Fresh blood in the playoff??

With Clemson going down, and so many teams looking pretty good, I think we could see new teams in the playoff this year.

As competitive as the Big 10 is this year, I could see Ohio State losing again.  Oklahoma is bound to lose a game or two as well...

Look at these teams playing well so far:

Texas

Iowa

Florida

Oregon

Penn State

Michigan

Michigan State

Notre Dame

BYU

Cincinnati

Arkansas??

I think the playoff is alot more wide open than its been in awhile...Alabama is still cruising, but Clemson is out and Ohio State and Oklahoma are treading water.  IMO, Texas is looking really strong in the Big XII. 

The Big 10 East is loaded...Ohio State's schedule gets a lot harder from here on out

Next week we get Georgia vs. Arkansas and Notre Dame vs. Cincinnati.  Both of these games have huge playoff implications.  If Cincinnati defeats the Irish, can they realistically start looking at a shot at the playoff?  BYU is still hanging out there too

Wake Forest is emerging as a top ACC team this year...it will be interesting to see how they do each week.

And then there's Michigan...is Harbaugh building a real team there, or just getting everyone's hopes up again?  They play Wisconsin next week