# 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:** 8
**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:** [November 7, 2022, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2022/970438/141 "2022-11-07T23:13:09Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > SEC teams are not afraid to play conference games in the early weeks of the season. All P5 conferences now play some conference games early in the season. > [@notfrommensa](#): > > I think it good scheduling and it obviously puts one or more teams in position to win the NCAA Championships. How, exactly, does Bama playing Austin Peay put them in position to win a championship? > [@notfrommensa](#): > > Playing a “homecoming” - type opponent late in the season gives them a chance to heal, rest some of their stars. Perhaps. Then why don’t ALL SEC teams have this scheduling? > [@notfrommensa](#): > > I think a better question to ask is why other power 5 conference teams don’t do the same scheduling. Because late-season conference games are among the most exciting contests in sports. ---
**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:** [November 7, 2022, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2022/970438/142 "2022-11-07T23:18:09Z")
Having creampuffs so late in the year is an obvious strategy to maximize chances of preferable treatment by the bowls. If you’re going to lose, lose early in the year so you can recover some with a 70 point drubbing of a school that comes to your stadium to cash a check. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2022, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2022/970438/143 "2022-11-07T23:37:19Z")
Michigan looks to have a real chance at the end this year. How are the “playoffs” or whatever it is called determined? Who picks what teams actually get to play in it since the rankings are all unofficial? ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2022, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2022/970438/144 "2022-11-08T00:34:09Z")
9 of the 12 SEC teams have a non-conf game in November. Four of them against intra-state rivals. UGA, UF, USCe, and UK. > How, exactly, does Bama playing Austin Peay put them in position to win a championship? I explained that with my subsequent comment. Gives them a breather, a chance for players to take a rest. Test out new formations etc against a real-time opponent. > [@Railer13](#): > > Because late-season conference games are among the most exciting contests in sports. imo, The SEC features a must see game almost every week of the season. They are all spread out rather than concentrated during the month of November. and its not like the SEC doesn’t have any potential good November matchups. Like the two last weekend and we got Bama at ole Miss this week, and later this month, the Iron and Egg Bowls, UGA vs Ky and TAMU vs LSU. Why doesn’t all the SEC teams do it? I don’t know. How would I know that? I am not privy to that info. But I do know that the SEC has won 5 of the last 7 Nat’l Championships, and runnerup in 4 of the last 7. If I were an Athletic Director in Columbus, or Ann Arbor, Lincoln or Eugene, I would be copying this playbook. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2022, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2022/970438/145 "2022-11-08T16:00:54Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > Yeah, I don’t understand why the SEC feels it’s necessary to play a non-league game in the last month of the season. It’s not like they don’t have enough teams in the league, fer crissake. > > Missouri plays New Mexico State. > Kentucky plays Louisville. OK, maybe a rivalry game, but play it in September. > LSU plays UAB. > And on and on. > > Not every SEC school plays a late non-con, but why should any school be playing a game like this? Plus, New Mexico State is an independent and can’t play all 12 of its games in September. This way, teams like NMSU can play a full season, and teams like Missouri get a nice breather in November (assuming they actually show up to play). ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2022, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2022/970438/146 "2022-11-08T18:18:48Z")
> [@Ponch8](#): > > Plus, New Mexico State is an independent and can’t play all 12 of its games in September. This way, teams like NMSU can play a full season, and teams like Missouri get a nice breather in November Very good point! ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2022, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2022/970438/147 "2022-11-08T18:22:17Z")
> [@Ponch8](#): > > Plus, New Mexico State is an independent and can’t play all 12 of its games in September. Much the same with Notre Dame, which is now in the ACC, but maintains a quasi-independent status for football (they do now play several games each year specifically against ACC schools). ---
**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:** [November 8, 2022, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2022/970438/148 "2022-11-08T18:28:49Z")
Georgia-Georgia Tech has been the last game of the season for both teams for over a century. Complain all you want about non-conference games in November, this tradition will never change. [https://georgiadogs.com/sports/football/opponent-history/georgia-tech/58](https://georgiadogs.com/sports/football/opponent-history/georgia-tech/58) ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2022, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2022/970438/149 "2022-11-08T20:27:04Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Georgia-Georgia Tech has been the last game of the season for both teams for over a century. Complain all you want about non-conference games in November, this tradition will never change. > > [University of Georgia Athletics](https://georgiadogs.com/sports/football/opponent-history/georgia-tech/58) Florida vs FSU and USCe vs Clemson are similar ---
