re: Rankings and Strength of Schedule - Media Perception

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uggg my pet peeve how stats can be skewed like this

3 of them were against plain awful teams.

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you mean like how had Bama beaten South Carolina, Vandy would have been in 1st place in the SEC East. Miss State is 4-2 and those 2 losses were to LSU & Auburn. And the other 2 were Tennessee and Florida

Why the F**k is everyone down playing Florida!!! What a win by LSU in the SWAMP! The gators being "down" this year is clearly being based on there dominance in recent years. The truth is that LSU went there and beat a super athletic very well coached team. It was a big win and if any of the punk azz teams ranked top 5 went there the gators would have the W.

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but how good were the 3 top 25 teams?

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2 of them are still ranked and the 3rd is getting votes. How's that for ya ?

Jay, while I believe you're right, there does remain that possibility (see Auburn 2004). I don't think that'll happen again, but there is that outside shot. And since we aren't getting a whole lot of respect at 6 and 0, I wouldn't be surprised if Nebraska goes undefeated and wins the Big 12 Championship, and OSU goes undefeated and plays Nebraska in the Championship. Because of perception and hype. Taylor Martinez v. Terrell Pryor. The Freshman Phenom v. the Grown Dual Threat. A Once Proud Football Program v. the Perennially Proud Football Program. I mean, the story there is better. The Black Shirts Back Again. I trust the computers to offset the human votes, but it wouldn't shock me. That's all. If Auburn can get screwed, so can we... But I'm glad that there are people out there like you who can make me feel better about it. I guess I'm just too cynical.

lol. this board.

you're right florida is a top 3 team. good job lsu

Miami got curb stomped! Shannon is not a head coach! Miami has way to much talent to not win the ACC.

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but how good were the 3 top 25 teams?

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Better than Miami.

SOS, at Present, based on past W/L:

Ohio St.: 86
Oregon: 110
Boise St.: 33
TCU: 43
Nebraska: 58
Oklahoma: 12
Auburn: 38
Alabama: 52

LSU: 15

So, once again, many teams are sneaking into the top 10 by beating shitty teams, especially OSU and Oregon.

Now, based on cumulative W/L, (this is much more speculative, it takes the present W/L records of your future opponents):

LSU: 2
Oklahoma: 9
Auburn: 13
Alabama: 16
Nebraska: 27
Ohio St.: 55 (tied with Tulane, just to through that in, lol)
Boise St.: 63
TCU: 70
Oregon: 78 (ETA)

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LSU: 2 Oklahoma: 9 Auburn: 13 Alabama: 16 Nebraska: 27 Ohio St.: 55 (tied with Tulane, just to through that in, lol) Boise St.: 63 TCU: 70

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so is that just taking w/l total into account and nothing else?