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re: How about one simple rule for at-large eligibility
Posted on 12/21/24 at 7:41 am to lsupride87
Posted on 12/21/24 at 7:41 am to lsupride87
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A team could have scheduled the following teams this year LSU Michigan Oklahoma FSU Auburn Florida Washington USC and not had a ranked win there….
You could at least make an argument that you scheduled marquee programs since these games are set years in advance.
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Posted on 12/21/24 at 7:41 am to lsupride87
This might be the dumbest thread I've seen here this year.
Posted on 12/21/24 at 7:42 am to Gator5220
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Those are conference games so they don’t have a say.
Is the Big 10 a power conference or not?
Indiana's OOC schedule does not look all that different than many SEC schools.
Posted on 12/21/24 at 7:43 am to Gator5220
quote:Ahh. Ok. Just judge teams on who they choose to schedule
Indiana’s non conference schedule: Florida International Western Illinois UCLA Charlotte
The team that Indiana beat out
Non conf schedule
Western Kentucky
USF
Wisconsin
Mercer
Posted on 12/21/24 at 7:48 am to lsupride87
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The team that Indiana beat out Non conf schedule Western Kentucky USF Wisconsin Mercer
If Bama had scheduled one marquee ooc team and won, they’re probably in the playoff.
Posted on 12/21/24 at 7:52 am to lsupride87
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So why does Indiana’s 10 pt loss
Guess you didn’t watch the game.
Posted on 12/21/24 at 8:11 am to lsupride87
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It’s a 12 team playoff. The last few teams in aren’t going to be great
No, but if we don’t force better scheduling, both OOC and by the conferences setting their rotations, there is a significant incentive to water down schedules for possible playoff teams.
To use the example of Texas, the SEC should have been forced to take a harder look at Texas’ schedule. It was set like two years ago, when it could have been reasonably suspected that OU, UF, Arky, MSU, UK, etc wouldn’t be that good. It was pretty widely thought to be a very favorable draw at the time it was released.
This post was edited on 12/21/24 at 8:14 am
Posted on 12/21/24 at 8:28 am to Gator5220
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Indiana’s non conference schedule: Florida International Western Illinois UCLA Charlotte
It’s worse than that. UCLA is a conference game, and they bought out of a game with Louisville.
Posted on 12/21/24 at 8:28 am to Crowknowsbest
This is all good, in theory, but you can't actually control how good a team will be on a year-to-year basis, especially in the transfer portal era.
Posted on 12/21/24 at 8:30 am to John Casey
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This is all good, in theory, but you can't actually control how good a team will be on a year-to-year basis, especially in the transfer portal era.
You can’t, but I’m ok with a draconian policy to avoid the perverse incentives currently in place. A truly random sampling of SEC or B1G teams will end up with multiple ranked opponents the vast majority of the time.
Make an exception for conference champions if you want.
Posted on 12/21/24 at 8:36 am to StansberryRules
But you have no idea how a team will be from year to year when scheduling ..look at FSU this year .. don't like the idea...but if it were a rule, I think a better approach would be to use an average year end ranking from previous 2-3 years, preseason ranking and year end ranking.
Posted on 12/21/24 at 8:38 am to StansberryRules
So, what if we use another rule saying you can't have 2 or more losses to unranked teams?
Posted on 12/21/24 at 8:40 am to Gator5220
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Indiana’s non conference schedule:
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UCLA
Posted on 12/21/24 at 8:42 am to RedHawk
quote:I did. I also watched the game where bama failed to score a TD vs a 6-6 team
Guess you didn’t watch the game.
Posted on 12/21/24 at 8:45 am to StansberryRules
You have to add more nuance to a situation, because top 25 is a very arbitrary number.. If you beat a top 25 team, and they're ranked anywhere 20 or lower, chances are they are falling out of the 25, especially if it's the end of the season.
Do we really want to pretend that the #23 ranked team is just vastly better than the #26 team?
Do we really want to pretend that the #23 ranked team is just vastly better than the #26 team?
Posted on 12/21/24 at 8:52 am to StansberryRules
So Texas should be out?
Posted on 12/21/24 at 8:53 am to Crowknowsbest
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No, but if we don’t force better scheduling, both OOC and by the conferences setting their rotations, there is a significant incentive to water down schedules for possible playoff teams.
Sure, you can do that. But you also run the risk of missing the playoffs due to your weaker schedule unless you go undefeated. SMU was damn close to being left out for Bama as is. If Bama did not get embarrassed by Oklahoma, they're 100% in the playoffs. If Ole Miss doesn't lose to Florida, then they're in the playoffs over Indiana.
Posted on 12/21/24 at 9:10 am to StansberryRules
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If you finish the year with 0 wins against teams ranked in the final top 25 poll, you're ineligible for an at-large spot.
If you are going to D a ranked team because they did not beat any ranked teams, you also have to DQ a top 25 win for anyone who played the DQd team. If the ranking is insufficient to consider a team for the CFP ranking, it is certainly not sufficient to consider them a quality win. So it gets less simple.
Ultimately, it always comes down to people's opinions.
Posted on 12/21/24 at 9:34 am to Gator5220
Or if they had beaten Vandy.
Posted on 12/21/24 at 9:40 am to Gator5220
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Indiana’s non conference schedule: UCLA
Please frick off
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