2024-2025 NCAA Football Thread

[Mike0616]

Strength of Schedule coming into the season or current ?

Oregons Remaining SOS is 57th
They started the season as 25th

Ohio State started the season at 23rd
Remaining is 49th ...
I'm sure a lot of that was the demise of TTUN

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Keep in mind, this is One sites opinion

And that site is vastly different than the numbers at ESPN, Sagarin, etc. (the better known and older sites.). The SOS used by the CFP committee is their own that includes wins over ranked teams, record against teams with WINNING RECORDS (that ought to kill Indiana!), etc. They will not divulge to common folks what their exact formula is, or even if they have one, although their site sounds like a metric of some kind is used.

 

[Ronnie-]

Strength of Schedule coming into the season or current ?

Oregons Remaining SOS is 57th
They started the season as 25th

Ohio State started the season at 23rd
Remaining is 49th ...
I'm sure a lot of that was the demise of TTUN

2024 Strength of Schedule For All 134 FBS College Football Teams After Week 10

We've updated our college football strength of schedule for the 2024 season after Week 10. Check out who has the easiest and toughest roads ahead!

collegefootballnetwork.com

Keep in mind, this is One sites opinion

Sheesh. That doesn’t match any other SOS that anyone else has out, I definitely don’t agree with it.

The difference between it with just bama. They have them in the 100 range, nearly everyone else has them around the top 10. Some in the top 5.


It’s not dissimilar for several other teams.

 

[Jimbo]

And that site is vastly different than the numbers at ESPN, Sagarin, etc. (the better known and older sites.). The SOS used by the CFP committee is their own that includes wins over ranked teams, record against teams with WINNING RECORDS (that ought to kill Indiana!), etc. They will not divulge to common folks what their exact formula is, or even if they have one, although their site sounds like a metric of some kind is used.

As I said ... keep in mind, thats one sites opinion

For all the different polls, we may as well have our own poll.

 

[Jimbo]

Sheesh. That doesn’t match any other SOS that anyone else has out, I definitely don’t agree with it.

The difference between it with just bama. They have them in the 100 range, nearly everyone else has them around the top 10. Some in the top 5.


It’s not dissimilar for several other teams.

Every poll has thier own ideas.

 

[Mike0616]

Every poll has thier own ideas.

and some are more feeble than others.

 

[Yespage]

In the AP poll, it is good to be in the Big Ten, taking four of the top five spots: Oregon, Ohio State (who has only lost to Oregon), Penn State (who only lost to Ohio State), and Indiana (who hasn't played any of those three or a college of note). Here's to easy Big Ten Schedule *clink*

Thanks to the breakthrough of circular college football ranking logic, even if Indiana loses to Ohio State, they should still be in the top 10 because of... ranking inertia. Which does make me want to ask "WHY IS INDIANA #5 IN THE NATION IN THE FIRST PLACE?!"

Alabama, Georgia, Ole Miss sit on two losses each. Alabama lost to Vanderbilt and Tennessee, Georgia to two ranked teams, and Ole Miss to three loss LSU and two loss Georgia. Making an argument for SEC parity. And finally, Texas beat... well... Vanderbilt, but lost to Alabama. Which arguably makes a statement that Alabama is a top four team, despite losing twice.

Notre Dame is riding that Texas A&M win despite losing to Northern Illinois (a mediocre MAC team), and are in front of Alabama and Georgia... who are ahead of Texas A&M.

Ah... the ridiculous effort that is known as trying to objectively rank college football teams that only play two to four or five competitive games a season. Thank goodness there is a large playoff because otherwise, not certain how this would have worked.

 

[Yespage]

When it comes to college football, I'm a bit of an anarchist, just based on how little of a sport it is and more of a mega corporation. I like to see things burn. Speaking of which, the SEC is one massive clump of teams, which means the potential for more tiebreakers.

1. Head-to-head among the tied teams
2. Record vs. common opponents among the tied teams
3. Record against the highest-place opponent among the tied teams
4. Combined winning percentage of all conference opponents for each team

Current standings are here. Three strategic losses and we could have how many teams with 2 losses? *maniacal laughter*

The SEC could be in talks with IBM to develop a super computer than can manage the tiebreaker among 6 teams.

 

[Jimbo]

In the AP poll, it is good to be in the Big Ten, taking four of the top five spots: Oregon, Ohio State (who has only lost to Oregon), Penn State (who only lost to Ohio State), and Indiana (who hasn't played any of those three or a college of note). Here's to easy Big Ten Schedule *clink*

Thanks to the breakthrough of circular college football ranking logic, even if Indiana loses to Ohio State, they should still be in the top 10 because of... ranking inertia. Which does make me want to ask "WHY IS INDIANA #5 IN THE NATION IN THE FIRST PLACE?!"

Alabama, Georgia, Ole Miss sit on two losses each. Alabama lost to Vanderbilt and Tennessee, Georgia to two ranked teams, and Ole Miss to three loss LSU and two loss Georgia. Making an argument for SEC parity. And finally, Texas beat... well... Vanderbilt, but lost to Alabama. Which arguably makes a statement that Alabama is a top four team, despite losing twice.

Notre Dame is riding that Texas A&M win despite losing to Northern Illinois (a mediocre MAC team), and are in front of Alabama and Georgia... who are ahead of Texas A&M.

Ah... the ridiculous effort that is known as trying to objectively rank college football teams that only play two to four or five competitive games a season. Thank goodness there is a large playoff because otherwise, not certain how this would have worked.

Why was Miami ranked #4 a week or so ago ...
Thye haven't played anyone all that good, other than possibly Louisville (that was a 1 possession game)

 

[Yespage]

Big 10 continue to cruise with 4 of the top 5 spots. There is only two losses among those teams, which is roughly 10 times as many wins against top opponents those four teams have as well. Oregon beat OSU, OSU beat PSU. Indiana are undefeated! Two spots under Indiana is 2-loss Alabama, who'd I can only imagine, would torch Indiana for 92 points in the first half and that is after subbing in the cheerleaders. Oh yeah, Notre Dame is in 6th because... ratings. Georgia is in the spot behind Alabama... followed by more SEC teams, Ole Miss and Tennessee. All with two losses each.

The magic this year is all SEC. Two teams with one loss, both from Texas. Then four teams stand at two losses. We are just two convenient losses by Texas and Texas A&M away from a 6 way SEC tie. I'm pushing a Texas A&M victory over Texas. But a six-way tie for first does have some benefits.

Indiana takes on OSU this weekend. A win for Indiana would send them to #2, while a loss could see them drop one or two spots... or 20. PSU lost to OSU and are still fourth without any quality victories. Is the Big Ten in charge of rankings this year?