College Football Playoff: Who would win tournament of all Power Five teams?
By Jason Parker
West Region
First Round
No. 1 Oklahoma over No. 16 Arkansas
No. 8 Cal over No. 9 Georgia Tech
No. 4 NC State over No. 13 Maryland
No. 5 Oregon over No. 12 Virginia Tech
No. 2 Washington over No. 15 Illinois
No. 10 Vanderbilt over No. 7 Wisconsin – This game isn’t so much an indictment of the Badgers, but more of a Miami Hurricanes team who lost to Wisconsin badly in their bowl game this past season.
No. 3 Kentucky over No. 14 Colorado
No. 6 Stanford over No. 11 Baylor
Second Round
No. 1 Oklahoma over No. 8 Cal
No. 5 Oregon over No. 4 NC State – Hmm…a team who talked smack just because their former coach made the right move and joined the Seminoles or a team that has given us heartache over the past few seasons? Can we hope for a sinkhole?
No. 2 Washington over No. 10 Vanderbilt
No. 3 Kentucky over No. 6 Stanford
Region Semis (Holiday Bowl in San Diego)
No. 1 Oklahoma over No. 5 Oregon
No. 3 Kentucky over No. 2 Washington
Region Final (Rose Bowl in Pasadena)
No. 1 Oklahoma over No. 3 Kentucky – The Wildcats have been a fun team to watch this season (especially when they beat the Gators) but even on their best day they don’t have the athletes who can hang with what the Sooners have.