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Potential Playoff Teams- a Brief Look While Games Still Ongoing

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October 15, 2022 at 10:08pm
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We actually have enough games now that the playoff field is pretty limited. There are still games ongoing today. For the sake of this list I assumed anybody on this list wins today.

No two loss team has ever made the playoffs, and there is no highly rated undefeated G5 team (there are no undefeated G5 teams). 

The playoff pool is basically down to undefeated P5 teams and those P5 teams with one loss. I sorted those teams into groups ONLY based on their overall record and their performance versus other teams on this list. Within the groups the individual teams are loosely in order of my opinion but that doesn't really matter.

There are essentially 18 teams left in contention. Although I list games remaining against other teams in this list, keep in mind there are also conference championship games.

Just wanted to put a little context around who is left. 

GROUP 1 (UNDEFEATED TEAMS THAT HAVE BEATEN SOMEONE IN THIS LIST)

1) Georgia (7-0, beat Oregon, still to play Tennessee)

2) Tennessee (6-0, beat Alabama, still to play Georgia)

3) Michigan (7-0, beat Penn State, still to play Ohio State and Illinois)

4) Clemson (7-0, beat Wake Forest, still to play Syracuse)

5) TCU (6-0, beat Oklahoma State, still to play Kansas State)

GROUP 2 (UNDEFEATED TEAMS THAT HAVE NOT BEATEN A TEAM ON THIS LIST)

1) Ohio State (Rec 6-0, still to play Michigan, Penn State)

2) Ole Miss (Rec 7-0, still to play Alabama)

3) UCLA (Rec 6-0, still to play USC, Oregon)

4) Syracuse (Rec 6-0, still to play Clemson, Wake Forest)

GROUP 3 (ONE LOSS TEAMS THAT LOST TO SOMEBODY ON THIS LIST)

1) Alabama (Rec 6-1, lost to Tennessee, still to play Ole Miss)

2) Oklahoma State (Rec 5-1, lost to TCU, still to play Kansas State)

3) Oregon (Rec 5-1, lost to Georgia, still to play UCLA)

4) Penn State (Rec 5-1, lost to Michigan, still to play Ohio State)

5) Wake Forest (Rec 5-1, lost to Syracuse, still to play Clemson, North Carolina)

GROUP 4 (ONE LOSS TEAMS THAT LOST TO SOMEBODY NOT ON THIS LIST)

1) USC (Rec 6-1, lost to Utah (5-2), still to play UCLA)

2) Illinois (Rec 6-1, lost to Indiana (3-4), still to play Michigan)

3) Kansas State (Rec 5-1, lost to Tulane (6-1), still to play TCU)

4) North Carolina (Rec 5-1, lost to Notre Dame (3-2), still to play Wake Forest)

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