I think a blend of approaches is good, especially when teams final ranking is markedly worse

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I think a blend of approaches is good, especially when teams final ranking is markedly worse

Author: Turkish (1240 Posts - Joined: Oct 22, 2007)

Posted at 1:10 pm on Jan 23, 2025

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Sometimes teams drop because of injuries or bad luck.

Usually they drop because they were overrated - think Pitt/Michigan/Oklahoma this year.

Replies to: "I think a blend of approaches is good, especially when teams final ranking is markedly worse"

Now that the season is over - I wonder who had the toughest schedule in College Football... - murph92675 - 1:29pm 1/22/25 (18) [View All]
- ND's schedule was awful this year - Fisher01 - 7:01am 1/23/25
  - Weak by ND standards but not by comparison to other CFP teams.. - Chrisb - 11:43am 1/23/25
    - Miami bagging us and SC and FSU sucking didn’t help. [NT] - Frank L - 9:50pm 1/23/25
      - 100% but even with that, 12 of 16 teams we played were in Bowls/CFP [NT] - Chrisb - 1:33pm 1/25/25
  - SOS ~40th before playoffs. Lack of true elite opponents, but most teams were decent/bowl-eligible - Turkish - 10:48am 1/23/25
- That doesn't really matter in the playoff era. [NT] - AlbanyIRISH - 8:25pm 1/22/25
- Comparing schedules including 4 rounds of playoffs is silly. - LanceHarbor - 3:26pm 1/22/25
  - The victories that matter are playoff victories. - Hensou - 7:23pm 1/22/25
    - So deep, Kidnapper. - LanceHarbor - 8:52pm 1/22/25
- Re: Now that the season is over - I wonder who had the toughest schedule in College Football.. - Chrisb - 2:06pm 1/22/25
  - I was going off the final AP Poll [NT] [LINK] - murph92675 - 2:22pm 1/22/25
    - Final AP Poll is bizarre, no teams dropped out of rankings from December - Turkish - 1:08pm 1/23/25
    - Ok, I go by ranking when they played because.. [LINK] - Chrisb - 2:44pm 1/22/25
      - I prefer to go by ranking after the end of the regular season - NDQuebec - 5:35pm 1/22/25
        That's just not how anyone who tracks it from a historical perspective.. - Chrisb - 5:55pm 1/22/25
        I think a blend of approaches is good, especially when teams final ranking is markedly worse - Turkish - 1:10pm 1/23/25
      - Thanks - Makes sense - [NT] - murph92675 - 2:51pm 1/22/25
  - Ha, I was thinking about this last night, OSU had to be the only team beating more high ranked teams [NT] - Frankx - 2:21pm 1/22/25