# SD Committee: Pick your 4 NCAA PLayoff teams

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sd-committee-pick-your-4-ncaa-playoff-teams/706577>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [December 7, 2014, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sd-committee-pick-your-4-ncaa-playoff-teams/706577 "2014-12-07T16:08:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2014, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sd-committee-pick-your-4-ncaa-playoff-teams/706577/1 "2014-12-07T16:08:26Z")

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Oregon & Alabama: Without Question!  
FSU: If you’re undefeated/untied in a Big5 conference you deserve to be in a playoff and prove it on the field.  
Ohio State: This is the toughest one but ulitmately they’re the once that demonstrated the best this last week of why they should be #4

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**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 7, 2014, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sd-committee-pick-your-4-ncaa-playoff-teams/706577/2 "2014-12-07T16:56:36Z")

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> [@Saint\_Cad](#):
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> Oregon & Alabama: Without Question!  
> FSU: If you’re undefeated/untied in a Big5 conference you deserve to be in a playoff and prove it on the field.  
> Ohio State: This is the toughest one but ulitmately they’re the once that demonstrated the best this last week of why they should be #4

I concur. And frankly I’m okay with geographically aligning the playoff (Alabama/FSU, Oregon/OSU). For everybody except OSU, it’s best for the fans and the teams from a travel-cost perspective.

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**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2014, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sd-committee-pick-your-4-ncaa-playoff-teams/706577/3 "2014-12-07T17:15:21Z")

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I’ll third that. I’ll also toss in Baylor at 5, ahead of TCU. I think wins should be more important than losses, especially early season losses.

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> And frankly I’m okay with geographically aligning the playoff (Alabama/FSU, Oregon/OSU). For everybody except OSU, it’s best for the fans and the teams from a travel-cost perspective.

And Pac 12 against Big Ten in the Rose Bowl, as God intended.