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re: ESPN Strength of schedule rankings
Posted on 11/17/22 at 11:27 am to cyarrr
Posted on 11/17/22 at 11:27 am to cyarrr
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Doesn’t matter
Yep.
Selection order:
1 - Undefeated P5's
2 - 1-loss P5 champs
3 - 1-loss P5 non-champs/2-loss P5 champs/undefeated G5's.
Looking back on it, there's not a clear history on how the committee looks at the groups in the 3's. They've generally favored 1-loss non-champs over 2-loss champions... but in those cases the 1-loss teams generally were coming from lesser conferences. I'm not sure how they'd treat LSU in relation to say UGA/UT/Michigan.
Things like SOS only come into play when making a selection from within a group... it's not going to put a 1-loss non-champ in ahead of a 1-loss champ.
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Posted on 11/17/22 at 12:12 pm to DawginSC
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Selection order:
1 - Undefeated P5's
2 - 1-loss P5 champs
3 - 1-loss P5 non-champs/2-loss P5 champs/undefeated G5's.
So...if LSU wins the SEC CG and USC, UNC/Clemson and TCU win out. I guess they could justify having:
OSU/Michigan winner (Undefeated P5)
TCU (Undefeated P5)
USC (1-loss P5 Champ)
UNC/Clemson (1-loss P5 Champ)
In theory, they could lock Georgia out as a 1-loss P5 non-champ. It would be crazy to see them justifying a 1-loss USC, UNC or Clemson over UGA...but they would be P5 champs. Now...if that were to happen, it would seriously undermine the process and would lead the way for more support for an expanded playoff...which may be what they are trying to get, anyway.
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