yeah I think we all would prefer a single bowl game rather than a 4-round tournament for deserving teams that missed the playoffs

I don't disagree with that assessment.  People don't seem to want larger districts which would solve some of this.  I'd be open to  combining districts so there's 3 districts per region and only district Champs make the playoffs again.  Here's the thing about that,  say you got a district with 8 teams but 5 aren't too good.  That district champ SOS is hurt but those were required game. And they got in when the 2nd place team in another district was arguably better. So it's not perfect no matter which system is used. Better maybe,  but not perfect.   Remember a few years ago when FHSAA used RPI? Lakeland running clocked a district opponent and their RPI went down while that opponent's went up. Go figure that.

@LAZ has Plantation winning.    The probably Dillard has is they have been on cruise control the entire season. They don’t have any film of themselves going through adversity. No 2 minute drills. No come from behind wins. No real coaching adjustments. Just cruise control against a bunch of slappies.    Dillard needs to go into this game as the underdog. They need to have a sense of urgency and practice with a huge chip on their shoulder. 

Well, well.  Miami Herald’s Andre Fernandez is putting Dillard on upset watch.  He says Plantatation will beat Dillard 28-27.  I’ll be there tomorrow night supporting the Panthers with Dillardboyz.  Should be fun.

This is the weekly consensus of 87 Computers and Polls for all FBS schools starting from the preseason (Opening) through Nov. 9th.  Consensus   Conf Opening 1-Sep 7-Sep 14-Sep 21-Sep 28-Sep 5-Oct 12-Oct 19-Oct 26-Oct 2-Nov 9-Nov Delta since PreSeason 1 Ohio St B10 1.9 1.3 1.6 3.1 4.2 2.6 3.3 1.8 1.5 1.7 1.8 1.8 0.1 2 Indiana B10 18.9 21.7 19.0 14.5 5.9 4.0 3.7 2.6 2.2 2.0 1.7 1.9 16.9 3 Texas A&M SEC 18.9 19.0 19.8 14.0 13.3 9.5 6.7 5.8 5.5 4.2 4.5 3.5 15.4 4 Alabama SEC 7.4 23.0 14.6 12.2 15.3 12.1 7.5 8.3 5.3 6.0 5.8 5.4 2.0 5 Texas Tech B12 35.1 35.8 34.6 28.9 18.4 17.4 11.0 6.8 11.8 12.1 8.5 6.1 28.9 6 Georgia SEC 5.3 4.1 7.1 5.2 7.2 16.4 14.1 10.8 7.1 7.3 7.6 6.5 -1.3 7 Oregon B10 5.7 4.8 2.8 3.9 8.3 7.9 9.5 14.1 9.3 9.7 9.0 7.1 -1.5 8 Notre Dame FBSI 4.0 8.5 12.9 23.2 21.2 16.5 13.0 9.9 7.5 8.1 9.5 7.9 -3.9 9 Mississippi SEC 11.7 9.3 8.7 8.5 6.5 5.7 5.7 8.2 11.9 9.7 9.4 9.4 2.4 10 Utah B12 41.7 25.8 24.6 22.5 38.2 31.6 29.2 15.5 19.9 14.6 9.7 10.1 31.6 11 BYU B12 27.2 24.5 24.3 22.7 18.5 15.8 17.8 14.9 11.6 9.3 8.2 11.4 15.9 12 USC B10 22.6 17.9 14.7 13.2 12.9 19.3 18.9 14.2 17.0 19.3 15.7 12.7 10.0 13 Oklahoma SEC 