Once again, Ohio State wins the Big Ten. Please, guys—not in the face this Friday.
If wisconsin finishes the season 11-2, with just two losses to Ohio State, it’ll be a last-day kind of thing to see if they beat the Nittany Lions out for the Rose Bowl.
My apologies to the seven Penn State fans I wronged last week for forgetting to double-check the Citrus Bowl rules and putting them in those serious slots. Your money back is in the mail. For that, you go 11-1 with a loss to Ohio State—but out of the goodness of my heart, I keep you in the New Year’s Six over a third SEC team.
If I’m gonna play by the Citrus Bowl selection rules, that means Minnesota can’t go. I dub this “the Revenge of Jerry Kill.” Congrats, Iowa, you are the Citrus Bowl’s sloppy seconds. Enjoy Georgia.
For the same reason: Michigan State gets Pinstripey, because I don’t think Indiana technically can.
I’m so sorry, Indiana. I am sooooo sorry. That’s two Hoosier State teams in two years for Auburn, and I don’t think it’s going to be any prettier this time around.
Nebraska, I am not sorry. That spot should be 5-7 Northwestern’s.

Charlotte. North Carolina. Coastal Carolina. Maybe South Carolina. It is only fair that Appalachian State get a crack at N.C. State. LET’S GET BELK, Y’ALL.
I’ve shoehorned a lot of fun G5 narratives into this one—Southern Miss getting another shot in Shreveport, SMU filling the Big Ten spot in Santa Clara that none of the lower tier teams (Nebraska, Indiana, Michigan State) are technically up for in this go-round, UAB getting a crack at Cincinnati in Birmingham—but it makes this a lot more interesting for me.
There is one ranked team in the ACC, and it is Clemson. So if you look at Miami Fluoride in the Music City Bowl and coat your screen with rage because the calculus of the ACC Coastlantic Division means it’s totally Florida State in that spot...find something better to do with your life.

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