Trey, thank you for taking the time.
Appreciate it. JR, man, it's good to be on with you, buddy. As we are, as we're about 40 minutes away from a bunch of people around the country being agitated with the college football playoff committee. So I'm all here for it.
Yeah, just 13 people sitting in a room pissing America off. Well, what else is new, right? How things work. Well, sounds normal.
Well, let me ask you about this. After what we saw over the weekend with Georgia and Tennessee and a couple of weeks ago, Ole Miss, Georgia, Tennessee, Bama, Ole Miss, they're all in the mix. They all have two losses. How does this past weekend affect what we're likely to see in 40 minutes? Yeah, I think I think the biggest takeaway from the SEC standpoint, if we're looking at that part is going to be, you know, Georgia and where they were last week, compared they were now.
I've been projected to be probably number six in the country in the rankings tonight. You know, and the biggest thing to remember is, you know, the automatic qualifiers or what that's going to look like for one through four. But, you know, you look at where we're at in the SEC, and you look at the rest of the country and a lot of discussion. A lot of discussion has already been taking place about strength of schedule.
And I think that's only going to ramp up over the next three weeks, even through championship Saturday and through that weekend. And, you know, as we sit here right now, you know, my question is, is who are going to be the teams that get bumped down? You know, what are we going to get from 13 to 15?
You know, even 12 to 15? Which teams are going to be on the outside looking in? And, you know, and it's going to come back to, okay, what kind of chaos can we see?
Over the next two to three weeks? And look, Jerry, you know, the crazy part about it is, is, you know, there could be a situation here where, you know, I've got Colorado winning the Big 12 right now, just because I don't like the way BYU is playing football. And so, you know, does that mean BYU is going to be on the outside looking in, you know, with an opportunity for Boise State to take that 12 spot? So there's a lot of things happening right now. And I think in the SEC in particular, you know, there's a race, you know, it is okay.
What is this going to look like? Is it going to be four teams? Is it going to be five teams? And, you know, I think, JR, one of the biggest things, the arguments right now across the country is how does playing in a conference championship affect your standing when it comes to those final rankings? So from an SEC part, JR, I think there's, you know, I think we're still in for a little bit of madness over the next three weeks. And, you know, maybe something happens in Gainesville on Saturday with Ole Miss that could really ruffle some feathers. Trey Wallace is joining us from Outkick.
That was going to be my next question to you. What should we expect for Ole Miss before we even get to this upcoming Saturday? Yeah, I mean, that's the kicker out of all of this, right? I mean, we all saw what Ole Miss did to Georgia. We all saw that defensive line put so much pressure on Georgia and force Carson Beck into, you know, a number of different mistakes, which we have seen from Carson Beck a lot this season.
I know we didn't get it. Like during the Tennessee game, I think in that second half is where you really saw him start to settle down. And look, yeah, he had two nice touchdown passes, but, you know, the Tennessee secondary, you know, they're pretty much just part of the seas for Georgia across the middle. So I look at Ole Miss and, you know, this is a team that can score a lot of points, man.
And I think at the same time they are, you've got a defensive line that's causing pressure. You saw what they did against Georgia. The opportunity this weekend is very interesting to me because of, you know, I think Florida's playing a little bit better. I think obviously what we've seen over the last four weeks from the Gators is a team that, you know, can cause a little bit of chaos. And LSU, like LSU is not, you know, they're not world beaters, but the fact that LSU got curb stomped by Alabama, they needed to go to Gainesville and make a statement.
And what happened? Man, the Gators just come out and just beat them up. So I look at this and I know there's another big game going on Saturday at 12 o'clock Eastern.
I get it. Ohio State, Indiana. But I'm just telling you, like, this would be the opportunity for the Gators to have a big signature win this season, not a shot at LSU. But boy, oh boy, JR, if they can beat Ole Miss, you talk about absolute chaos in the CFP, that's where it comes into play. Well, I want to go back, Trey, to a comment that you made a few minutes ago about, I don't want to call it chaos in the Big 12. We saw BYU lose on Saturday. Colorado is probably higher than it's ever been in Deion's two years there. You got a bunch of other squads who are sitting around at eight and two in that Big 12.
