[jjbrr]

Whoa, let's not have the Official SEC Greatness Appreciation Thread derail into lolcanada talk.

[jjbrr]

awm, on 2012-November-18, 17:02, said:

Can anyone explain to me why the SEC teams are all rated so high?

bump.

still an lol-worthy OP

[Thiros]

This week, Florida State is #1, and there are three SEC teams in the top 3.

I know this sounds like it cannot be possible. For the resolution to this paradox, look up the AP poll.

[GreenMan]

Two teams tied for third-fourth. Three SEC teams in the top 4. No paradox there.

[jjbrr]

after this week i got

auburn
mississippi state
baylor
ole miss
florida state

notre dame
alabama
TCU
michigan state
Oklahoma

Oregon
Aggies
Georgia
Arizona
Ohio State

Oklahoma State
UCLA
Kansas State
Arizona State
East Carolina

order not exact

[jjbrr]

and when bama indeed drops to like 7th and you think to yourself "lol bama is better than half the teams in the top 6" this will be a perfect example of a team that suffers a loss early on and climbs back up the rankings with solid play the rest of the year

[Bbradley62]

Auburn at Miss St this week! I wonder how far the loser will drop in the rankings if the game is close.

[Winstonm]

Baylor 61 TCU 58.

[jjbrr]

man, ole miss and miss state are legit.

its hard to imagine that bama or auburn aren't even a top three team in their conference, let alone the country

[Bbradley62]

jjbrr, on 2014-October-11, 20:46, said:

its hard to imagine that bama or auburn aren't even a top three team in their conference, let alone the country

Or in their division within their conference.

[jjbrr]

Bbradley62, on 2014-October-11, 21:32, said:

Or in their division within their conference.

yeah, the east is a dumpster fire.

lol@gurley
lol@the ncaa
lol@treon harris

[Winstonm]

jjbrr, on 2014-October-11, 22:22, said:

yeah, the east is a dumpster fire.

lol@gurley
lol@the ncaa
lol@treon harris

lol Alabama 14 Arkansas 13

[jjbrr]

Winstonm, on 2014-October-12, 21:01, said:

lol Alabama 14 Arkansas 13

i support any and all lol bamas, but an sec win is an sec win.

im actually shocked miss st moved to #1 on a week fsu also won, so i assume awm's mind is completely blown. i don't expect miss st to hang on the whole season.

and Godgers looked like Godgers at the end of the game today. Fun weekend of football

[Bbradley62]

Bbradley62, on 2014-October-06, 09:47, said:

Auburn at Miss St this week! I wonder how far the loser will drop in the rankings if the game is close.

I'm glad to see that Auburn is top-ranked among one-loss teams.

jjbrr, on 2014-October-12, 22:59, said:

im actually shocked miss st moved to #1 on a week fsu also won, so i assume awm's mind is completely blown. i don't expect miss st to hang on the whole season.

I'm surprised this actually happened, but I think it's completely right. MsSt has beaten #8, #6 and #2 by a total of 37 points; FSU needed OT to beat #22 and hasn't played anyone else noteworthy. Unless they trounce ND this coming week, they don't deserve any #1 votes.

[Flem72]

Strength of schedule rankings are notoriously variable, but I have seen Florida St ranked at 30 and at 60. How much does it take to dominate the ACC? The Domers could do everyone a big favor this weekend.

EDIT: For games as of Oct 11, now 29 and 68.

[Bbradley62]

Do Baylor and Notre Dame fall below Auburn and Alabama, leaving SEC (West) as 4 of the top 5?

This post has been edited by Bbradley62: 2014-October-19, 07:19

[mike777]

love to see ND and Fs on a neutral field....


No one understands football rules see that last play where ND win called back.

[billw55]

mike777, on 2014-October-18, 22:45, said:

No one understands football rules see that last play where ND win called back.

The rule is not really complicated. Receivers are not allowed to block DBs before the pass is caught. Enforcement is trickier. Were the receivers blocking, or were the DBs chucking the receivers? Basically, a judgement call as to who initiated the contact. Looking at the replay, I agreed with the call.

[jjbrr]

Quote

“The thing about Mississippi State is, that game with Alabama, while we would say Alabama controlled that game and won, it did end up a five-point game and you never felt like Mississippi State was out of that game,” Long said. “So while Alabama controlled it, Mississippi State was within striking distance in that game.”

A quick glace at the boxscore would tell you that the touchdown to make it a five-point game came with 15 seconds remaining when the game was well in hand.

Long is the Playoff Committee chairman.

Rankings still rigged; not enough focus on OOC schedule.

[Bbradley62]

What's the relevance of OOC schedule? Strength of Schedule is the relevant factor; it doesn't matter whether facing a particular opponent is mandated or voluntary. If your list of mandated opponents is unimpressive, you have to go out of your way to schedule impressive voluntary opponents, otherwise you cannot be included in the national playoff conversation (see: Marshall). If your conference schedule includes five Top 10 caliber opponents, you shouldn't be expected to add major opponents for your voluntary schedule.

Please explain in what way you think the rankings are rigged.