An instantaneous survey of five teams in the best position for the College Football Playoff's four spots at this very moment plus the biggest threats looming for each. Be advised these have nothing to do with the preseason Top 25 polls. If you get mad about this you will be pointed to the previous sentence.
FLORIDA STATEFSU could be the classic overextension of a franchise without the supporting cast members who made the original edition so great.
Without Kelvin Benjamin they doubled down on Rashad Greene who caught 11 passes for 203 yards against Oklahoma State. Timmy Jernigan wasn't there to collapse the pocket allowing J.W. Walsh far too much time to keep the Cowboys in the game. You got a tremendous amount of Jameis Winston and like most overstressed characters he delivered less with more. He appeared to be pressing throwing two interceptions to one touchdown.
But they won 37 31 and did so while playing someone. (A someone who looked entirely capable of winning every other game it plays.) Florida State needs secondary characters to emerge and needs them badly but the basic framework is still there. Running the ball for more than 3.4 yards a carry Yes this seems like a plot point that would help too.
Threats Clemson in theory Yes the Seminoles do play Clemson and in theory they could lose to Clemson a team that just spent a night facedown smelling the turf of Sanford Stadium in a loss to Georgia. Louisville is on a Thursday night on the road and represents the greatest threat of a loss in between. Notre Dame is also lurking there and looked lively enough in blowing out Rice in their opener. The rest of FSU's schedule is an ACC schedule and that is not meant to be a compliment to anyone.
TEXAS AMIt is so early but you have to balance the idea of projecting out a team's value against the little you know.
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