Is an alliance between the Big Ten, ACC and Pac-12 the right move? Q&A

08/18/21 • 42 min

On this press conference episode of The College Football Playoff Show, Doug Lesmerises and Shehan Jeyarajah are once again taking questions from text subscribers. If you'd like to subscribe, get several texts a week about college football in your phone, participate in surveys and get to ask questions on the pod, sign up now for a free trial by texting 817-442-6789. It's only $1 a month after the trial.

On this pod, the questions are about:

The potential alliance between the ACC, Big Ten and Pac-12 to combat the expanding SEC
The best Cinderella candidate to make the playoff
The effect the AP poll has on the playoff committee
Whether Cincinnati is the best G5 candidate of the playoff era
Is Georgia showing signs this won't be its year?
Does the committee favor Notre Dame?
Is Alabama, the overwhelming preseason No. 1, overrated?

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On this pod, the questions are about:

The potential alliance between the ACC, Big Ten and Pac-12 to combat the expanding SEC
The best Cinderella candidate to make the playoff
The effect the AP poll has on the playoff committee
Whether Cincinnati is the best G5 candidate of the playoff era
Is Georgia showing signs this won't be its year?
Does the committee favor Notre Dame?
Is Alabama, the overwhelming preseason No. 1, overrated?

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Is Lincoln Riley or Ryan Day a better coach? And is Notre Dame really a playoff contender?

On this week's main episode of The College Football Playoff Show, Doug Lesmerises and Shehan Jeyarajah rank the best head coaches among playoff contenders. There isn't much debate about the top two, but how do Ohio State's Ryan Day, Oklahoma's Lincoln Riley, Iowa State's Matt Campbell, Georgia's Kirby Smart and Texas A&M's Jimbo Fisher stack up to each other?

That's the second half of the pod. The first half of the pod is determining whether Notre Dame should be included in the group as a legit contender and part of the weekly discussion. Shehan and Doug split their vote on this, which means the final decision on whether to make the Irish a regular part of the playoff discussion came down to the text subscribers. And that vote was 52 percent to 48 percent.

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Is Oregon a real contender, or will the Pac-12 be shut out of the playoff again?

On this episode of The College Football Playoff Show, Doug Lesmerises and Shehan Jeyarajah once again dissect a team on the edge of the playoff conversation and disagree on whether that team deserves to join the show's playoff conversation. This week, the fight is over Oregon. Do the Ducks belong in the same group with Alabama, Clemson, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Georgia, Texas A&M, Iowa State and Notre Dame?

James Crepea, the Ducks beat writer for OregonLive.com, joins the discussion on that.

Then it's on to ranking the best individual defensive player for each playoff contender, from Notre Dame safety Kyle Hamilton to Oklahoma pass rusher Nik Bonitto to Alabama linebacker Will Anderson. Thanks for joining The College Football Playoff Show.

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