Championship Weekend Update: CFP and NY6 Picture

 As promised in my Sunday post, a better look-ahead for this season's CFP/NY6 picture, based on the penultimate rankings.

New Year's Six Projections

In the past, I would take the weekly CFP rankings and project the New Year's Six bowls.  I think that fell to the side last year because the COVID schedule was so crazy, and then I just forgot about it this year.

I tried to project out the bowls based on last week's rankings, but there were so many teams bunched up in the top that had yet to play each other.  Now, with only conference championship games remaining, it's much easier, although I will hedge my bets with two scenarios.

2021 Season: Championship Weekend and CFP/NY6 Look-Ahead

After watching yesterday's rivalry games, my biggest takeaway was one word: WOW!  Not only did some games FINALLY go the other way, but our setup for Championship Weekend is nothing short of spectacular!

History of the ACC Wheel of Destiny, 2021 edition

Every year, it seems like the ACC divisional races get rather complicated and we spend a bunch of time parsing through the tiebreaker scenarios.  But how often has the conference actually needed to use tiebreakers, and how far have they gone?

This post is an updated version of a post created a couple of years ago.

2021 Week 13 wrap-up

Finally, all of the conference championship games have been set.  And uva still sucks.

ACC Championship:  Wake Forest Demon Deacons (7-1) vs. Pitt Panthers (7-1)
Saturday, 8 PM, ABC.

SEC Championship:  Georgia Bulldogs (8-0) vs. Alabama Crimson Tide (7-1)
Saturday, 4 PM, CBS.

Big Ten Championship:  Michigan Wolverines (8-1) vs. Iowa Hawkeyes (7-2)
Saturday, 8 PM, FOX.

Pac-12 Championship:  Oregon Ducks (7-2) vs. Utah Utes (8-1)
Friday, 8 PM, ABC.

Big 12 Championship: Oklahoma State Cowboys (8-1) vs. Baylor Bears (7-2)
Saturday, 12 PM, ABC.

All of the divisional champs clinched their berths by having the best record in their respective divisions.

The only tiebreaker needed was for the second spot in the Big 12, where Baylor and Oklahoma had the same record but Baylor had the head-to-head.

2021 Black Friday update

We still have a full slate of Saturday games, but thanks to the extended holiday weekend, we had a decent set of Friday games that helped shape the conference races.  While no one was able to clinch a championship game berth, every division with multiple contenders managed to narrow that number down to two.

2021 Week 13 - What to watch?

Here is a list of all of the Power 5 games where there is something on the line (other than just rivalry trophies) -- be it conference championship berths or bowl eligibility.  Saturday matchups have been updated due to Friday results.

2021 Week 12 wrap-up

We're down to just one more week of the regular season, and all of the P5 conferences except the Big Ten have at least one spot of their championship game clinched.   We have 5 spots out of 10 clinched, and still have some room next week for some chaos.

The big news in our blogosphere is that VT parted ways with Justin Fuente.  It's somewhat bittersweet as I really wanted him to succeed, but it just wasn't happening.  But this does mean that Brad Cornelsen won't be in Blacksburg much longer.

Anti-Chaos Theory: Divisions Edition

One of the greatest parts of college football is cheering for chaos.  Whether that's to keep more teams alive from a national title race, a conference race, or simply bowl eligibility, the more chaotic, the more fun!  On the flip side, an anti-climactic story can be a major bummer. Which led me to wonder: how possible is it that the book gets written for 2021's FBS Divisions BEFORE the last week of the regular season?

2021 Week 11 wrap-up

We are hitting the home stretch, and a lot of races are coming down to the last two weeks.

ACC Wheel of Destiny - Coastal Chaos

We're down to the last two and a half weeks of the season, there are at most 7 games that can determine who goes to Charlotte to represent the ACC Coastal.

Let's breakdown everyone's chances.

2021 Season Reactions: Early November Thoughts

 With the first set of CFP Rankings out, and a set of games using those rankings played, I figured I'd dig into my first "thought" post since the end of September.

2021 Week 10 update

Seriously, VT, just fire Brad Cornelsen already.