re: There's not much difference between 12-1 and 13-0

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I wouldn’t call it simple. The question is whether the difference between a Top 5 schedule excuses a loss when compared to an undefeated team with a bottom 10 Power 5 schedule. Which we can argue all day about

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I think this is the actual debate.

Do you reward FSU for going undefeated, or punish them for having a weak schedule?

Do you look at that schedule and think, “You don’t have to be one of the top 4 teams in the country to go undefeated against it?”

Alabama beat LSU, same as FSU - only difference is that LSU was the best team FSU played but were about the 4th best that Alabama played.

Or, conversely, do you punish teams for playing tougher schedules? Do you admit that Alabama would have been undefeated if, instead of Texas, they had played BYU? In that scenario do you leave out Texas for their loss to Oklahoma, even though the same SOS argument remains when you compare FSU and Alabama?


The biggest problem is that the committee instead said, “You’re out because your QB is hurt.”
Which translates to, “We don’t want another TCU.”