Pate's Preseason Playoff Prediction

[cdub55]

I personally am just fine if this turns out to be accurate...

 

[Cruloc]

Interesting.....he's got Nebraska in there.

So he's got the final rank as:
1. Penn State
2. Alabama
3. Texas
4. Oregon
5. Clemson
6. Notre Dame
7. Ohio State
8. Florida
9. Georgia
10. Arizona State
11. Nebraska
12. Boise State

 

[MikeInBama]

Interesting he has every team with a bye winning when the opposite happened last year.

 

[cdub55]

Interesting.....he's got Nebraska in there.

So he's got the final rank as:
1. Penn State
2. Alabama
3. Texas
4. Oregon
5. Clemson
6. Notre Dame
7. Ohio State
8. Florida
9. Georgia
10. Arizona State
11. Nebraska
12. Boise State

The likelihood of someone running the table during the regular season is definitely in the BIG10 as opposed to the SEC. I could see the overall #1 being Penn State even though they may not fair well come playoff time against lower seeded teams.

 

[BhamToTexas]

Interesting he has every team with a bye winning when the opposite happened last year.

Well the rules are different this year.

 

[Cruloc]

The likelihood of someone running the table during the regular season is definitely in the BIG10 as opposed to the SEC. I could see the overall #1 being Penn State even though they may not fair well come playoff time against lower seeded teams.

Penn State's schedule:
Nevada - W
FIU - W
Villanova - W
Oregon
at UCLA - W
Northwestern - W
at Iowa - W
at Ohio State
Indiana - W
at Michigan State - W
Nebraska - W
at Rutgers - W

They'll be 10-2 at worst unless they lay an egg somewhere at get upset. Oregon at home and Ohio State on the road.....with both of those teams having new QB's.

 

[cdub55]

Penn State's schedule:
Nevada - W
FIU - W
Villanova - W
Oregon
at UCLA - W
Northwestern - W
at Iowa - W
at Ohio State
Indiana - W
at Michigan State - W
Nebraska - W
at Rutgers - W

They'll be 10-2 at worst unless they lay an egg somewhere at get upset. Oregon at home and Ohio State on the road.....with both of those teams having new QB's.

Penn State will be favored to win 11 of their 12 games this season. The one game they will be an underdog will be their road matchup against Ohio State, and that game will be somewhere in the -2.5 Ohio State range. Good chance they run the table unless Franklin goes full (Tropical Thunder reference) this season...

 

[DzynKingRTR]

Penn State's schedule:
Nevada - W
FIU - W
Villanova - W
Oregon
at UCLA - W
Northwestern - W
at Iowa - W
at Ohio State
Indiana - W
at Michigan State - W
Nebraska - W
at Rutgers - W

They'll be 10-2 at worst unless they lay an egg somewhere at get upset. Oregon at home and Ohio State on the road.....with both of those teams having new QB's.

I might literally die laughing if they were to lose to Nevada.

 

[Cruloc]

I could see Clemson being higher than 5. Their toughest games are the opener vs LSU and the end vs South Carolina. They don't play Miami.

 

[Cruloc]

#1 Texas:

at Ohio State
San Jose State
UTEP
Sam Houston
at Florida
Oklahoma
at Kentucky
at Miss. State
Vandy
at Georgia
Arkansas
Texas A&M

I think they beat Ohio State. That Florida game, I don't know.....Florida has at LSU, then at Miami, come to play Texas, then at Texas A&M. I think Texas wins that one too.

 

[Tidewater]

Here is the video, for those interested.

He said, if Pen State faces Oregon for the third time in the season, wins the first two, and loses the third, "that is the death knell of conference championship games."

 

[Power Eye]

Interesting.....he's got Nebraska in there.

So he's got the final rank as:
1. Penn State
2. Alabama
3. Texas
4. Oregon
5. Clemson
6. Notre Dame
7. Ohio State
8. Florida
9. Georgia
10. Arizona State
11. Nebraska
12. Boise State

In the bold predictions thread, I said Nebraska or UNC would make the playoffs and it’s purely because their schedules are a joke. Nebraska’s is a little better than UNC’s but it’s basically Indiana’s from last year with Ohio State replaced with Penn State. I don’t think Pate really thinks Nebraska will be really good, just that their schedule is very favorable. They have a legit chance of being undefeated heading into the November game with Penn st.

 

[sanjosecrimson]

Penn State's schedule:
Nevada - W
FIU - W
Villanova - W
Oregon
at UCLA - W
Northwestern - W
at Iowa - W
at Ohio State
Indiana - W
at Michigan State - W
Nebraska - W
at Rutgers - W

They'll be 10-2 at worst unless they lay an egg somewhere at get upset. Oregon at home and Ohio State on the road.....with both of those teams having new QB's.

I expect Penn St. to lay an egg when you least expected. they are always good for one.
Michigan St and Iowa on the road is where I can see the loss.

 

[Cruloc]

In the bold predictions thread, I said Nebraska or UNC would make the playoffs and it’s purely because their schedules are a joke. Nebraska’s is a little better than UNC’s but it’s basically Indiana’s from last year with Ohio State replaced with Penn State. I don’t think Pate really thinks Nebraska will be really good, just that their schedule is very favorable. They have a legit chance of being undefeated heading into the November game with Penn st.

Lets take a look at Nebraska's schedule then:

Cincinnati - W
Akron - W
Houston Christian ????? - W
Michigan
Michigan State
at Maryland
at Minnesota
Northwestern
USC
at UCLA
at Penn State
Iowa

They'll start off 3-0. They could lose any game here though, so I just don't think they'll make it. But I don't know enough about Nebraska to know what they are bringing into 2025.

 

[colbysullivan]

Interesting he has every team with a bye winning when the opposite happened last year.

Two of those teams never should have gotten byes. Another one was playing a backup QB. Thankfully they changed the stupid format this year.

 

[PA Tide Fan]

I just can't see Nebraska in there. 7-6 a year ago and lost to some of the same teams they play this season. If the CFP committee is serious about putting more emphasis on SOS then it's possible some teams with worse records could jump Nebraska.