The Great Realignment (NCAA 14)

[joshuahuskers]

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I'd go:

1. Oklahoma
2. Alabama
3. Oregon
4. Notre Dame

I'm not a fan of G5 teams in the CFP when there are one-loss P5 champs. Especially when you're running a promotion-relegation system like you are. You want in the CFP? Work your way up to the top tier. Just my 0.02, and of course it's your dynasty

[Tyro11]

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I'd go:

1. Oklahoma
2. Alabama
3. Oregon
4. Notre Dame

I'm not a fan of G5 teams in the CFP when there are one-loss P5 champs. Especially when you're running a promotion-relegation system like you are. You want in the CFP? Work your way up to the top tier. Just my 0.02, and of course it's your dynasty

I mean you make a great point. Part of me really wants to put Notre Dame in there but the G5 school literally has more ranked wins lol. It's a tough tough call. Though I'm not trying to base it off this, Purdue is a 95 OVR so they aren't some Cinderella-scrub haha

[Deuce2223]

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As a Boise State fan I can tell you it sucks going undefeated and not get a chance in the playoffs or in our case a BCS National Title because we play in a non Power 5 conference even though we beat all the Power 5 teams we are given a chance to play.

I fell like the rankings have it right. Purdue deserves to be in over Notre Dame especially cause as you said the Big Ten was a down year and the teams in the conference were not good. So Notre Dame and Michigan's record is inflated as well.

I think you and I are using the same rosters possibly cause I have Plummer as the starting QB for Purdue as well. In my dynasty Purdue actually won the Big Ten Title last year and beating the likes of Notre Dame, Michigan, Ohio State and Penn State.

[TrophyKing80]

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UUgggggghhhh that hurts! Especially how the game just...screwed you. In events like that, I usually end up needing to buy a new controller, as it either gets launched against a wall or I snap it in half (ok, only happened once, but it was due to a similar issue).

Hope your Lobos can recover following that stolen game.

[moose141]

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Huge bounceback in the title game for you, great way to close things out. Obviously you could edit yourself a better bowl opponent too if you really wanted to, haha. I think the Top 4 is the top 4, but I could see moving Purdue down to #4 just by nature of their conference. The Notre Dame argument is fair, considering they are in a tougher conference with a title, but Purdue just seems like they have been too dominant all season to leave out. I could see overriding a G5 unbeaten if their peripherals were average, but having the #1 offense and #1 defense? No way you can leave out a dominant team like that. Plus, you can use it for a measuring stick. If they get smoked, then you can basically say G5 teams are pretty much toast for the playoff committee in the future.

[TrophyKing80]

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I honestly thought it would be much harder selecting the CFP but once I put it up on paper, the Top 4 seem clear to me:

1. Oklahoma
2. Oregon
3. Alabama
4. Purdue

In my head, I slip Purdue to 4 since they are not a P5 and did not play the schedule ORE or BAMA did.

The only real other candidate in my mind is Notre Dame with one loss and a recent win over #1 Michigan. However, that loss came against USC- who Oregon beat twice. Even Purdue has more Top 25 wins and beats them in mostly every other category.

But, I've messed this up before so if anyone else has a good argument let me know haha

I think that's a reasonable playoff group, especially with how their seasons panned out. You could have even left Purdue at 3, and it'd still make sense to me. It'll be interesting to see how the games turn out.

[Tyro11]

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As a Boise State fan I can tell you it sucks going undefeated and not get a chance in the playoffs or in our case a BCS National Title because we play in a non Power 5 conference even though we beat all the Power 5 teams we are given a chance to play.

I fell like the rankings have it right. Purdue deserves to be in over Notre Dame especially cause as you said the Big Ten was a down year and the teams in the conference were not good. So Notre Dame and Michigan's record is inflated as well.

I think you and I are using the same rosters possibly cause I have Plummer as the starting QB for Purdue as well. In my dynasty Purdue actually won the Big Ten Title last year and beating the likes of Notre Dame, Michigan, Ohio State and Penn State.

Plummer has been a beast this year. Incredible TD/INT ratio. Good points.

Huge bounceback in the title game for you, great way to close things out. Obviously you could edit yourself a better bowl opponent too if you really wanted to, haha. I think the Top 4 is the top 4, but I could see moving Purdue down to #4 just by nature of their conference. The Notre Dame argument is fair, considering they are in a tougher conference with a title, but Purdue just seems like they have been too dominant all season to leave out. I could see overriding a G5 unbeaten if their peripherals were average, but having the #1 offense and #1 defense? No way you can leave out a dominant team like that. Plus, you can use it for a measuring stick. If they get smoked, then you can basically say G5 teams are pretty much toast for the playoff committee in the future.

Yeah, I would do that but I think it just gives that 'chip on the shoulder' for Lobos. Never got our true shot.

And yeah, I agree. They are similar to when Boston College made it as G5 year one. #1 offense and #1 defense plus their overalls back it up. Boston College's lost to Louisville by a score (who went onto be champs).

I think that's a reasonable playoff group, especially with how their seasons panned out. You could have even left Purdue at 3, and it'd still make sense to me. It'll be interesting to see how the games turn out.

Looking like a majority in favor of Purdue in, Notre Dame out. Terrible circumstances considering some years a three-loss team qualifies.


Thanks for everyone's input!

[Tyro11]

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Decided to leave Purdue at #2. It really does not make much of a difference (and made the tourney easier to do) because all three of Oklahoma, Alabama, and Oregon are 99 overall's with similar resumes. Two ranked wins is good in my book. Interested to see how this plays out. Would really like to see Spencer Rattler and Oklahoma redeem their close loss in the title game to Cinderella Oregon State a year ago.

