re: Final football ranking top 5

1. Michigan
2. Washington
3. Texas 12-2
4. Alabama 12-2
5. Georgia 13-1
6. Oregon 12-2
7. Florida State 13-1
8. Missouri 11-2
9. Ole Miss 11-2
10. Ohio State 11-2
11. LSU 10-3
12. Arizona 10-3
13. Penn State 10-3
14. Notre Dame 10-3
15. Tennessee 9-4
16. Oklahoma 10-3

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Perhaps since Texas beat Bama, who beat Georgia?

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For fricks sake….the transitive property doesn’t work in football! Period. Literally every year it gets empirically proven but idiots still try to incorporate it in their logic.

When called out on it, typically proponents double down on the cognitive dissonance and claim that a playoff is more “pure” and regular season outcomes don’t matter at all in evaluating teams.

It’s a huge reason of why a deep, multi round playoff is wrong for the sport. But watch a 16 or even 20 team playoff get pushed in a few years.

That list makes zero sense.

If bama beat Georgia and won the sec… why the frick would Georgia be ranked ahead of them?

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I have no idea how they have Washington at 12 but they try to justify it in the article.

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And Penn State at 5 but no Mississippi!

Garbage list.

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I have no idea how they have Washington at 12 but they try to justify it in the article.

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I guess this is what people were using to predict Oregon would beat Washington... both times.

So that's why you need multiple formulas, because not every team is accurately read by each formula.

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-Rankings and scores predictions are based on 20,000 simulations of a team’s season and games, using a combination of key analytics, including scores to date, quality of opponents, team talent, recruiting, and a team’s schedule.

-Teams are ranked not in order of talent like in other rankings, but by a projected point margin per game against an average team on a neutral field.

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Aha, that's the issue. Washington doesn't blow teams out. That win over Texas was something like their 9th 1-score game.

Meanwhile, Penn State is #5 because they get a bump from playing Michigan AND Ohio State, and another from scores because they slaughter the rest of the Big 10 by 20-30 pts a game.
I suppose "team talent and recruiting" is why Ole Miss and Mizzou aren't even on this list.

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Texas has two losses why would they be ahead of Georgia?

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Because they beat the team that beat them.

Those results cannot subvert what actually happened in the games

How can Georgia be ahead of Alabama??????

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How can Georgia be ahead of Alabama??????

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The same way Missouri is ahead of LSU. Overall record

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How can Georgia be ahead of Alabama??????

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this thing called wins and losses