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CFP era record vs ranked opponents
Posted on 5/4/26 at 12:08 pm
Posted on 5/4/26 at 12:08 pm
Some interesting ones on here.
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Posted on 5/4/26 at 12:38 pm to Night Vision
Look at the Pokes of OSU ahead of the Shorthorns. Maybe we can swap them out?
Posted on 5/4/26 at 1:53 pm to Night Vision
Interesting factoids:
Only 10 teams own winning records against ranked opponents; four are current members of the SEC (Alabama, Georgia, Oklahoma, LSU).
Of those 10, only two have a winning % of at least 75.
To fall to .500, the following teams would need to lose the following number of games in a row against ranked teams:
Alabama - 46
OSU - 31
UGA - 24
Clemson - 16
Oklahoma - 15
Notre Dame - 8
Oregon - 5
TCU - 3
Washington - 2
LSU - 1
Only 10 teams own winning records against ranked opponents; four are current members of the SEC (Alabama, Georgia, Oklahoma, LSU).
Of those 10, only two have a winning % of at least 75.
To fall to .500, the following teams would need to lose the following number of games in a row against ranked teams:
Alabama - 46
OSU - 31
UGA - 24
Clemson - 16
Oklahoma - 15
Notre Dame - 8
Oregon - 5
TCU - 3
Washington - 2
LSU - 1
This post was edited on 5/4/26 at 3:29 pm
Posted on 5/4/26 at 1:55 pm to Night Vision
That is ugly. Of course the CFP era coincides with Auburn's worst football slump in our history.
Posted on 5/4/26 at 1:57 pm to OU Guy
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Look at the Pokes of OSU ahead of the Shorthorns. Maybe we can swap them out?
Here’s an upvote.
Posted on 5/4/26 at 3:06 pm to skrayper
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To fall below .500, the following teams would need to lose the following number of games in a row against ranked teams
LSU - 1
But would we still be ahead of Rutgers?
Posted on 5/4/26 at 3:31 pm to Night Vision
This is interesting. Numbers 4-9 definitely benefitted from not being in the SEC. Especially the SEC west.
Posted on 5/4/26 at 3:44 pm to Night Vision
It’s rather striking how many more games Bama has played than most of the other top teams.
Posted on 5/4/26 at 3:52 pm to SECFan413
OU is no surprise but say what you want about Mike Gundy he was getting it done.
Posted on 5/4/26 at 3:55 pm to Wishbone85
What are they considering ranked? To start the year, finish the year, or just 1 week. These stats are so stupid. You can claim a “ranked win” against a team that finishes 3-9. Congrats.
Posted on 5/4/26 at 3:57 pm to Wishbone85
We'd only have to win 23 in a row vs ranked teams to be at .500 ! Yes !
Posted on 5/4/26 at 3:59 pm to Night Vision
during the 12 seasons of the CFP era (2014-25) AU has played 142 games
66 of those games (46.5%) were against ranked opponents
66 of those games (46.5%) were against ranked opponents
Posted on 5/4/26 at 4:11 pm to Night Vision
Going past the W/L and looking at the total ranked games played, the SEC looks to be the only conference with teams having more than 60. Bama at 79 ranked opponents is impressive.
Posted on 5/4/26 at 4:15 pm to Night Vision
Nebraska 2-34
2nd to last
That’s crazy.
2nd to last
That’s crazy.
Posted on 5/4/26 at 4:17 pm to Eldodroptop
It’s because they rank SEC teams high every year. If they ranked ACC teams high then they’d have a lot more ranked wins. It’s all a scam to get your money and you SEC guys eat it up. There wasn’t 1 poll all year that got the rankings right. Not one had Indiana ranked 1 and Miami ranked 2, yet after the games were played that was the result. The polls are so biased they have become irrelevant.
But, again, the preseason polls will have the SEC teams ranked highly based in nothing except your fans are willing to spend more money. A ranked Bama lost to an unranked FSU to start last year and no brings up how wrong the polls were.
But, again, the preseason polls will have the SEC teams ranked highly based in nothing except your fans are willing to spend more money. A ranked Bama lost to an unranked FSU to start last year and no brings up how wrong the polls were.
Posted on 5/4/26 at 4:18 pm to Eldodroptop
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Bama at 79 ranked opponents is impressive.
Bama played in the SEC CG plus had 1-2 playoff games most of those years. All of those games would be ranked..
Either way, it’s impressive and Alabama is well.. Alabama.
Posted on 5/4/26 at 4:53 pm to OU Guy
Worry about scoring an offensive touchdown for once in the past what 3-4 years against Texas. You have 0 room to throw any shade lol.
Also a lot different playing top 1-10 teams that osu playing in the big 12 the past 2 years against top 20-25 teams, but whatever sooner
Also a lot different playing top 1-10 teams that osu playing in the big 12 the past 2 years against top 20-25 teams, but whatever sooner
Posted on 5/4/26 at 4:59 pm to Night Vision
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record vs ranked opponents
This stat isn't very useful unless they specify what "ranked" means. If it means AP ranking at the end of the season, it's interesting. If it means ranking at gametime, it's worthless.
Posted on 5/4/26 at 5:26 pm to RunningJacket
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A ranked Bama lost to an unranked FSU to start last year and no brings up how wrong the polls were.
Bama finished the season in the CFP while FSU finished the season unranked so it seems like the polls were actually right and the outcome of that one game was an outlier.
Posted on 5/4/26 at 5:38 pm to TexasWranglers
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Also a lot different playing top 1-10 teams that osu playing in the big 12 the past 2 years against top 20-25 teams, but whatever sooner
Well... that may be but oSu was also 6-4 head to head vs Texas during that time. So maybe not all that different after all
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