24.2 24.9 17.8 11.8 9.7 8.2 8.1 18.8 13.6 17.7 13.8 14.1 10.1 14 Miami FL ACC 17.6 12.4 16.0 11.3 7.6 6.6 4.3 4.4 7.8 8.3 13.4 14.1 3.5 15 Texas SEC 4.0 6.3 7.4 14.6 17.9 23.9 36.9 23.7 21.8 20.5 14.6 14.4 -10.4 16 Vanderbilt SEC 49.0 49.0 36.1 23.1 19.3 13.1 19.3 22.6 16.0 13.4 16.6 15.4 33.5 17 Michigan B10 14.6 18.2 27.4 20.8 16.6 14.5 14.4 26.8 20.0 17.8 18.9 17.6 -3.0 18 Georgia Tech ACC 44.3 34.3 33.6 29.3 27.4 26.9 25.1 20.6 16.8 15.0 25.0 22.8 21.5 19 Tennessee SEC 13.8 11.7 10.0 16.3 16.9 17.6 19.8 20.1 24.3 21.3 26.1 23.2 -9.4 20 Illinois B10 28.4 27.0 18.9 17.0 30.6 19.7 16.7 19.1 20.2 29.5 24.2 23.4 5.0 21 Iowa B10 26.4 32.1 37.0 42.1 37.2 39.8 42.6 34.5 32.7 24.7 24.1 23.9 2.5 22 South Florida AAC 84.3 59.3 43.8 54.8 46.5 42.4 40.3 24.2 22.5 27.4 29.3 24.3 59.9 23 Louisville ACC 22.2 23.4 22.7 27.3 25.5 23.2 30.8 27.5 16.0 18.6 16.9 26.5 -4.3 24 North Texas AAC 96.9 85.1 81.0 57.6 42.0 35.7 34.0 41.9 35.6 34.9 30.5 28.1 68.8 25 Missouri SEC 24.8 23.4 17.7 15.8 14.9 16.7 17.6 23.9 18.6 24.8 25.5 28.1 -3.3 26 LSU SEC 12.2 8.4 9.7 10.0 11.4 15.8 13.5 12.8 20.2 27.1 27.4 28.8 -16.6 27 Cincinnati B12 53.5 60.6 56.8 51.0 51.9 40.5 30.1 27.9 28.0 24.5 31.1 29.2 24.3 28 Washington B10 39.4 37.6 32.0 33.4 24.0 29.8 25.2 17.6 28.6 20.4 21.2 29.4 10.0 29 Arizona St B12 22.8 26.0 42.3 34.9 30.1 26.7 28.7 40.8 31.1 39.1 32.1 30.5 -7.7 30 Virginia ACC 74.5 58.8 64.6 61.7 51.3 36.3 27.9 28.3 25.6 28.0 23.0 31.5 42.9 31 Pittsburgh ACC 53.3 48.7 45.9 59.6 65.0 74.2 63.2 50.7 42.5 36.8 30.3 31.6 21.7 32 James Madison SBC 60.4 60.0 66.1 68.8 60.0 54.6 55.5 54.8 40.8 43.3 34.0 32.3 28.1 33 SMU ACC 18.7 25.5 39.4 43.9 53.7 66.1 52.8 50.0 39.4 46.2 37.3 33.0 -14.2 34 Nebraska B10 39.6 35.5 27.4 25.5 31.1 30.4 25.0 25.4 38.7 34.9 38.2 34.8 4.9 35 Houston B12 70.7 65.8 55.9 42.2 36.1 34.6 47.2 41.5 39.2 30.5 40.0 34.8 35.9 36 Arizona B12 73.9 59.4 55.0 44.6 41.7 48.2 47.3 48.4 50.7 47.6 40.6 36.5 37.4 37 TCU B12 31.2 19.7 18.5 23.8 22.8 34.8 29.4 40.9 34.5 36.0 32.3 36.9 -5.7 38 Iowa St B12 24.5 16.6 20.3 25.2 26.4 18.9 28.0 34.9 34.6 37.0 42.5 37.2 -12.7 39 Tulane AAC 47.1 37.5 39.3 36.5 48.3 40.5 38.0 32.3 33.9 33.4 45.4 38.6 8.5 40 Memphis AAC 54.2 47.8 47.2 39.8 33.3 33.9 28.0 25.7 43.5 34.9 36.0 40.5 13.8 41 Auburn SEC 38.2 26.3 22.9 20.5 27.4 31.2 29.9 37.7 40.9 36.8 47.1 46.5 -8.2 42 Mississippi St SEC 74.3 70.8 54.9 43.6 33.6 34.4 41.1 41.6 46.6 48.2 43.7 47.3 27.0 43 Wake Forest ACC 87.0 92.6 87.3 87.5 85.1 81.7 66.1 58.3 57.5 49.3 57.4 48.2 38.8 44 East Carolina AAC 86.4 88.7 79.9 64.5 68.5 57.2 55.5 59.3 56.8 56.2 47.5 48.3 38.0 45 NC State ACC 59.8 57.3 50.9 43.1 51.8 52.0 47.9 51.1 52.2 57.9 47.7 