Faculty Soccer Playoff picks after Week 6

For the sixth consecutive week Georgia, Alabama and Ohio State are unanimous top-three alternatives by ESPN’s writers for the Faculty Soccer Playoff.

Per week after Georgia made issues fascinating, it was Alabama that went right down to the wire. The Crimson Tide sat Heisman-winning quarterback Bryce Younger with an damage and substitute Jalen Milroe threw for 3 touchdowns in his place. Milroe is the fourth Alabama participant with at the least three touchdowns in his debut, becoming a member of Younger, Mac Jones and Joe Namath. Even so, missed kicks and turnovers by Alabama stored Texas A&M within the sport and a Crimson Tide penalty had the Aggies on the 2-yard line with 3 seconds to play. The move from A&M quarterback Haynes King on the ultimate play of the sport fell incomplete, although.

It wasn’t so tense elsewhere. Ohio State quarterback C.J. Stroud handed for 361 yards and 6 touchdowns and the Buckeys outgained Michigan State by 412 yards (614 to 202). Stroud is the primary participant in Huge Ten historical past with three six-touchdown passing video games.

Georgia’s protection suffocated Auburn, permitting Tigers quarterback Robby Ashford to finish solely 5 passes thrown greater than 5 yards downfield. Georgia pressured Ashford on 36% of his dropbacks. In the meantime on offense, the Bulldogs rushed for 292 yards, their highest toal since a 2020 sport in opposition to Missouri.

Clemson picked up nearly all of the fourth-place votes this week, with USC, Michigan and Oregon additionally receiving consideration.

Here is a have a look at how ESPN’s school soccer reporters see the present playoff image.

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Andrea Adelson: 1. Georgia 2. Alabama 3. Ohio State 4. Clemson
Blake Baumgartner: 1. Georgia 2. Ohio State 3. Alabama 4. Clemson
Kyle Bonagura: 1. Georgia 2. Alabama 3. Ohio State 4. Clemson
Invoice Connelly: 1. Ohio State 2. Alabama 3. Georgia 4. Michigan
Heather Dinich: 1. Ohio State 2. Georgia 3. Alabama 4. Clemson
David Hale: 1. Ohio State 2. Georgia 3. Alabama 4. USC
Chris Low: 1. Ohio State 2. Georgia 3. Alabama 4. Clemson
Harry Lyles Jr.: 1. Ohio State 2. Alabama 3. Georgia 4. Clemson
Ryan McGee: 1. Georgia 2. Alabama 3. Ohio State 4. Oregon
Adam Rittenberg: 1. Ohio State 2. Georgia 3. Alabama 4. Clemson
Alex Scarborough: 1. Georgia 2. Ohio State 3. Alabama 4. Clemson
Mark Schlabach: 1. Georgia 2. Alabama 3. Ohio State 4. Clemson
Tom VanHaaren: 1. Ohio State 2. Georgia 3. Alabama 4. Clemson
Dave Wilson: 1. Ohio State 2. Georgia 3. Alabama 4. Clemson