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ESPN Strength of Record
Posted on 11/20/19 at 7:56 pm
Posted on 11/20/19 at 7:56 pm
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SOR: Strength of record - Reflects chance that an average Top 25 team would have team's record or better, given the schedule.
1. LSU
2. Ohio St
3. Georgia
4. Clemson
5. Penn St
6. Florida
7. Alabama
8. Oregon
9. Baylor
10. Utah
11. Auburn
12. Oklahoma
13. Michigan
14. Minnesota
15. Cincinnati
Strength of Record after the regular season in 2018, just for comparison
1. Alabama
2. Clemson
3. Notre Dame
4. Ohio St
5. Georgia
6. Oklahoma
7. Michigan
8. LSU
9. UCF
10. Washington
It's a resume metric only. A "who have you beaten and lost to" not a "how good a team are you" metric like SP+.
This post was edited on 11/20/19 at 7:58 pm
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Posted on 11/20/19 at 7:58 pm to SummerOfGeorge
Mark Richt has lost control of CFB analytics
Posted on 11/20/19 at 8:15 pm to SummerOfGeorge
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4. Clemson
How?
Posted on 11/20/19 at 8:16 pm to SummerOfGeorge
Good to see you back SoG 
Posted on 11/20/19 at 8:24 pm to Dawgy49
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How?
Hard to go undefeated no matter the schedule - but they're still behind UGA and are the last ranked undefeated team
This post was edited on 11/20/19 at 8:27 pm
Posted on 11/20/19 at 8:25 pm to Dawgy49
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How?
Must be that very powerful Aggie team.
Posted on 11/20/19 at 8:25 pm to Sun God
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Good to see you back SoG
Needed a reset brother
Posted on 11/20/19 at 8:25 pm to lastfan
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Must be that very powerful Aggie team.
That is their best win by far
Posted on 11/20/19 at 8:27 pm to SummerOfGeorge
UCF says hey.
Posted on 11/20/19 at 8:28 pm to mtntiger
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UCF says hey.
UCF's top to bottom schedule wasn't as good as Clemson's.
This post was edited on 11/20/19 at 8:28 pm
Posted on 11/20/19 at 8:28 pm to Dawgy49
It’s harder to go 9–1 with Georgia’s schedule than to go 11–0 with Clemson’s
Posted on 11/20/19 at 8:28 pm to SummerOfGeorge
How bad does scheduling an FCS team hurt LSU in this ranking? I know in a lot of the SoS calculations it’s a pretty huge hit
ETA: actually I’m sure the metrics for this are unknown since it’s an ESPN stat
ETA: actually I’m sure the metrics for this are unknown since it’s an ESPN stat
This post was edited on 11/20/19 at 8:29 pm
Posted on 11/20/19 at 8:28 pm to Carl Tuckerson
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It’s harder to go 9–1 with Georgia’s schedule than to go 11–0 with Clemson’s
Which is why they are #3 and Clemson #4
Posted on 11/20/19 at 8:30 pm to Sun God
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How bad does scheduling an FCS team hurt LSU in this ranking? I know in a lot of the SoS calculations it’s a pretty huge hit
I'm not entirely sure - I think they are basically all ranked #136 or whatever the first spot after the last FBS team is. So probably about like playing UMass.
It's not like basketball where playing #330 is 150 spots lower than a bad #180....know what I mean?
Posted on 11/20/19 at 8:30 pm to SummerOfGeorge
Ohio State St no 2 is a joke. Who have they played really? Nobody this far. Penn State is going to be their signature win lol. LSU has played how many ranked and too 10 teams at the time we played them? Alot. Ohio State doesnt have the 2nd best schedule, that's a biased joke.
Posted on 11/20/19 at 8:31 pm to ImayGoLesMiles
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Ohio State St no 2 is a joke. Who have they played really? Nobody this far.
They've beaten 2 top 20 teams and haven't lost
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LSU has played how many ranked and too 10 teams at the time we played them?
Rankings at the time of the game doesn't matter at all
This post was edited on 11/20/19 at 8:32 pm
Posted on 11/20/19 at 8:32 pm to SummerOfGeorge
Right. Which seems completely fair
Posted on 11/20/19 at 8:33 pm to SummerOfGeorge
I don't understand these
Posted on 11/20/19 at 8:34 pm to HailToTheChiz
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I don't understand these
TLDR : It's a ranking of teams by resume
Posted on 11/20/19 at 8:34 pm to SummerOfGeorge
Uh, I disagree big-time. It wouldn't be hard for LSU to go undefeated playing Clemsons schedule at all. On the other hand, if Clemson had to play LSUs schedule, I believe they would have lost a game by now. Hell, fricking UNC (the same UNC team that South Carolina should have beaten) gave Clemson all they could handle and had their chances to win that game late. So, hell no, it isn't difficult to go undefeated playing Clemsons powder puff schedule vs who LSU has had to play, and still has to play. What a joke. Clemson and the acc are not comparable to the sec, or even the big 10 for that matter. They're one of the weakest power 5 conferences. Laughable.
This post was edited on 11/20/19 at 8:36 pm
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