48.5 11.3 46 Duke ACC 49.1 49.3 62.6 68.3 61.7 42.3 35.0 33.1 40.8 43.4 42.7 48.7 0.4 47 Florida St ACC 68.2 41.4 34.2 31.6 24.7 31.0 29.8 39.4 50.3 49.6 39.0 50.0 18.2 48 Kansas St B12 21.6 32.1 51.5 62.7 66.9 65.5 72.2 62.6 59.4 47.7 51.1 50.3 -28.7 49 Kentucky SEC 52.2 50.6 49.4 47.6 45.5 60.0 65.0 68.2 72.2 77.1 64.6 51.2 1.1 50 Minnesota B10 32.9 33.0 31.4 49.4 59.7 54.2 63.2 56.5 46.9 56.2 53.8 51.8 -18.9 51 Boise St MWC 28.1 55.6 53.3 62.2 58.9 57.5 59.3 47.1 39.2 38.7 53.9 52.3 -24.2 52 Baylor B12 32.6 45.7 38.9 42.5 51.8 55.3 50.3 53.0 55.7 60.4 52.2 52.5 -19.9 53 Florida SEC 18.9 17.5 31.8 42.6 49.5 58.0 43.3 41.4 40.2 40.9 42.6 54.7 -35.9 54 Penn St B10 3.9 4.8 5.2 7.2 13.8 26.7 48.5 58.7 55.5 56.2 57.0 55.1 -51.2 55 Clemson ACC 12.2 20.5 25.2 37.9 55.0 67.0 56.9 50.0 60.3 60.5 65.0 56.1 -43.9 56 Northwestern B10 77.2 88.2 84.0 83.5 87.8 84.8 66.8 55.1 48.0 53.6 55.2 57.4 19.7 57 San Diego St MWC 113.4 103.6 110.7 113.5 82.4 70.0 66.5 55.0 57.9 49.0 43.7 57.5 55.9 58 Navy AAC 57.5 56.8 56.7 52.1 48.1 46.7 51.9 49.2 47.5 45.7 53.7 57.7 -0.2 59 Old Dominion SBC 90.4 89.4 80.2 63.1 55.2 47.5 40.5 57.5 66.7 64.4 57.2 58.5 31.8 60 Kansas B12 45.4 36.0 41.3 41.5 33.4 44.7 39.8 45.9 46.3 58.7 55.9 58.8 -13.4 61 South Carolina SEC 18.0 15.6 20.3 42.1 48.0 37.5 41.9 49.0 55.4 56.8 58.7 58.8 -40.7 62 UNLV MWC 58.0 61.7 58.7 62.4 63.0 62.3 53.3 49.2 59.6 57.5 68.3 60.9 -2.9 63 Kennesaw CUSA 131.8 129.4 129.6 123.6 113.1 104.6 97.7 76.2 74.6 65.8 63.7 62.1 69.7 64 Southern Miss SBC 126.7 127.7 122.7 105.1 101.2 88.0 84.4 81.5 73.0 69.9 67.4 63.6 63.1 65 Rutgers B10 50.6 50.4 42.7 42.7 55.2 61.0 64.2 66.1 74.3 67.7 71.2 64.8 -14.3 66 New Mexico MWC 118.3 113.2 112.1 88.8 84.6 71.3 79.6 86.0 83.8 74.0 67.3 66.5 51.9 67 Hawaii MWC 107.1 110.6 100.8 94.9 95.0 86.9 86.8 81.2 70.6 73.2 80.5 68.2 38.9 68 Connecticut FBSI 84.0 78.5 81.8 91.4 88.6 88.0 75.8 76.4 70.8 83.2 78.7 69.2 14.9 69 California ACC 68.6 59.7 61.0 48.6 71.4 61.6 72.3 71.5 69.3 77.4 77.0 69.9 -1.3 70 Arkansas SEC 38.9 39.7 31.2 30.9 37.1 57.0 55.0 56.6 59.4 62.6 68.9 70.9 -32.0 71 Wisconsin B10 46.6 39.6 41.5 49.7 67.6 69.6 69.5 85.2 87.4 82.9 83.4 72.3 -25.7 72 UCF B12 59.0 56.1 52.9 55.2 43.9 63.8 72.6 75.8 63.7 62.9 70.4 72.6 -13.7 73 Ohio MAC 67.4 70.4 62.2 66.0 69.2 65.1 80.8 79.0 78.9 77.5 76.2 72.9 -5.5 74 Army AAC 53.8 72.3 63.1 62.0 70.1 85.5 79.4 80.7 79.0 76.3 75.9 73.7 -19.9 75 Maryland B10 67.3 60.8 56.6 56.3 41.7 39.6 45.8 49.5 64.5 60.4 64.3 75.3 -8.1 76 Washington St P12 78.3 77.5 70.0 87.8 90.0 76.8 77.3 67.6 72.1 61.3 69.6 76.0 2.3 77 West Virginia B12 63.5 59.3 70.3 63.0 74.9 88.5 87.8 86.5 95.9 95.9 80.6 76.1 -12.6 78 UCLA