# College Football 2022 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** football-nfl\ **Created:** [August 27, 2022, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2022/970438 "2022-08-27T16:51:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2022, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2022/970438/221 "2022-12-01T18:50:56Z")
Speaking of playoffs…thanks to the Rose Bowl agreeing to a deal, the 12-team playoff begins in the 2024 season. [College Football Playoff Expands to 12 Teams Beginning in 2024 - College Football Playoff](https://collegefootballplayoff.com/news/2022/12/1/cfp12-2425.aspx) ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2022, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2022/970438/222 "2022-12-01T19:14:33Z")
> [@That\_Don\_Guy](#): > > the 12-team playoff begins in the 2024 season. So it will be possible for a team or two to play 16 games in a season: 12 regular season games 1 conference championship game 3 playoff games, possibly ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2022, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2022/970438/223 "2022-12-01T20:31:33Z")
18 games is possible; 13 regular season (Hawaii, and teams that have away games at Hawaii, can play 13), a conference championship, and up to four playoff games (only the top 4 seeds get a bye in the first round). ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2022, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2022/970438/224 "2022-12-01T20:33:49Z")
> [@That\_Don\_Guy](#): > > After Saturday’s games, there are 79 teams with bowl-eligible records. Two teams can join them, although one has to jump through some hoops; Buffalo, if it beats Akron next Friday, and New Mexico State, if it can get its postponed game against San Jose State played and it wins. New Mexico State got a bowl eligibility waiver from the NCAA, so there are now 80 bowl-eligible teams. Rice is pretty much guaranteed to get one of the last two; the other goes to Buffalo if it beats Akron on Friday, or UNLV if Akron wins. Note that if a team declines a bowl bid, it goes to Michigan State, then Auburn, then Miami. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2022, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2022/970438/225 "2022-12-01T20:57:37Z")
> [@That\_Don\_Guy](#): > > up to four playoff games Ah, yes, you are correct. My maths is bad. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2022, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2022/970438/226 "2022-12-03T04:32:55Z")
USC has played themselves out of the CFP. Ohio State is in. Can TCU hold serve? Or can they get in even with a loss tomorrow? ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2022, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2022/970438/227 "2022-12-03T05:14:59Z")
USC got freaking WREKT. Which sucks because I was hoping to see a PAC-12 team in the championship. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2022, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2022/970438/228 "2022-12-03T10:55:08Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > USC has played themselves out of the CFP. Ohio State is in. I mean Ohio State got WREKT by Michigan, too. But you’re probably right, based on the fact that at least OSU is only a one-loss team. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2022, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2022/970438/229 "2022-12-03T16:05:05Z")
If OSU is indeed in, would it be the first time that a conference other than ESPN’s darling SEC fields two teams in the playoff? ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2022, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2022/970438/230 "2022-12-03T16:52:43Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > USC got freaking WREKT. Which sucks because I was hoping to see a PAC-12 team in the championship. This is going to cause a tumbling of the bowl games for the Pac 12. Washington was projected to face Penn State in the Rose Bowl, that spot now goes to Utah. USC is still good enough to get one of the other New Years Six games. This is going to bump the top 10 ranked Huskies to a 2nd tier game in either San Diego or San Antonio. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2022, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2022/970438/231 "2022-12-03T19:28:21Z")
Goddamn Utah. 🤬 ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2022, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2022/970438/232 "2022-12-03T20:37:41Z")
That was one heckuva drive by TCU. Now K-State has plenty of time to get into field goal position to win the game. ---
**Author:** ![Chingon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chingon/32/17645_2.png) [@Chingon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chingon)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2022, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2022/970438/233 "2022-12-03T21:13:31Z")
Cats win! ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2022, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2022/970438/234 "2022-12-03T21:15:02Z")
And down goes TCU. Georgia and Michigan have surely learned from the Horned Frogs and Trojans not to look past the conference title games. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2022, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2022/970438/235 "2022-12-03T21:30:12Z")
Might be a reason, winning 5 out of the 8 years FWIW, Clemson and Notre Dame were in the Playoff in 2018. Notre Dame is kinda sortof in the ACC Conference. by the loosest of loose definitions. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2022, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2022/970438/236 "2022-12-03T22:44:12Z")
Truly upset my Dawgs allowed a 1st quarter touchdown as we take a 35-7 lead over LSU @ halftime. 🥲 Lol, this footage: > ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2022, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2022/970438/237 "2022-12-03T23:19:46Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > 35-7 lead over LSU @ halftime. Not that it matters, but it’s 35-10 at halftime. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2022, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2022/970438/238 "2022-12-03T23:21:44Z")
Yeah, left the keyboard assuming the score would hold. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2022, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2022/970438/239 "2022-12-04T05:18:36Z")
And Michigan wins the Big Ten to go undefeated for 13-0! 🥳 ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2022, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2022/970438/240 "2022-12-04T13:01:58Z")
So it appears that most sites are predicting the playoff as: 1. Georgia vs. 4. Ohio State 2. Michigan vs. 3. TCU Although a few outliers are switching OSU and TCU. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2022/970438.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2022/970438.md?page=13)