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Strength of schedule to become a metric in CFP selection process
Posted on 9/24/26 at 12:34 pm
Posted on 9/24/26 at 12:34 pm
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The new metric will help determine the strength of each conference based on the schedule strength of each team in its league. According to Dinich, the goal is to help separate teams in the same league with similar records based on the quality of the teams they play in the league. This could be particularly helpful for teams who don’t play each other during the regular season but could be fighting for playoff spots.
It will also help better compare teams across leagues with similar records, based on how tough their conference opponents were during the season. Dinich also reported that it won’t trump quality wins, strength of schedule, record strength and what the committee sees on film as measurables for playoff and top 25 selection.
Posted on 9/24/26 at 12:49 pm to The Egg
So Indiana gets left out after going undefeated with that weak arse schedule?
Posted on 9/24/26 at 12:53 pm to The Egg
Based on the article the new metric is strength of conference. Schedule is already a metric albeit a seemingly ignored one.
Posted on 9/24/26 at 12:56 pm to LSUSUPERSTAR
Bad schedule or not, Indiana beat that arse last year. Nobody had a chance against them.
Posted on 9/24/26 at 1:00 pm to The Egg
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The new metric will help determine the strength of each conference based on the schedule strength of each team in its league.
I mean they were already doing this lol
Posted on 9/24/26 at 1:07 pm to The Egg
Notre Dame, Miami, Indiana, and Penn State should be ashamed
Posted on 9/24/26 at 1:11 pm to The Egg
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According to Dinich, the goal is to help separate teams in the same league with similar records based on the quality of the teams they play in the league.
This is actually kind of shitty since conference offices set the schedules.
Posted on 9/24/26 at 1:12 pm to WestSideTiger
Doesn't SoS already take Strength of the conference into the equation? If you play better teams, the schedule strength is higher
Posted on 9/24/26 at 1:14 pm to The Egg
I think this will come into play with 10-2/9-3 teams.
No P4 team with 11+ wins is getting left out.
I could see a 10-2 team that didn't win its conference and has no ranked wins getting left at home for a 9-3 team with multiple ranked wins whose three losses are all against ranked teams.
No P4 team with 11+ wins is getting left out.
I could see a 10-2 team that didn't win its conference and has no ranked wins getting left at home for a 9-3 team with multiple ranked wins whose three losses are all against ranked teams.
Posted on 9/24/26 at 1:18 pm to WestSideTiger
quote:when did they ignore strength of schedule
Schedule is already a metric albeit a seemingly ignored one.
Posted on 9/24/26 at 1:20 pm to Buckeye06
quote:yes. If you consider strength of schedule already, then strength of conference is too by proxy.
Doesn't SoS already take Strength of the conference into the equation? If you play better teams, the schedule strength is higher
Posted on 9/24/26 at 1:21 pm to skullhawk
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I could see a 10-2 team that didn't win its conference and has no ranked wins getting left at home for a 9-3 team with multiple ranked wins whose three losses are all against ranked teams.
As it should be. Now, will they actually put it into practice?
Posted on 9/24/26 at 1:31 pm to The Egg
BCS era > NIL/Playoff era
Posted on 9/24/26 at 1:58 pm to WestSideTiger
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Schedule is already a metric albeit a seemingly ignored one.
This is a myth that isn’t really true. Oklahoma and Alabama got in over ND last year pretty much only due to their overall SOS / SOR / a better top win. IU went 11-1 in 2024 in the B1G, but was only the 10 seed, because despite 11 wins in the 2nd-best conference, their OOC schedule was trash and their only ranked opponent was OSU. Pretty much the only major issue people have been mad about is 9-3 Texas, but they also had the UF loss and two OT wins against meh teams.
SOS is always a factor, it’s not the only factor. If you’re going to have a committee, that’s the way it should be / has to be. I’d also be perfectly fine if they just went to a formula similar to ESPN’s Strength of Record, with no human decisions at all for at larges / seeding teams. But as long as they have humans deciding, it’s going to be a weird and non-transparent hodgepodge of factors.
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