You talk about chaos. You got Colorado ultimately winning the Big 12? I got Colorado winning the Big 12. Here's the thing about BYU. For three weeks in a row, it felt like that team, I don't want to say life support, but what I am saying is you saw the game day to come back and win. I mean, look at the Utah game.
You had to drive 98 yards. There was that crazy penalty that everybody got up in arms about. By the way, it was a holding on Utah. And then you look at the situation that you ran into against the Kansas team that, okay, all right, whatever.
The quarterback, you look at the situation and you think, okay, BYU should be able to handle this. And what happens? They come out and lay an egg.
And they lay an egg at the worst time that possibly could happen. Also, against the worst team. A team that came in with three wins on that season in Kansas. So, right now, you look at Colorado. Look, I was at that Colorado-Nebraska game earlier in the season and towards the end of September. And after Dion and company got beat and the way that they got beat, I was like, okay, this squad is going to be fighting for bowl eligibility. And I've ate a lot of crow over the last two months because now I look at this team and you look at the way Travis Hunter is playing ball on both sides of the field.
And then you look at Chidor Sanders. And the biggest component to me from Colorado is where they have stood out the most to me. Is the fact that now they have their two parts back. They got weapons at wide receiver that really starting to step up. You got Shepard.
You got some horn. But then you look at that defensive line, J.R. Man, the pressure they're getting. So I like Colorado right now. I look at the remaining teams that are on their schedule. I think they should go 2-0 and then I think they should be in Dallas playing for a Big 12 championship. And who would have thought now, man, who would have thought two months ago that we'd be talking about a Dion Sanders team playing for an opportunity to go to the college football playoff in just three weeks from now. So I think it's going to happen. And as of right now, I've got Colorado winning the Big 12. Well, speaking of winning, do you think Travis Hunter is going to be in New York walking away with that Heisman?
Well, hopefully I know this for a fact. Colorado's already got the reservations intact, got the hotel set up for Travis Hunter. You know, he's going to be one of the players that are there, in my opinion.
Honestly, he should be. And at the end of the day, I think Travis Hunter should be holding up that trophy. Now, would I say this, if Colorado finished the season 6-6 but Travis Hunter was still putting up the same numbers, that would be very difficult for me because we always kind of look at the Heisman Trophy and we kind of, you know, the voters like to give it to a player that has had a substantial impact when it comes to a win-loss record. So guess what? Colorado sitting here right now, 8-2, this is it for them. The season could end tomorrow.
They could catch an L next week and Travis Hunter would still, in my opinion, be in New York City. And at the end of the day, I know what Ashton Gentry has done. That kid runs the ball. He is ferocious. He is a fantastic player. But you can't tell me that there's another guy out there who's dynamic on both sides of the football than Travis Hunter. I mean, nine touchdown catches. Look what he's done on defense.
He's just an all-around 5-2 player, man. And in my opinion, I know there's three weeks left and we'll see what happens. But as we stand here right now, I think he should be the one holding up that trophy. Well, Trey, you talk about Ashton Gentry and Boise State as it relates to them and the playoff. We saw that they were barely there because of Georgia last week and the potential of them to win their conference. Does their schedule hurt them? Will it hurt them in the long run? I think because of the argument, because of the argument about strength of schedule, and because of where we are right now when it comes to you're looking at other teams now who would get in.
And I think that's one of the biggest things that kind of stands out. The best thing, in my opinion, that could happen to Boise State was BYU losing. Because now you can put it in that situation where you look at BYU strength of schedule, okay, all right, not very impressive.
