re: OFFICIAL BCS THREAD - 09/21

Glad you're back Matt. Your presence is needed at all times to calm us down if ever we think the season is over.

It's a great feeling to know we consistantly have a shot at the NC every single year. These are great times we live in!

Yes we beat Ohio State

I will never forget the day before the SECCG when you posted what had to go down to lead us to NOLA...obviously LSU over UT, OU over Mizzou, and impossibly Pitt over WVU!

Somehow all 3 teams came through!!!!!! Keep up the #s matt.

LSUMatt I didn't expect you so early but I'm glad you came out.

lsumatt, you are a genius i love you. you never lost hope for lsu. hope we can do it again. can't wait to talk to you this season.

Conference Rankings from the Sagarin link...

NOTE: At this point in the season, Sagarin is still using a Bayesian rating system.

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1 SOUTHEASTERN (A) = 80.86 80.78
2 BIG 12 (A) = 78.15 78.19
3 ATLANTIC COAST (A) = 77.38 77.01
4 BIG TEN (A) = 77.37 77.55
5 PAC-10 (A) = 76.86 77.63
6 BIG EAST (A) = 74.34 73.11
7 MOUNTAIN WEST (A) = 71.89 72.52

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SEC
2 Florida
3 LSU
5 Georgia
6 Alabama
14 Auburn
25 Kentucky
31 Vanderbilt
33 South Carolina
40 Tennessee
64 Arkansas
69 Ole Miss
94 Miss. St.

Big XII
4 Oklahoma
10 Texas
20 Texas Tech
22 Missouri
27 Nebraska
29 Oklahoma State
38 Kansas
42 Kansas State
43 Colorado
65 Texas A&M
72 Baylor
74 Iowa State

Pac 10
1 Southern California
17 Oregon
18 California
32 Arizona
36 Oregon State
46 Arizona State
61 UCLA
62 Stanford
67 Washington
98 Washington State


OOC Schedules for Selected NC Contenders

LSU
89 Appalachian State (those a-holes lost to #93 JMU)
147 North Texas
56 Troy
101 Tulane
DOES NOT PLAY: Kentucky, Vanderbilt, Tennessee
Potential SECCG

Southern California
at 59 Virginia
8 Ohio State
54 Notre Dame

Oklahoma
182 Chattanooga
48 Cincinnati
at 67 Washington
15 TCU
DOES NOT PLAY: Missouri, Colorado, Iowa State
Potential Big XII CG

Missouri
66 Illinois (at St. Louis)
216 Southeast Missouri State
97 Nevada
112 Buffalo
DOES NOT PLAY: Oklahoma, Texas Tech, Texas A&M
Potential Big XII CG

sorry about the typo, DOC...lol

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I was confused as to how the computers weighed SOS

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They all weight SOS differently. But a few things:

1) Its pretty hard (but definitely not impossible) for a BCS team to be ahead of another BCS school if they have more losses. So SOS doesn't carry that much weight.

2) SOS is based on the ranking in that same poll. If Utah is unranked in the AP poll but ranked #10 in the ColleyRankings. Its the #10 ranking that is relevant.

3) Your top opponents really matter. The computers care little if you beat a #80 team vs a # 120 team

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1 SOUTHEASTERN (A) = 80.86 80.78
2 BIG 12 (A) = 78.15 78.19
3 ATLANTIC COAST (A) = 77.38 77.01
4 BIG TEN (A) = 77.37 77.55
5 PAC-10 (A) = 76.86 77.63
6 BIG EAST (A) = 74.34 73.11
7 MOUNTAIN WEST (A) = 71.89 72.52

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Well, that makes these rankings meaningless.