Declared LB Chase Thomas, «We're the best one -
loss team in the country.»
Best 8
loss team in the country in» 16.
As mentioned, Clemson has probably the easiest home stretch of all the one -
loss teams in the country.
Similar to the Iowa team from two years ago, this team is undefeated with a below average strength of schedule, so even one loss would likely put them behind some of the more tested two -
loss teams in the country.
Not exact matches
Playoff committee chairman Kirby Hocutt made it sound like the decision wasn't that hard, calling the Buckeyes» 31 - point
loss to unranked Iowa «damaging» and noting that the committee felt Alabama was «clearly the No. 4
team in the
country.».
Voters aren't going to punish this
team too much, and most would agree it is now the best one -
loss club
in the
country.
His duel with Clemson and Heisman Trophy finalist Deshaun Watson last season was a little less even — Brissett was 24 of 41 for 254 yards and three touchdowns — and the result was an identical 56 — 41
loss, but the game underscored the fact that few
teams in the
country leaned on their QB's consistency more than the Wolfpack did.
Missouri had been one of the
country's better free - throw shooting
teams throughout the season, but its performance at the charity stripe has hindered them
in a their last two
losses, both one - possession games.
But at no time did Underwood mention the
team that handed them their lone
loss, the UCLA Bruins, Coach John Wood - en's «press»
team, and the No. 1
team in the
country.
This game certainly fits those criteria after Arkansas» embarrassing
loss last week and Alabama's status as the number one
team in the
country.
Four
teams left the running this week, with three landing
in wink - wink - oh - yeah - they're - still -
in - it
country after dropping games to very good
teams, either taking on second
losses as if they were mortgages (Michigan, Missouri) or getting beaten by 49 (Arizona).
With Oklahoma's
loss, it seems to be a general consensus that Alabama and LSU are the two best remaining undefeated
teams in the
country.
There's a computer program buried deep
in the bowels of the massive MaxPreps» database of girls high school basketball
teams, and it churns through the wins and
losses — and margin of victory — of every
team in the
country.
The Buckeyes are capable of being the most dominant
team in the
country, and they're also capable of disasters like their
losses to Oklahoma (when the Sooners» offense picked them apart) and Iowa (when the Hawkeyes» O did the same).
Their only
losses were to Windward - Los Angeles, the No. 1 girls
team in the
country according to MaxPreps.com, and O'Dowd, which was also nationally - ranked and has spend all season atop the SportStars NorCal Top 20.
Coming off a narrow 67 - 61
loss at Vanderbilt, the Gators will have to bring their entire arsenal against the best
team in the
country.
The Duke Blue Devils are down
in the dumps after a second
loss on the season that pushed them down all the way to the # 7 - ranked
team in the
country.
Both
teams suffered a huge
loss in the offseason as Moreau Catholic # 1 Freshman
in the
country last year, Kyre Walker transferred to Hillcrest Prep
in Phoenix, AZ and Woodcreek big man Jordan Brown transferred to Prolific Prep
in Napa (where # 4 2017 NBA pick Joshua Jackson of Kansas played).
The Matadors» one
loss on the season entering this game was against Windward of Los Angeles, regarded as perhaps the best girls
team in the
country.
The Knights are one of two undefeated
teams in the
country, but they were ranked behind six two -
loss teams and one three -
loss team — No. 12 Stanford (9 - 3).
All these
teams had suffered many dreadful
losses before they won it all
in Europe, and they have not even been demoted to their
country's second division.
A
loss to the best program
in the
country doesn't eliminate Jimbo Fisher's
team, especially
in the College Football Playoff era.
The governor while playing host the RAMFAC visiting
team said the commission should be interested
in the huge revenue
loss that has caused series of problems for the
country.
The
team, which included investigators from Penn and the London School of Economics, analyzed existing literature
in both
countries, updating and supplementing as needed to estimate the cost of accommodation, medical and non-medical services, special education, employment support and productivity
loss.
The 1905 All Black's
loss to the Welsh
Team in Cardiff; was one of the great National Disasters of a young
Country.
Warner and van der Geest discuss the
loss and damage incurred by people at the local - level based on evidence from research
teams working
in nine vulnerable
countries: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, The Gambia, Kenya, Micronesia, Mozambique and Nepal.