Washington jumps Florida State, probably largely due to the injury to FSU's quarterback.

What will the Committee do, especially if it gets to Florida State vs Michigan-Ohio State loser?

Mike

> What will the Committee do, especially if it gets to Florida State vs Michigan-Ohio State loser?

Probably decide if it thinks Travis will be healthy enough for the semi-final, and if not, whether or not his backup keeps FSU as a top-four team.

On Sunday, November 19, 2023 at 2:48:25 PM UTC-5, Michael Falkner wrote:
> Washington jumps Florida State, probably largely due to the injury to FSU's quarterback.
>
> What will the Committee do, especially if it gets to Florida State vs Michigan-Ohio State loser?

Florida State's still got two games left, one of them against a top 10 CFP team. I don't think the injury, outside of how it affects winning/losing in these games is going to change their playoff stance. Beat both Florida and Louisville, and Florida State gets in. Lose to either Florida or Louisville, and Florida State is out.

On Sunday, November 19, 2023 at 2:48:25 PM UTC-5, Michael Falkner wrote:
> Washington jumps Florida State, probably largely due to the injury to FSU's quarterback.
>
> What will the Committee do, especially if it gets to Florida State vs Michigan-Ohio State loser?

Well, CFP jumped Washington over Florida State, but if you see how far they dropped Oregon State just because of their loss to Washington, I don't think any Power 5 1-loss team is going to remain above an undefeated Power 5 team. If UW, FSU, and Georgia, remain undefeated, best the loser of the UM/tOSU game is going to finish is #5. That will be one of the least controversial sets of 4. Now, if Oregon beats Washington in the Pac-12 title game and Alabama beats Georgia in the SEC title game, it's going to get interesting.

On Tuesday, November 21, 2023 at 4:28:45 PM UTC-8, JGibson wrote:

> Well, CFP jumped Washington over Florida State, but if you see how far they dropped Oregon State just because of their loss to Washington, I don't think any Power 5 1-loss team is going to remain above an undefeated Power 5 team. If UW, FSU, and Georgia, remain undefeated, best the loser of the UM/tOSU game is going to finish is #5. That will be one of the least controversial sets of 4. Now, if Oregon beats Washington in the Pac-12 title game and Alabama beats Georgia in the SEC title game, it's going to get interesting.

If you're going to drop them on the injury past Washington, then I think Oregon can go, so can Alabama and Texas... That's the problem with doing such a drop.

Mike

On Tuesday, November 21, 2023 at 7:44:04 PM UTC-5, Michael Falkner wrote:
> On Tuesday, November 21, 2023 at 4:28:45 PM UTC-8, JGibson wrote:
>
> > Well, CFP jumped Washington over Florida State, but if you see how far they dropped Oregon State just because of their loss to Washington, I don't think any Power 5 1-loss team is going to remain above an undefeated Power 5 team. If UW, FSU, and Georgia, remain undefeated, best the loser of the UM/tOSU game is going to finish is #5. That will be one of the least controversial sets of 4. Now, if Oregon beats Washington in the Pac-12 title game and Alabama beats Georgia in the SEC title game, it's going to get interesting.
> If you're going to drop them on the injury past Washington, then I think Oregon can go, so can Alabama and Texas... That's the problem with doing such a drop.

According the committee chair, dropping them past Washington had nothing to do with the injury and all to do with Washington winning the game in Corvallis, where UW was the Vegas underdog. And considering Florida State still has to play #10 Louisville in the ACC championship, I don't think an undefeated Florida State will be left out.