B10 51.9 70.5 77.6 98.5 105.1 110.3 93.6 79.3 71.3 72.6 73.2 77.9 -26.0 79 Colorado B12 43.7 54.3 53.1 61.6 53.9 55.8 65.8 54.6 54.5 58.7 71.4 78.7 -35.0 80 Toledo MAC 73.9 80.9 69.4 62.1 72.4 69.2 66.6 78.8 77.2 85.1 84.6 79.2 -5.3 81 WKU CUSA 95.3 78.6 91.5 88.1 86.5 82.6 75.1 76.0 91.8 84.9 82.0 79.3 16.0 82 Fresno St MWC 85.1 79.8 74.1 71.1 65.4 64.1 65.1 85.2 82.0 93.8 76.6 80.6 4.4 83 UT San Antonio AAC 74.5 77.1 85.8 83.5 77.1 79.3 91.0 79.2 88.8 87.1 72.2 80.7 -6.2 84 Utah St MWC 111.8 106.7 102.4 83.6 75.7 73.3 72.1 89.3 79.8 89.7 89.5 81.4 30.3 85 Louisiana Tech CUSA 114.6 107.2 100.7 82.6 71.3 58.6 54.3 71.6 70.2 79.8 74.3 83.7 30.9 86 Troy SBC 94.8 91.5 91.1 100.6 92.8 96.0 87.1 76.2 73.7 70.5 82.3 84.1 10.7 87 Virginia Tech ACC 48.8 55.5 71.3 91.8 89.6 73.5 83.0 89.4 90.1 80.4 83.7 85.3 -36.6 88 Michigan St B10 64.7 62.9 56.7 59.7 57.1 55.5 60.0 80.1 80.3 82.4 84.6 86.0 -21.3 89 Missouri St CUSA 120.5 124.0 115.4 112.2 105.5 111.8 108.5 102.5 103.1 96.6 92.2 86.2 34.3 90 Coastal Car SBC 91.1 109.8 113.6 122.5 110.5 103.2 109.0 102.8 96.3 96.4 86.2 87.0 4.1 91 W Michigan MAC 108.5 115.5 114.7 115.5 103.6 89.8 86.0 83.4 81.8 92.4 88.4 87.6 20.9 92 Miami OH MAC 78.3 87.4 96.7 100.3 107.5 106.2 97.7 97.0 96.9 86.0 87.0 89.5 -11.3 93 North Carolina ACC 61.4 76.9 74.1 73.3 84.0 92.0 103.2 105.0 108.0 105.3 96.0 91.5 -30.1 94 Temple AAC 124.6 110.9 102.3 103.2 99.5 92.7 80.5 84.4 79.2 75.7 86.6 92.7 31.9 95 Purdue B10 106.1 93.7 86.5 81.4 81.9 78.7 75.0 82.7 88.4 95.5 94.2 92.9 13.2 96 Jacksonville St CUSA 91.1 93.4 83.6 94.1 91.1 108.1 109.2 108.2 96.8 98.3 98.2 94.2 -3.1 97 Marshall SBC 72.9 81.2 100.3 95.6 92.2 104.8 105.6 86.5 82.7 80.9 90.7 94.3 -21.5 98 Syracuse ACC 51.1 56.7 55.2 59.6 45.3 64.4 68.2 67.4 76.4 80.5 94.1 95.5 -44.4 99 Stanford ACC 90.4 102.1 101.7 89.7 96.4 92.9 91.7 100.8 82.9 86.1 87.5 96.6 -6.3 100 Wyoming MWC 107.9 98.8 94.3 95.3 100.6 98.9 102.9 94.1 102.6 91.4 97.1 99.5 8.4 101 Arkansas St SBC 100.4 96.7 108.2 104.5 114.8 122.0 114.7 114.2 110.8 102.9 96.1 100.0 0.4 102 C Michigan MAC 117.6 108.2 111.6 119.7 116.2 106.5 113.3 113.4 99.2 95.1 100.2 101.3 16.3 103 Air Force MWC 92.6 87.2 84.9 97.8 105.8 113.6 110.9 110.5 103.8 103.3 110.9 103.1 -10.5 104 Ga Southern SBC 79.9 99.7 105.5 97.1 91.9 104.5 103.4 110.7 102.8 111.4 108.4 103.3 -23.4 105 Delaware CUSA 118.3 117.4 121.2 108.8 88.9 84.4 92.6 92.3 101.0 101.1 112.1 105.0 13.4 106 FL Atlantic AAC 116.8 122.5 115.4 119.1 119.9 121.5 112.4 105.0 108.6 106.3 110.2 105.3 11.6 107 Rice AAC 109.1 93.8 102.6 99.8 94.6 90.8 106.4 114.0 117.5 106.8 109.9 105.3 3.8 108 Liberty CUSA 82.3 83.2 93.7 105.3 113.6 119.0 118.6 