No. 15 ASU soccer can be within the College Football Playoff bracket on Sunday after it dominated No. 16 Iowa State 45-19 within the Big 12 Championship Game on Saturday.
Although the Sun Devils can relaxation simple figuring out they’re in, they received’t know their opponent — in addition to whether or not they’ll get a first-round bye — till the choice present on Sunday at 10 a.m. MST on ESPN.
“I feel we ought to be handled as an 11-1 crew,” head coach Kenny Dillingham advised ESPN reporter Katie George postgame, referring to ASU’s loss at Cincinnati with out quarterback Sam Leavitt.
“As far as I’m involved, you’ve punched your ticket to [Glendale for the Fiesta Bowl],” Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark stated earlier than handing the championship trophy to Dillingham.
Bye weeks are awarded to the 4 highest-rated convention champions, based on the committee’s rankings.
Saturday evening’s ACC Championship Game between No. 8 SMU and No. 17 Clemson will probably be the indicator, as SMU would nearly actually cling on to its bye slot with a win.
No. 10 Boise State beat No. 20 UNLV at house within the Mountain West title sport on Saturday to probably keep its bye.
However, the purpose differential of ASU’s dominant win might issue into the seeding too, because the committee weighs Boise State’s 14-point win over a No. 20 crew at house in opposition to ASU’s 26-point win over a No. 16 crew on a impartial area.
The first two bye slots will probably go to the SEC and Big Ten champions, as No. 2 Texas and No. 5 Georgia will sq. off at 2 p.m. and No. 1 Oregon and No. 3 Penn State play at 6 p.m.
What might ASU’s first playoff sport appear to be?
The Sun Devils might probably be arrange for a Fiesta Bowl look within the quarterfinal with a bye week or a first-round win.
If it doesn’t get the bye week, ASU would probably be one of many ultimate groups slotted in, even when the blowout win permits the Sun Devils to leap No. 11 Alabama.
No bye week would probably imply happening the street to play the loser of the SEC or Big Ten title sport on their campus within the first spherical. Notre Dame might additionally host the first-round matchup.
The first spherical can be performed on Dec. 21, with one sport beginning the earlier Friday evening at 6 p.m. MST. The Fiesta Bowl on Dec. 31 is the primary quarterfinal earlier than the remaining are performed on Jan. 1.
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