***OFFICIAL CFP Rankings Show Watch Thread***
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Other than Campbell, who would never do it, who from Iowa State would be heard more? He’s the perfect person to make a case for ISU in my opinion.
And I take Pollard’s comments as bigger picture than just picking on a few teams that are ahead of us. He was on the basketball selection committee and knows a thing or two about selecting teams for a national championship tournament. He’s pointing out the inherent flaws in the current CFP system, which is a complete sham. The more people in influential positions that point this out, the better chance of some change. I still believe there is little hope that anything will change for the better in college football, but saying something is better than being silent and just accepting it.
Note how Clemson is way behind Big 12 in AP poll but committee has them in position to jump big 12 winner should they beat SMU. 6 spot differential, highest of any team easily.
KidSilverhair
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It’s already happening. “Look over here at these Top 25 wins! Don’t look under the rug at those losses to Vandy and Oklahoma, those don’t matter … but SMU couldn’t even win the ACC title game, how can we put them in over this powerhouse 6th-place SEC team?”
Give me south bend. If northern IL can win there so can we
I don’t think anyone at ISU should. Yormark should. If Jaimie has to say something, why not go after Alabama, which is the real travesty.
Not against other teams like ISU for their SOS. When our SOS is low too and we also dodged the other top teams in our conference.
Every playoff prediction I’ve seen since Sunday has ASU winning…
KidSilverhair
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I’d like to think this is true. While UNLV beating a top 10 team seems like a possible setup for a big jump … remember UNLV already lost to Boise State once. Beating them for the MWC title just means they went 1-1 against them, hardly an argument for a 6 or 7 spot jump.
Then again, these same doofuses had Tulane ranked in between the top two Big XII teams a week ago, so what they’re gonna do is completely up in the air.
I don't entirely disagree but punching down at another school's AD on social media isn't going to do anything in terms of swaying the committee.
Why does the big 12 have to be perfect when others can lose to Vandy and NIU?!?!
KidSilverhair
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Clemson really doesn’t have one single signature win this year. Even Iowa State beat pretty good teams in Kansas State, Baylor, and at Iowa … Clemson’s best win is, what, Pittsburgh? Virginia Tech?
KidSilverhair
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Guys, guys, all the brackets they put out are simply going by the committee ranking. The highest-ranked team gets the benefit of the doubt. That’s why they all have Arizona State in as Big XII champion. It’s not a prediction of the game, it’s just using the rankings.
The Big 12 doesn't need to be perfect. I was pointing out that S.M.U., Indiana and Boise are ranked ahead of ISU because of 1 loss instead of 2, and ISU's 2 losses were not due to the schedule being too tough. If ISU was a 1 loss team, they would probably in the Top 10 right now too instead of at #16.
This is a direct product of the new super leagues. I said it on an earlier thread but this is why the BCS formula is flawed now too. The spread of scheduling parity within each conference is much wider than it used to be. Plus the BCS formula loved SOS which is worthless when you are simply rewarding a team for getting housed by a top team and the piling up wins against soft teams.
Number 3 is what I’m most confident about. I do not see UNLV jumping a power conference champion. But as you say, never say never with these doofuses
If ISU wins, Boise wins and Oregon wins, the Cyclones will be traveling to South Bend. That's an easy drive, but be prepared to pay a pretty penny for those tickets.
SOS is a sham when you only have 12 data points. Simply losing to a good team shouldn’t be a resume builder.
I don't think it is a total sham, but you are right about one game making a huge difference in SOS like Ohio State did for Indiana. Of course, Purdue offset that. Perhaps, a good way of doing a SOS with winning percentage it to drop the best and worst record of the 12 opponents. Also, only games vs. FBS teams should count. If a team is 8-4 with one win over an FCS team, that should only be counted as 7-4 IMO, and the record of the FCS team should just be dropped altogether.