If an undefeated ND and UCF don't make the playoff

Does this shake up the conference realignment drama again?

3 undefeated teams (Bama, Clemson, Ohio St) look to be heavily favored in their remaining games. UGA's only loss would be to Bama, with wins over @LSU, Florida, @Kentucky, and Auburn (far outweigh the wins of Notre Dame - Michigan, Stanford, @VT). WVU is still undefeated and Texas or Oklahoma aren't out of it yet.

UCF is undefeated and has the longest winning streak in the FBS (last loss in 2016). Cincy and USF are both ranked and undefeated, and UCF plays both to end the year. UCF may actually have a say in the playoff this year (they also murdered Pitt, but canx their game against UNC due to the hurricane).

This might be a fun offseason, and the ACC could be in the thick of it. Imagine a 16-team conference.

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It's very rare for that many teams to go unbeaten...

Oct 12, 2018, 3:54 AM

I think Clemson and 1 other will go unbeaten outside of UCF... However, as great as Bama has looked, their D isn't the kind of Bama D you expect. LSU, Miss St or AU could surprise them prior to the SECCG.

Same could be said for UGA and games with LSU, UF, UK, AU and even GT (pawl johnson sucks but it's a rivalry game). I think the AU ranking is far fetched but UGA plays 4 ranked games in a row... that's tough. I don't care who you are but luckily 2 are home and 1 neutral.

To me, Ohio State seems like the more likely option to go undefeated with us.. They have Mich ST at home and Michigan in the big house left.. Wisconsin won't be an easy out in the B1GCG but there schedule seems favorable, like ours.

The coastal looks weak and UM should be ranked hopefully in the top 10 when we play them, assuming they don't lose again. However, I wouldn't be surprised if they tripped up to VT or someone else along the way so we could play VT. Hopefully they win out and come in with only 2 losses and ranked in the top 20. Our toughest game left is at FSU and they look like garbage... but make no mistake, they will be ready and it will be a dogfight like most years... That will be their super bowl.

As far as conferences go, and it won't happen anytime soon, the ACC should pick up Cincy and ND or UCF and ND. But that's only IF the ACC can't convince WV to leave the BIG12. WV makes the most sense from a geographical standpoint and competitive standpoint. The FL schools won't like the UCF addition which is why I think the ACC should get Cincy instead and then go to a North/South type of alignment. Cincy is having a good year and that's not the only reason I say we get them... They have a decent sized stadium and just renovated it/increased capacity a few years back, it would increase the ACC recruiting footprint (we like to recruit the greater Cincy area - see Bockhorst and Carmen and a few others we missed on), they are generally pretty good overall but have had a few bad seasons of late and they are a good basketball school. Win win. Good basketball school and competitive football team. Again, this is only if WV won't leave the BIG12. And if ND can't commit to being a full member, drop them from the ACC 5 game schedule and pick up Cincy and WV both.

ACCN: BC, Syracuse, Pitt, ND, Cincy, UL, VT, UVA
ACCS: Wake, UNC, Duke, NCST, CU, GT, FSU, UM

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I don't think more than 2 teams go undefeated. How rare

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An Undefeated ND makes the playoff...

It's very rare for that many teams to go unbeaten...

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I would be very surprised if we have 2 undefeated teams

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