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Oct 6, 2024
8:23:34am
cwilke1 Truly Addicted User
Heather Dinich on ESPN+ in her projected playoff field has BYU in at #11 as the

Big 12 champ, but I think that would put them to #4 because she has Boise st. as the G5 representative at the 12 spot.

Her comments about BYU aren't praising us or the Big 12 that much, but hey at least we are in the 12 team field. She doesn't have Iowa St. in the 12 team field for now but she does have 5 one-loss teams in the field.

Her comments about BYU (ranking them at #11) are almost incoherent at the end:

Why they could be here: BYU's win at SMU looks even better after the Mustangs beat Louisville on their home turf Saturday, and the head-to-head win against K-State is significant, especially after K-State's win against Oklahoma State was devalued Saturday when the Cowboys suffered their third straight loss.

Why they could be lower: BYU almost lost to four-loss Baylor before its bye week, and wins against a 1-4 Wyoming team and an FCS opponent could hold them back even more.

Need to know: If BYU wins the Big 12 in its second season in the league, it will earn a spot in the playoff as one of the five highest-ranked conference champions. But if BYU as Big 12 champ is ranked outside of the committee's top 12 — and so is the fifth highest-ranked conference champion — then those two teams would displace the committee's No. 11 and No. 12-ranked teams on Selection Day.

Her comments are not clear about who the "two teams" are.  Maybe she is referring to the 4th and 5th rated conference champs, so if she is saying that Big 12 could be the 5th conference champ then presumably she is saying that the other of the "two teams" is a G5 conference champ like Boise St.  She does mention the chance that the Big 12 champ would fall behind the G5 champ in the committee rankings, which I guess is saying she doesn't think much of the Big 12 this year.

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