r/CFB • u/CFB_Referee /r/CFB • 14d ago

Postgame Thread [Postgame Thread] Northwestern Defeats Penn State 34-13

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Team 1 2 3 4 T
Penn State 0 7 0 6 13
Northwestern 10 14 7 3 34
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u/HarrisExperience Florida State • Michigan 14d ago

Barring any hiccups, Northwestern should be 6-1 going into Eugene. Would a 10-2 Northwestern with competitive road losses to Indiana and OSU be in the playoff, I think it’d be pretty close.

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u/CharlieMoonMan Iowa Hawkeyes 14d ago

Iowa Northwestern is starting to look like a fairly important game

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u/mulder00 Michigan Wolverines • The Game 14d ago

UCLA-Oregon is another big, big ten game. That still sounds weird to say.

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u/LitterBoxServant UCLA Bruins • James Madison Dukes 14d ago

You could argue that this will be UCLA's first meaningful game all season

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u/majorgeneralporter Northwestern Wildcats • UCLA Bruins 14d ago

Hey, now it's not our fault that we assumed Berkeley would be at least a .500 team when we scheduled them!

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u/TheOptimist6 Ohio State Buckeyes • Ohio Bobcats 14d ago

With their schedule, they absolutely should be in at 10-2 IMO if they make it to that.

Outside of Penn state (schedule isn’t good enough), I’m pretty convinced that any 10-2 or better big ten team would make the playoff

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u/ActuaryFeeling6043 Vanderbilt Commodores 14d ago

It would be a very similar situation to Vandy last year, where the wins would come against non-playoff teams and by nature of the school name, they wouldn’t get the benefit of the doubt.

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u/SoutieNaaier Florida Gators • Columbia Lions 14d ago

Would probably be like Vanderbilt last year

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u/NiceUD Northwestern Wildcats • USC Trojans 14d ago

I'm very optimistic, but avoiding hiccups is tough. I'm probably just being the typical "I don't want to get expectations TOO high" fan.

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u/Poverty_Shoes /r/CFB 14d ago

I think they’d get left out in favor of a 9-3 MSST or MISS, but a 10-2 Northwestern would be right on the bubble.

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u/InspiroHymm Indiana Hoosiers 14d ago

10-2 NU would have ranked wins over Iowa and Oregon and potentially Minnesota (as well as Illinois, which could be an 8-9 win team).

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u/bruhstevenson UCLA Bruins • Team Chaos 14d ago

Oh that’s plenty good enough then

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u/DefN0TtheFB1 Missouri Tigers 14d ago

They pass the eye test I don’t give a shit about the brand value.

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u/HermitageHermit Florida Gators 14d ago

With that Offense they would probably be a lock at 10-2.

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u/MNightShyamalan69 Michigan Wolverines 14d ago

I have a hard time seeing any 10-2 Big Ten team not making it

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u/ivandragostwin Northwestern Wildcats 14d ago

That Michigan st game is extremely tricky.

Going to be some heavy emotions on both sides so I’d call that about as much of a toss up as a game can be.

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u/Holiday_Sea9872 14d ago

Why would either group of kids give a shit? Emotional for Fitz and Cats fans. None of that matters on the field.  

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u/lydiamoney Texas Longhorns 14d ago

If it shakes out like that (assuming none of the teams mentioned fall off a cliff) then the wins versus Iowa & Oregon will be enough