re: Tigers finished # 6

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Final ranking isn't a legitimate indication how your team performed that season?

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It's rather subjective. FPI actually has us at 17. I mean, Ohio State looked like crap all season and they are #3 after barely beating Washington?

This is the indication of how the season went:

We had the same regular season record (3 losses) that we had in 2015, 2017 and 2018. We improved by 1 in overall wins by beating a group of 5 team in our bowl. Our offense regressed statistically and we finished third in our own division.

We are ranked #6 because teams on our schedule were supposed to be much better than quite a few of them ended up being but the voters don't consider that.

The season wasn't a failure, but it's a stepping stone for next season. You can't call it a success because it's basically the floor and next season needs to be better, on the field, regardless of what the pollsters rank us after bowl game reactions.