If CFP was based entirely on SOS

[TrueOrange]

Until ND joins a conference no way they should be in the Top 4. If strength of schedule, why is Indiana in the playoffs? Zero wins against Top 25.

And they can't be in one of the top 4 bye spots regardless of how they finish. That's part of the agreement that Notre Dame and all the other conferences agreed to, at the moment.

 

[Power_Sweep_Vol]

And they can't be in one of the top 4 bye spots regardless of how they finish. That's part of the agreement that Notre Dame and all the other conferences agreed to, at the moment.

Yep…this is entirely fair and they agreed to it…not sure why people complain on the conference as it’s just as likely to help as hurt them…there is no way for them to get in thru the back door so to speak like Clemson did

 

[THEONLYTENISEE]

ND is in the ACC for other sports, they just need to join the ACC for football.

 

[Orangecrush#27]

Excellent article:

MSN

SOS should matter but the conferences like big 12, ACC, and whatever else there is. They should allow the winner an automatic punch ur ticket like MM. then the teams will get a chance and have to play an away playoff game against the higher seed.

 

[Volwonder1]

Not really. Bama took a step back and OU, Ark, UF were definition of mediocre.....

1 elite, 1 very good, and 3 mediocre

And still a better SOS than 80% of the teams in the playoffs imo

 

[Other_Guy]

Until ND joins a conference no way they should be in the Top 4. If strength of schedule, why is Indiana in the playoffs? Zero wins against Top 25.

Tenn gets made fun of for a meh SOS while OSU gets praise. However, Penn St and Indiana get mocked for playing no one (and everyone KNEW OSU would blow Indiana out) and I'm supposed to believe they're such amazing wins for OSU? Something isn't adding up.

 

[adam.vol]

Excellent article:

MSN

Is Strength of Resume the same as SOS? It appears that Penn State and Texas had improved SOS ratings even though they did not get penalized appropriately for their most recent losses. Until I see one or the other appropriately adjusted to reflect this “less weighted loss” it’s just another thoughtless ranking.

 

[THEONLYTENISEE]

Tenn gets made fun of for a meh SOS while OSU gets praise. However, Penn St and Indiana get mocked for playing no one (and everyone KNEW OSU would blow Indiana out) and I'm supposed to believe they're such amazing wins for OSU? Something isn't adding up.

OSU did play their top conference opponents Oregon, PSU, and Michigan. I think everyone needs to schedule a P4 non conference game.

 

[CAVPUT]

Excellent article:

MSN

And if a frog had wings....

 

[SalVolinus]

Kind of mind-blowing where in a season Tennessee plays Alabama, Georgia, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Florida they are only ranked 29th in SOS.

SoS has record baked into it. With the limited number of games, particularly cross-conference marquee games, it's little more than a guess. A win vs. Marshall for instance would be treated as a better win than @Oklahoma.

Pretty much every current system will punish the SEC for accumulating all of the good teams, talent, and coaches. Sankey needs to rewrite the process or let someone else do the job, because we will be on the losing side of the equation at some point.

 

[LAVol1]

Is Strength of Resume the same as SOS? It appears that Penn State and Texas had improved SOS ratings even though they did not get penalized appropriately for their most recent losses. Until I see one or the other appropriately adjusted to reflect this “less weighted loss” it’s just another thoughtless ranking.

The SEC needs to schedule B1G teams as non-conference games. That would put an end to this crap. And, while I'm on it. ND's biggest SOS win was against Army, who got boat-raced by Navy! Their incredibly weak schedule was rewarded with a home game. The CFP committee is a joke.

 

[S.C. OrangeMan]

Excellent article:

MSN

Don't like it

SOS is based on subjective non CFP rankings.

Garbage in, garbage out.

 

[Power_Sweep_Vol]

Sagarin has ND #1, and Indiana and PennSt and SMU all in top 11…those are unbiased, objective rankings. All 4 are clearly elite teams who are deserving of being in the playoffs

 

[adam.vol]

The SEC needs to schedule B1G teams as non-conference games. That would put an end to this crap. And, while I'm on it. ND's biggest SOS win was against Army, who got boat-raced by Navy! Their incredibly weak schedule was rewarded with a home game. The CFP committee is a joke.

The problem is that there’s only ever 4 teams who matter from the Big 10 each year. The SEC played USC, Wisconsin, and Michigan this year. The Big 10 teams who didn’t play a challenging out of conference game have a tremendously easy path into the playoffs and probably will do all they can to avoid unnecessary challenges.

 

[StickMan]

Not really. Bama took a step back and OU, Ark, UF were definition of mediocre.....

1 elite, 1 very good, and 3 mediocre

I think you missed his point. Typically, that would be murderers row. This season was not typical.

 

[ATCVolinmn]

 

[LAVol1]

The problem is that there’s only ever 4 teams who matter from the Big 10 each year. The SEC played USC, Wisconsin, and Michigan this year. The Big 10 teams who didn’t play a challenging out of conference game have a tremendously easy path into the playoffs and probably will do all they can to avoid unnecessary challenges.

BUT, if the lower and mid-tier SEC teams play the lower and mid-tier B1G teams, they'll expose the weakness of the B1G schedule. It would be good scheduling for all those teams, would it not? Nothing to lose for any of them and games of interest for most of those schools.

 

[adam.vol]

BUT, if the lower and mid-tier SEC teams play the lower and mid-tier B1G teams, they'll expose the weakness of the B1G schedule. It would be good scheduling for all those teams, would it not? Nothing to lose for any of them and games of interest for most of those schools.

If you can get that specific result, then the SEC should be all for it.