[Tyro11]

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A great year all around. Mid Tenn State was a formidable foe and caught us unmotivated early. But our defense turned up the heat fast which included back-to-back pick sixes. Our defense ended up with 5 interceptions (two for scores) and one fumble six. Nealy/Adams were dominant. All around nice way to end the season despite sadly not getting to test our mettle against a better team.

Looking at our stat leaders, the majority of our team will have our opportunity next season as an Independent:

Cedric Nealy made improvements on all fronts. Did not include he had a 71% completion percentage and 206.7 QB rating. Absolute stud. Jordan Adams honestly did not drop off much from Vigilant a year ago. I'm not surprised as he had similar (maybe better) attributes as just a freshman. We do lose Cedric Patterson who was our main threat over the top. Though our corps next year gets Jimmy Wilson, Jon Flynn (one of the best spectacular catch ratings I have seen), and TE Anthony McIntosh- none are necessarily over the top fast. Will be a problem.

Defense made a big jump this year. Led by All-American LB Reggie Young, we had a handful of guys play great. Michael Patton led the country in sacks with 15. Every team stat improved. A big one was a -14 improvement on turnovers. Replacing McCallister will be key but it looks like rising sophomore Eric Hearn is primed to be a star already.

13 First All-SBCs with only two being seniors is a good sign. All five (six with the tie) award winners are sophomore/freshmen. We dominated the youth-phase of this dynasty rebuild. 11-2 and 13-1 seem like incredibly dominating records but looking back- we only have 2-3 impressive wins. Life as an Independent means a big jump from 1-2 P5 games to 7-8 P5 games. Excited to see how we do.

[Tyro11]

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Well, it seems as if Purdue made history. As a G5, they toppled both Oregon and Oklahoma. Looked at the title game score summary and they actually won on a walk-off field goal. An incredibly impressive year all together. Good to see ND and Michigan end on high notes after severely disappointing endings. Same with Clemson.

The final rankings seem a bit broken. South Carolina doesn't jump much despite beating Maryland (who didn't drop). But a Great Realignment high of 8 non-P5 teams finishing in the Top 25. Sadly, it looks like Kansas State will get relegated to the Sun Belt despite going 9-4 and finishing ranked. And very oddly, Tulane seems in place to replace Auburn in the SEC. The Independent position seems like a good way for programs to reassert themselves though.

Purdue also put up the best team stats so far in this dynasty. The SEC's 11.7 is the best average rank so far as well (I think).



Once again, Oklahoma owned the All-American list (and again ended up losing the title). Very deserving to see Reggie Young get both a 1st Team All-American bid and the Best LB award.

Really interesting to see three different QBs get accolades (PUR Plummer, Plumlee MISS, and Phommachanh CLEM). Also, Garwo keeps up the tradition of BC RBs losing Heisman's at the last second. Charbonnet deserved it though as he set the game's career rushing record with 6507 yards.

Stat-wise, three bonkers passing seasons out Plummer, Robinson, and Rattler. Several other non-listed statlines. By far the best QB season so far. Cool to see a FCS-bump (Coastal Carolina) get a stat leader. Also, nice to see Patton lead the country in sacks.

[moose141]

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Any chance Purdue as the national champion just gets to bypass the normal protocol and gets fasttracked back into a P5 conference?

[Tyro11]

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Follower-Created Prospect Update

2021
Penn St. SS Terry Godby started a true freshman and recorded 62 tackles and 2 interceptions while being named a Freshman All-American

Pitt WR Devonte Willis notched 28 receptions for 305 yards and 4 TDs as a true freshman

Alabama MLB Steve Fulton was redshirted but is slotted to start next season as freshman for the Tide

2022

4-Star WR Deuce Scott signed to Washington and looks to be redshirted
4-Star RB Joshua Grimes signed to Notre Dame and also looks to be redshirted




Drop some more players for 2023!

Name:
Position: (can be any)
HT/WT:
Appearance: (doesn’t have to be detailed)
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For your overall, I’m going to do a random number generator between 90 and 70 overall with the odds of getting higher/lower than 80 drastically dropping every point. Meaning the odds of getting a 90 overall (as a freshman) will be like 1/1000, 85 like 1/100, 80 like 1/10.

[Tyro11]

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Any chance Purdue as the national champion just gets to bypass the normal protocol and gets fasttracked back into a P5 conference?

I want to but at the same time I don't think I will just to stick to the system. Part of it was forced controversy such as New Mexico forcing Kansas State down despite them going 9-4. The same as Purdue winning it all but still having to put another big year together to cement themselves as a P5.

[Tyro11]

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This will definitely be the largest class inducted. Want to keep it a max of 2 per year (maybe 3). But all four here had such knockout careers that they had to be included.

[Tyro11]

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A very eventful series of promotions/relegations this year. Reigning national champs Purdue move to Independent but lost the majority of their team. Maryland pushes NC State down into a G5. New Mexico also forces 9-4 Kansas State into a G5 where they could potentially dominate. Fresno replaces 2-10 BYU and Tulane, despite all odds, moves into the daunting SEC West. Auburn, as independent, might really be able to bounce back with a non-SEC schedule.

No big recruiting surprises except San Diego getting the #21 class. A lot of big coaching changes including Purdue's OC and DC taking over Washington and Florida State. My OC and DC from New Mexico took over Arizona and Auburn. Louisville already hires a new coach after going 2-10. Also, I kept saying Luke Fickle was ND's new coach last year but it was actually Oregon State's former coach.

Thought UNM had a good recruiting class. Got a strong stable of linemen. Tyler White is very much the QB of the future. 15 starters back and the Lobo's are looking strong going into 2023.