FOR YOUR VIEWING PLEASURE - A GRAPHIC COMPARISON
MICHIGAN'S SOS 31 is PATHETIC - worse when viewed like this in comparison. The "Michigan did not play anybody with a chance to lose" truth is obvious.
Assuming OSU BEATS MICHIGAN - MICHIGAN WINS VS ILLINOIS & OSU BEATS B1G CHAMPIONSHIP OPPONENT.
TCU wins vs BAYLOR & IOWA STATE but loses to K STATE IN BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIP?
UGA beats LSU in the SEC CHAMPIONSHIP
Does TENNESSEE #2 SOS at 11-1 get the spot vs 11-1 MICHIGAN - a team that played the most pathetic 31st SOS in power 5 history.
MICHIGAN SOS RANK 31 VS TENNESSEE RANK 2 SOS - COMPARE RECORDS
MICHIGAN PLAYED 5 TEAMS WITH MORE Ws than Losses and 6 without
Sat, Sep 3 Vs Colorado State 3W 10L W51-7
Sat, Sep 10 Vs Hawaii 2W – 11L W56-10
Sat, Sep 17 Vs UConn 5W-5L W59-0
Sat, Sep 24 Vs Maryland 7W-5L W34-27 ONE TD
Sat, Oct 1 @ Iowa 7W-5L W27-14
Sat, Oct 8 @ Indiana 3W-9L W31-10
Sat, Oct 15 Vs 14 PSU 10W-2L W41-17 only ranked win
Sat, Oct 29 Vs Michigan State 6W-6L W29-7
Sat, Nov 5 @ Rutgers 4W-8L W52-17
Sat, Nov 12 Vs Nebraska 1W-11L W34-3
Sat, Nov 19 vs Illinois 7W-4L now tied with Purdue, Iowa, & Minn. at 4-3 in B1G but will be 4-4 with Michigan loss = no B1G championship game
Sat, Nov 26 @2 Ohio State 11-0
BEST WIN PSU RANKED 14 13 WINS & 49 COMBINED LOSSES teams in red above
TENNESSEE 2 OPPONENTS W/ LOSING RECORDS - 6 TEAMS RANKED 2,3,7,17, 19,20 LOSING TO #2 UGA
Thu, Sep 1 Vs Ball State 7W-5L W59-10
Sat, Sep 10 @ 17 Pittsburgh 8W-4L W34-27
Sat, Sep 17 Vs Akron 2W-9L W63-6
Sat, Sep 24 Vs 20 Florida 8W-4L W38-33
Sat, Oct 8 @ 7 LSU 10-2 W40-13
Sat, Oct 15 Vs 3 Alabama 10-2 W52-49
Sat, Oct 22 Vs UT Martin 7W-4L W65-24
Sat, Oct 29 Vs 19 Kentucky 7W-5L W44-6
Sat, Nov 5 @ 2 Georgia 12-0 L27-13
Sat, Nov 12 Vs Missouri 6W-6L W66-24
Sat, Nov 19 @ South Carolina 6W-6L
Sat, Nov 26@ Vanderbilt 4W-8L
TCU RANK 18 SOS
If TCU loses to K STATE in the Big 12 Championship the #18 SOS should not matter
TCU won by 10 vs K STATE - maybe they don't win again. 4 wins by one TD or less
09/02 Colorado 1-11 W 38-13
09/10 Tarleton State 5-5 W 59-17
09/24 S Methodist 6-6 W 42-34 6points
10/01 Oklahoma 5-7 W 55-24
10/08 Kansas 6-6 W 38-31 7points
10/15 Oklahoma St 9-3 W 43-40 3points
10/22 Kansas St 9-3 W 38-28
10/29 W Virginia 4-8 W 41-31
11/05 Texas Tech 6-6 W 34-24
11/12 Texas 7-5 W 17-10 7 points
11/19 @Baylor 7-5 12:00 pm
11/26 Iowa State 4-8 12:00 pm
UGA #1 OSU #2 TENN #3 & TCU, MICH, USC OR CLEMSON #4 predicted CFP order