enters the weekend viewed, ahead of their match-up with unbeaten Baylor.
7. Speaking of Baylor, they’ve won nine straight to start the season yet check in at thirteen. Their out-of-conference schedule was nothing with Stephen F. Austin, UTSA and Rice but 9-0 is 9-0 in a Power-5 conference. If they win out their best win will be what, over a three-loss Oklahoma team then? Dare I start to ask if even an unbeaten Baylor team is on the bubble?
8. Notre Dame wants to go to the Cotton Bowl instead of the Camping World Bowl, at least I would assume. They need help ahead of them to get there however, the first assistance would probably be Oklahoma taking out Baylor this weekend and Georgia getting by Auburn. That would potentially move the Irish up a couple of spots, as they aim to get in the top-12.
9. Cincinnati sits at 17 as the highest rated Group of Five team. With South Florida, Temple and No. 18 Memphis remaining before the likely AAC title game, they’ll have plenty of resume-worthy wins left for a Go5 team to be in the Cotton Bowl if they win out, as will obviously, Memphis.
10. Texas at 19 doesn’t really matter at the end of the day as they’re not competing for a New Year’s Six spot, but can someone explain to me how a team without a special win (No. 22 Oklahoma State and No. 24 Kansas State) gets that much love despite three losses? Is it because they didn’t get routed by Oklahoma or LSU?
Fun as always. What are your thoughts after the second round of College Football Playoff rankings that are fresh off the presses?