The Hotline has revised its projections and now sees Oregon as a likely playoff participant after Tennessee’s loss to Georgia and Clemson’s loss to Notre Dame.
If anything, the Ducks have solidified their status as the clear frontrunner.Meanwhile, Utah simply isn’t healthy enough to play at the level required to beat the Ducks, either on Nov. 19 in Eugene or Dec. 2 in Las Vegas.After watching the Bruins and Trojans week after week, the Hotline has concluded UCLA is the better team and should win the crosstown showdown on Nov. 19. USC: 7-2
That sets the Ducks and Bruins up for a date in Allegiant Stadium, and there’s no reason to believe the outcome will be any different than what we witnessed in Eugene a few weeks ago.Step four: The CFP shuffleTwo spots are locked up: Georgia, as the undefeated SEC winner; and the Ohio State-Michigan winner as the undefeated Big Ten champ.
That leaves two berths for a combination of Oregon, the ACC champ, the Big 12 champ, an SEC non-division winner and a Big Ten non-division winner .The 49-3 loss to Georgia cannot be unseen, but every other contender for those two CFP slots will have a flawed resume, as well. And with a series of stretch-run victories over ranked opponents, Oregon will look the part come selection weekend.If the Ducks jump into the playoff, the Rose Bowl would replace them with the next-highest-ranked team from the Pac-12 .Why? Because the committee rarely punishes championship game losers, so the Bruins would not drop below USC or Utah assuming they are reasonably competitive in Las Vegas.
With the Ducks in the playoff, the Pac-12’s remaining bowl-eligible teams would move up one rung in the pecking order, as reflected in the projections below.
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