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Which college team would have been ranked #1 under the old Bowl system? (Original Post) Auggie Jan 2025 OP
unbeaten Oregon rurallib Jan 2025 #1
Provided they won their Bowl game ... Auggie Jan 2025 #2
Since we had a playoff I figured you meant who would be #1 without a post season rurallib Jan 2025 #4
I should have clarified: the old, old Bowl system Auggie Jan 2025 #7
+1 d_r Jan 2025 #8
Didn't OSU beat them? Nt spooky3 Jan 2025 #3
Yes and they beat OSU in a playoff game rurallib Jan 2025 #5
Ohio State beat Oregon in the playoffs MichMan Jan 2025 #9
right I stated that wrong rurallib Jan 2025 #10
Well, AP rankings for week 16 (before playoffs) were OR#1, GA#2, Notre Dame #3, Texas #4 hlthe2b Jan 2025 #6

rurallib

(63,653 posts)
4. Since we had a playoff I figured you meant who would be #1 without a post season
Tue Jan 21, 2025, 12:59 PM
Jan 2025

If you mean who would be #1 after some bowl games or playoff games, well, we had a playoff and it is OSU.

As it is there was playoff and OSU won it.

Auggie

(32,240 posts)
7. I should have clarified: the old, old Bowl system
Tue Jan 21, 2025, 01:34 PM
Jan 2025

Before playoffs. If Oregon were still in the Pac 10 they could have played the Big 10 champion which could have been Indiana. And I could see Oregon winning by a large margin.

Moot conversation because the old Bowl system is history, though it's fun to speculate. And it underscores how absurd the old system truly was.

rurallib

(63,653 posts)
5. Yes and they beat OSU in a playoff game
Tue Jan 21, 2025, 01:02 PM
Jan 2025

and I interpreted the question on the old way to mean with no post season. Postseason pairings would affect rankings.

hlthe2b

(109,305 posts)
6. Well, AP rankings for week 16 (before playoffs) were OR#1, GA#2, Notre Dame #3, Texas #4
Tue Jan 21, 2025, 01:05 PM
Jan 2025

So, if, as last year it was a 4-team playoff, Ohio State would not even be in the playoffs but it would have likely been among these top four.

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