Look, I’m just being honest. A few thoughts on the upcoming College Football Playoffs: This is a huge step forward from the BCS model. Huge. As I’ve said before, if you have 129 teams and they each play about 13 games, you can’t possibly have enough interaction to narrow the playoff field to 2 …
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The weird thing about the conference championships this weekend is that only one team in each game has a strong opportunity to continue on to the real championship, which you get to by going through the College Football Playoffs. If #10 Missouri (all rankings my own) wins the SEC championship, they will go to a consolation …
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Here are the teams that currently kind of control their path to the championship: Alabama Florida State Great list, right? No one else is included because every other team has the possibility of winning the rest of their games but not being included in the playoff. If Oregon barely wins their next two games, they …
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(Top image from The Big Lead) Yahoo! writer Dan Wetzel has been posting something like this tweet every Saturday: My weekly reminder that the playoff was supposed to ruin the regular season. — Dan Wetzel (@DanWetzel) October 19, 2014 Saturdays in the fall are as glorious as ever, even with 4 teams getting in. The …
The SEC is dominating most ratings, including mine, at the midway point of the season. I have 5 SEC teams in the top 8. All these teams will have (or have already had) a chance to prove themselves and rise to the top. Notre Dame is making it interesting this year. I summarized my playoff format …
This is my first rating update of 2014. I think September is too early to try and rank teams. And frankly, October might be too early, too, but the A’s are out of the playoffs so I need a distraction. Speaking of playoffs, and college football: College Football Playoffs! I’ve always been a proponent of …
It’s been a fun college football season. Here’s how my proposed system would keep the season going with an opinion-free* 8-team playoff: *The reason I say this is opinion-free is because every team would go into each season knowing exactly who makes the playoff: the six top-rated conference champions and next two highest-rated teams, as …
It’s strange to think how much effect the media has on who plays for the BCS National Championship. Right after Auburn stunned Alabama on Saturday, the discourse around who would play for the all the Xochtils focused on if a 1-loss SEC champion would be more deserving than an undefeated Ohio State. And that’s a fine …
If the season ended today, here’s how the top 4 championship games would be set up:: ACC Championship Game: #1 Florida St. vs. #10 Miami Big 10 Championship Game: #5 Ohio St. vs. #21 Michigan St. Pac 12 Championship Game: Winner of #4 Stanford/#3 Oregon (tomorrow night on ESPN) vs. #16 Arizona St. SEC Championship …
The first BCS rankings came out this week. Missouri has been shooting up the human polls, and is ranked 3rd in the computers; I have them 1st. Here’s how my scores compare to the computer averages: Missouri – I have them 1st, computers have them 3rd Alabama – 2nd, 2nd FSU – 3rd, 1st Oregon …
It’s the last year of the BCS! How about that! I’m exited about the four-team playoff next year, although I still think eight is the right number for a league of this size–127 teams! For your reference, here are Part 1 and Part 2 of my playoff proposal. The only difference is that I now include 6 conference …
I got two messages today asking me some form of: “WHERE ARE YOUR COLLEGE FOOTBALL RATINGS, ANDREW? I CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT THEM!” (I may be exaggerating tone) I actually forgot to do it. Sunday is when I usually do it and I was busy. Then I just plum forgot. There’s not much controversy this …
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As we enter the last week of the season, let’s take a look at all the conference championship games that will affect the BCS national championship: SEC – #2 Alabama vs. #3 Georgia – winner goes to the national championship. And let’s also look at the conference championship’s that have no effect whatsoever on the …
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The big story of the weekend in college football is, of course, Kent State’s rise to #18 in the rankings. Oh! Also, the thing about the top 2 teams in the country getting upset. That was a big deal, too. On a side note, I always go to a big academic conference the weekend before Thanksgiving, …
I have 6 SEC teams in my top 10. SIX. That is crazy. But that’s what my numbers tell me are the teams that deserve to be at the top of the ratings, and it’s because of their conference strength of schedule. They play tough teams week in and week out, and the numbers bear …
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