PTrojan59 wrote:Have a couple of questions, may have already been stated but couldn't be asked to read through all of the topic. Let's say Ohio State doesn't make the playoffs and the winner of the B1G Championship as well as Washington, Clemson & Bama get in. Who goes to the Rose Bowl? The loser of the B1G Chsmpionship game, or Ohio State, also would they play Colorado? Let's say the loser does go to the Rose Bowl, does Ohio State get an at large bid to the Cotton Bowl against either Western Michigan or Navy, or do they go to the Outback bowl against Florida or Auburn?
Don't forget the highest ranked Big Ten, SEC, or Notre Dame can get into the Orange Bowl against ACC Champion (or next highest ranked ACC member if Clemson wins tonight, which would be Florida State) and then an At-Large team can get into the Cotton Bowl against the highest ranked Group of 5 Champion. Assuming the B1G Champion would get in the 4th playoff spot over Ohio State in this situation, Ohio State, Michigan, and the B1G Championship game loser could be distributed between the Rose Bowl, Orange Bowl, and Cotton Bowl should the B1G champion beat out Ohio State for the college football playoff.
Hateraid is correct. The highest ranked B1G team would go to the Rose Bowl if the B1G champion goes to the playoff (same goes for all the other conferences), which would be Ohio State should for some reason they not make the playoff, otherwise, it's the B1G champion, and they would play either USC or Colorado (higher ranked of the two teams) assuming Washington makes the playoff. Then Michigan is the highest ranked between the B1G, SEC, and Notre Dame, and they would play Florida State, if Clemson wins. Then it would depend on how far the B1G loser drops and it would be the highest ranked team between the B1G loser, either Colorado or USC (whoever wasn't chosen for the Rose Bowl), and potentially the loser of Bedlem, Oklahoma State-Oklahoma, (winner of Bedlam, Big 12 Champion, goes to Sugar Bowl against the higher ranked team between Auburn or Florida) against the highest ranked Group of 5 Champion (looking like Western Michigan unless something crazy happens). Of course if Clemson loses, a lot of this would look different as 2 B1G teams would likely make the playoff.