Howdy, and welcome to my weekly Faculty Soccer Playoff bracket. I’ll be updating each week based mostly on new outcomes. They’re based mostly solely on my opinions and sure will differ from Austin Mock’s a lot smarter, scientifically based mostly projections. Additionally, be sure you try David Ubben’s Bubble Watch each Monday.
Come Tuesday night time, these mock brackets will now not be pure guesswork. We’ll get a greater sense of how the committee views these groups.
As of now, my guess is that they’ll view the ACC and Large 12 as one-bid leagues. Clemson getting blown out at house by Louisville didn’t assist the ACC’s trigger. SMU could have a greater shot if it reaches the convention title sport, however I’m not going there but. And Iowa State dropping at house to Texas Tech means the Cyclones could should win the convention to make it.
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Mandel’s Remaining Ideas: Amid nice change, Penn State dropping to Ohio State stays the identical
The workforce whose rating I’m most curious to see is Indiana’s, given its mild schedule. However the Hoosiers have been so dominant that it might be robust to go away out an 11-1 workforce (that doesn’t attain its convention title sport) with its solely loss on the street to Ohio State.
I’ll have overreacted to Texas A&M going off for one quarter towards LSU. The Aggies got here again to earth at South Carolina. I’m again to pondering Texas wins that showdown.
Lastly, some people could also be indignant to see Penn State nonetheless safely in right here, but when the Nittany Lions win out, they’re 11-1 and the Ohio State loss could have barely affected them.
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