**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:** [November 9, 2022, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2022/970438/150 "2022-11-09T07:57:20Z")
And Washington-Washington State (the Apple Cup) will probably always happen no matter what goes on with the Pac-12 after this year. ---
**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:** [November 12, 2022, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2022/970438/151 "2022-11-12T04:20:25Z")
Goddamn Pac-12… ---
**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:** [November 13, 2022, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2022/970438/152 "2022-11-13T03:51:50Z")
Speaking of the Pac-12, there are a whole lotta homeless livestock in Oregon tonight. That game was a fucking Barn-Burner! First half Chess Match, second half Track Meet. Two teams that hate each other and so much at stake and on the line. Wow! Dawgs pull it off! ---
**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:** [November 13, 2022, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2022/970438/153 "2022-11-13T03:57:52Z")
Yep, Oregon is no longer in playoff contention. One helluva game. ---
**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:** [November 13, 2022, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2022/970438/154 "2022-11-13T04:07:13Z")
With their seventh losses of the season, Indiana and Old Dominion are no longer in bowl contention-- but if Kent State wins out, they’ll reach six wins. (“So you’re saying there’s a chance?”) ---
**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:** [November 13, 2022, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2022/970438/155 "2022-11-13T18:21:27Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > Kent State wins out, they’ll reach six wins. (“So you’re saying there’s a chance?”) I’m not even going to make the obvious joke. ---
**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:** [November 13, 2022, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2022/970438/156 "2022-11-13T20:06:19Z")
Yeah, I know, I root for some godawful teams. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2022, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2022/970438/157 "2022-11-14T18:21:43Z")
There was a shooting at the University of Virginia campus late last night, as a group of students returned from a field trip to Washington DC. Three members of the UVA football team were killed in the shooting: wide receiver Lavel Davis Jr., wide receiver Devin Chandler, and defensive end/linebacker D’Sean Perry. Two other student were injured in the attack, and were hospitalized. The suspect, apparently a one-time member of the UVA football team, was taken into custody this morning. > **[Three UVA players killed; ex-player in custody](https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/35025779/police-seek-ex-virginia-football-player-campus-shooting)** > > Police have an ex-Virginia football player in custody after a shooting Sunday night that left three football players dead and two students wounded. ---
**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:** [November 15, 2022, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2022/970438/158 "2022-11-15T19:47:11Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > With their seventh losses of the season, Indiana and Old Dominion are no longer in bowl contention-- but if Kent State wins out, they’ll reach six wins. (“So you’re saying there’s a chance?”) Technically, Indiana has a shot if it finishes 5-7; its APR is high enough that it might sneak in if there aren’t that many 6-win teams (I count 63, plus there are three pairs of 5-win teams that play each other in the next two weeks, but that still leaves 14 bowl openings). Old Dominion’s APR is too low to be in serious consideration. ---
**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:** [November 16, 2022, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2022/970438/159 "2022-11-16T02:10:55Z")
Shit! Notre Dame qualifies for a bowl if they win 3 games at home! 😆 ---
**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:** [November 16, 2022, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2022/970438/160 "2022-11-16T02:17:56Z")
There are 17 bowl berths remaining, and three of them will go to the winners of games between two 5-win teams (Florida Atlantic - Middle Tennessee State; Georgia Southern - Marshall; Oklahoma - Texas Tech). Here is the current (going into Tuesday night 11/15) list of teams that can finish with 5 “counted” wins (somewhat long story about that) and would have to hope that there aren’t at least 80 6-win teams, in order of bowl eligibility (based on their football APRs): 1. \*Rice 2. \*Wisconsin 3. #Temple 4. Iowa State 5. #Boston College 6. UNLV 7. #Virginia 8. \*Michigan State 9. Auburn 10. Missouri 11. \*Miami 12. #Army 13. Georgia Tech 14. \*Middle Tennessee State 15. Miami Ohio 16. Rutgers 17. #Indiana 18. #Arkansas State 19. Georgia State 20. West Virginia 21. \*Ball State 22. Vanderbilt 23. #Nebraska 24. \*Memphis 25. #Navy 26. \*Utah State 27. Appalachian State 28. \*Buffalo 29. \*Oklahoma 30. Florida International 31. Arizona 32. \*Bowling Green 33. \*Marshall 34. Kent State 35. #Texas A&M 36. #Louisiana Tech 37. Central Michigan 38. \*Arkansas 39. #Northern Illinois 40. #Texas State 41. #Old Dominion 42. \*Texas Tech 43. \*Louisiana 44. \*BYU 45. \*Georgia Southern 46. \*Florida Atlantic 47. Louisiana-Monroe 48. \*Alabama-Birmingham 49. New Mexico State 50. #Tulsa 51. #Western Michigan 52. UTEP 53. \*Southern Mississippi “\*” indicates the team has 5 wins, and is automatically bowl eligible with another win “#” indicates the team has to win out to reach 5 wins, and cannot get to 6; Tulsa and Western Michigan would have to hope that at least four teams above them that finish with 5 wins decline bowl invitations, which I sort of doubt will happen Note that three teams - Appalachian State, Army, and Marshall - beat two FCS teams; only one of those wins can count towards bowl eligibility. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2022/970438.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2022/970438.md?page=9)