NW loses to a dreadful MSU team and falls 4-5 spots. Oregon loses to Oregon St. and falls 9 spots? NW couldn’t muster 300 yards of offense against a maligned MSU defense which in its 3 losses has given up an average of 37 points a game.
Wisconsin remains at #18 despite the fact they’ve played 3 games! In fact they went up in the rankings even though their last game played was a loss.
OSU remains #3/4 despite not playing again and having won their last game against IU by a TD and giving up 500 yards passing.
IU’s victories are over teams with a combined record of 8-17, but the hype to make them a top 10 team is such a joke. I think IU is a solid team but they’re not a top 10 team.
No B1G teams should be considered for a playoff spot. It’s extremely unfair as they’ll play 4-6 less games then Bama, ND, Clemson, A&M, UF, Miami, UC, BYU, etc..
I would take any of those teams with just one loss over OSU, IU, NW, or Wisconsin.
I read an article about the probability of a loss with each game played. For instance OSU had a 40% chance of going undefeated based on their original 12 game schedule, but after their reduced B1G only schedule that number went up to 57%.
Upsets happen and the more games you play the more likely you are to lose a game, it’s pretty simple. Since the inception of the BCS an average of 1.71 team go undefeated each season. It’s extremely difficult to go undefeated with a full schedule regardless of how good a team is.
Conversely and average of 13.2 teams make it to 6-0, and 9.1 make it to 7-0. This alone shows that just going from 6-0 to 7-0 is difficult statistically.
I think this is greatly overlooked, thoughts? Am I wrong on this?
Wisconsin remains at #18 despite the fact they’ve played 3 games! In fact they went up in the rankings even though their last game played was a loss.
OSU remains #3/4 despite not playing again and having won their last game against IU by a TD and giving up 500 yards passing.
IU’s victories are over teams with a combined record of 8-17, but the hype to make them a top 10 team is such a joke. I think IU is a solid team but they’re not a top 10 team.
No B1G teams should be considered for a playoff spot. It’s extremely unfair as they’ll play 4-6 less games then Bama, ND, Clemson, A&M, UF, Miami, UC, BYU, etc..
I would take any of those teams with just one loss over OSU, IU, NW, or Wisconsin.
I read an article about the probability of a loss with each game played. For instance OSU had a 40% chance of going undefeated based on their original 12 game schedule, but after their reduced B1G only schedule that number went up to 57%.
Upsets happen and the more games you play the more likely you are to lose a game, it’s pretty simple. Since the inception of the BCS an average of 1.71 team go undefeated each season. It’s extremely difficult to go undefeated with a full schedule regardless of how good a team is.
Conversely and average of 13.2 teams make it to 6-0, and 9.1 make it to 7-0. This alone shows that just going from 6-0 to 7-0 is difficult statistically.
I think this is greatly overlooked, thoughts? Am I wrong on this?