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The SEC and five other teams are getting snubbed
Posted on: November 13, 2024 at 00:44:25 CT
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4. Missouri Tigers (7-2, No. 23)
Has Missouri played with fire this year? You betcha. Just last week, the Tigers were on the verge of falling to Oklahoma before the Sooners' woeful QB situation reared its ugly head again and the game ended in a 30-23 Tigers win.
But here's the thing about playing with fire: So long as you don't turn your living room into an inferno, it's actually pretty impressive.
Missouri is 7-2 with wins against SP+ Nos. 26 and 28, and its only losses are to the committee's No. 10 and No. 15 teams. SP+ has Missouri at No. 17, though we can chalk that up to Connelly's hometown bias. But No. 23? After a top-10 season in 2023, don't the Tigers deserve a little benefit of the doubt? They currently trail three three-loss teams (Louisville, South Carolina and LSU) and are behind Boise State, Colorado, Washington State and Clemson, who, combined, have exactly one win over SP+ top-40 teams.
There's a good chance that, should Brady Cook not return to the lineup, Missouri will get waxed at South Carolina on Saturday, and then the argument is moot. But the committee isn't supposed to look ahead and take guesses at what it believes might happen (Florida State's snub last year notwithstanding). It's supposed to judge based on what's on the books so far, and putting Missouri this far down the rankings seems more than a tad harsh. https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/42350167/college-football-playoff-anger-index-week-12-2024
Has Missouri played with fire this year? You betcha. Just last week, the Tigers were on the verge of falling to Oklahoma before the Sooners' woeful QB situation reared its ugly head again and the game ended in a 30-23 Tigers win.
But here's the thing about playing with fire: So long as you don't turn your living room into an inferno, it's actually pretty impressive.
Missouri is 7-2 with wins against SP+ Nos. 26 and 28, and its only losses are to the committee's No. 10 and No. 15 teams. SP+ has Missouri at No. 17, though we can chalk that up to Connelly's hometown bias. But No. 23? After a top-10 season in 2023, don't the Tigers deserve a little benefit of the doubt? They currently trail three three-loss teams (Louisville, South Carolina and LSU) and are behind Boise State, Colorado, Washington State and Clemson, who, combined, have exactly one win over SP+ top-40 teams.
There's a good chance that, should Brady Cook not return to the lineup, Missouri will get waxed at South Carolina on Saturday, and then the argument is moot. But the committee isn't supposed to look ahead and take guesses at what it believes might happen (Florida State's snub last year notwithstanding). It's supposed to judge based on what's on the books so far, and putting Missouri this far down the rankings seems more than a tad harsh. https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/42350167/college-football-playoff-anger-index-week-12-2024
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The SEC and five other teams are getting snubbed - Doc Epps MU - 11/13 00:44:25
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