113.0 109.7 110.6 100.9 105.8 -23.6 109 Texas St SBC 78.3 71.4 66.0 71.5 64.5 64.7 82.5 91.8 95.4 94.0 99.6 106.5 -28.2 110 San Jose St MWC 88.5 102.5 103.2 108.8 106.1 109.3 101.2 108.6 108.4 107.1 100.7 107.4 -18.9 111 Buffalo MAC 91.3 92.4 90.5 93.8 105.1 110.3 107.6 104.8 105.0 115.3 106.9 108.0 -16.7 112 Louisiana SBC 70.3 86.9 89.0 99.3 110.7 108.8 112.8 112.3 116.1 117.3 112.9 109.0 -38.8 113 Appalachian St SBC 91.8 82.3 88.4 99.3 100.9 109.8 101.7 92.1 100.3 101.4 99.8 109.5 -17.8 114 Florida Intl CUSA 122.4 119.4 116.0 105.0 115.8 112.7 122.9 120.0 109.8 113.8 118.4 110.3 12.1 115 UAB AAC 113.9 112.7 112.5 110.1 108.7 104.5 111.8 120.6 109.0 104.9 113.0 115.7 -1.8 116 Oregon St P12 83.8 93.6 101.9 108.6 112.0 106.6 116.1 120.6 117.7 117.6 109.3 116.7 -32.9 117 Boston College ACC 56.0 52.7 58.9 77.3 81.5 93.3 107.0 114.4 117.6 117.1 114.5 118.6 -62.6 118 South Alabama SBC 79.8 82.1 80.3 83.8 107.5 107.3 112.9 113.6 117.4 114.1 119.5 119.6 -39.8 119 Ball St MAC 122.9 129.8 130.1 127.1 127.2 125.9 112.5 121.2 118.4 124.0 124.7 119.8 3.1 120 Colorado St MWC 94.8 97.8 99.5 99.4 98.6 113.4 119.7 100.1 108.6 114.9 114.2 120.3 -25.5 121 New Mexico St CUSA 128.6 126.3 119.1 121.4 115.8 112.7 106.6 108.5 116.4 120.6 122.5 120.9 7.7 122 Akron MAC 121.9 126.9 130.6 130.3 128.4 130.7 125.0 127.0 128.9 124.3 125.3 121.4 0.4 123 ULM SBC 110.7 109.4 119.3 118.0 109.1 93.6 102.1 111.6 116.5 119.9 121.9 121.5 -10.8 124 Bowling Green MAC 96.7 99.2 99.9 87.7 91.1 97.2 97.3 86.3 99.7 109.5 117.6 121.8 -25.1 125 Tulsa AAC 128.3 119.5 123.7 123.4 111.1 110.6 113.3 111.7 117.4 117.2 118.7 123.0 5.3 126 Oklahoma St B12 72.4 69.9 86.5 90.7 109.6 115.1 120.5 122.2 123.4 123.5 123.6 123.7 -51.3 127 UTEP CUSA 127.2 127.7 121.3 114.6 121.6 119.9 122.2 128.0 123.1 124.9 124.1 124.5 2.8 128 E Michigan MAC 115.0 122.7 127.9 128.9 125.4 129.1 130.8 126.7 128.2 128.5 128.1 124.7 -9.6 129 Kent MAC 133.7 134.3 134.3 132.9 131.9 129.8 127.0 122.7 127.6 123.9 123.4 126.0 7.7 130 N Illinois MAC 93.8 97.5 100.3 100.8 103.6 108.2 119.1 124.0 127.3 122.8 122.5 127.2 -33.5 131 Nevada MWC 116.7 116.6 115.1 121.4 126.3 126.9 126.0 128.9 128.3 128.5 128.1 131.1 -14.3 132 Georgia St SBC 106.9 117.0 119.9 119.3 120.4 114.7 115.9 123.5 128.0 130.7 130.3 131.1 -24.2 133 Sam Houston St CUSA 99.4 113.8 121.1 121.4 127.8 128.3 132.0 132.4 134.0 134.3 134.7 132.7 -33.3 134 Charlotte AAC 116.8 123.0 127.1 125.5 129.5 129.9 131.1 130.9 132.5 132.7 132.3 132.8 -16.0 135 MTSU CUSA 126.7 130.9 131.3 125.7 131.2 132.7 132.1 130.7 130.5 130.2 131.0 133.2 -6.5 136 Massachusetts MAC 130.0 134.2 135.0 135.4 134.8 134.3 134.4 135.6 135.7 135.8 135.8 135.9 -5.9