And I understand what Boise has left. Look, you've got Wyoming and then you're going to go play a 4-6 Oregon State team at home to wrap up the season. But if they can continue doing what they're doing, go win the Mountain West Conference, they're going to get that, in my opinion, they're going to get that automatic qualifier per se, that 12th spot for the at-large team. I think Boise State is going to get there. The one team that can throw a wrinkle in all of this, JR, is Army. If Army is to somehow beat Notre Dame and then Army finishes this bad boy off and wins the AAC championship, you know, beats Navy that next week in the regular season finale, which blows my mind anyway because they're going to play one more game after the conference title game. But if they can do that, I think then the question is, okay, you know, Army's probably got the more impressive win against Notre Dame than Boise State does. So then you would have to put, in my opinion, Army at that 12th spot, and then it's going to be up for discussion, you know, on who rounds out the rest. But if that happens, JR, Army gets in. I don't know if Boise State does because then you look at it like you just said, man, strength of schedule, strength of schedule.
And right now, to me, it's not impressive enough. So Boise State is praying that Notre Dame beats Army this weekend. Boise State handles business the rest of the way, and then we see where Ashton Gentry can lead this team as we go on.
Well, you talk about confusion and strength of schedule. I got to end you or end this conversation on this note, taking a look at the ACC. You think about Miami going down to Georgia Tech. You think about SMU going on a run like like who's going to escape out of the ACC? That has been the most – look, besides the Big 12, the ACC has been the most confusing conference for me this season because Miami – look, Miami, if we're being honest with each other, Miami was on the brink for a couple weekends on the road. That Virginia Tech game that came down, you know, pretty much to the final play of the game on that pass at the end zone, you know, you go out to Cal, you have to come back in the fourth quarter.
Cam Ward, awesome player, great quarterback. But at the end of the day, you know, they got gapped by Georgia Tech. And now you're sitting in this situation where, okay, what does the title game look like?
Which team could potentially get in? And the way that we look at it right now, I think we're lining up here for, you know, that SMU Miami ACC championship game. And I just think SMU is playing really good football right now. And I think Miami is really susceptible on defense to get beat. So, you know, at the end of the day, Cam Ward is my factor, though, in the Miami kind of handles business. They got a game against Wake Forest this weekend.
And that's all gravy. You take care of them, you know, and then you're going to finish the regular season with Syracuse, which is a nice win potentially over a 7-3 squad. I got Miami that's going to be representing the ACC, but just don't overlook SMU because the Mustangs have really had it this year under Rhett Lashley. Now, let's see how much further Cam Ward could take them because, as you said, we know that defense ain't going to be helping out too much, if at all. And we could say the same thing about, like, Indiana, too, this weekend.
You know what I mean? Like, it's a situation, you know, it all goes back to straight to schedule, like in the Big Ten. You know, what if Indiana, you know, gets beat by two touchdowns this weekend?
You know, they have them so high ranked, you know, it's like how far are you going to drop them? So, we've got a lot of madness that's going to be happening and I'm looking forward to it. And it all starts up again on Saturday afternoon. Yeah, me, I can't wait to see UMass and Georgia. I can't wait for that one, Trey.
UMass decided to fire their coach and send an interim head coach down to Athens, Georgia this weekend. I don't know what kind of punishment they wanted to inflict on that program, but congratulations to them. They did it. Yeah, I may drive out there for that one. I may fall asleep in the stands, but I'm going to go out there for that one. We'll see, Trey. At least catch that first half, you know?
Yeah, well, it may be 60 to 3 by then, but we'll find out. Hey, Trey, where can people follow you and all your work with Outkick? Absolutely. You can follow me on X, Twitter, whatever you like to call it, at Trey Wallace underscore follow all my work at Outkick.com. Man, we're just covering the college football season, man. We still got two months left to go, and we'll be on the road this weekend again and just bringing the fans out there what they want to see and what they want to hear. So I appreciate you having me on, JR. Appreciate you, Trey. We'll catch you on down the line, okay? Thank you, my man.
