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re: FEI Rankings - Strength of Record (ELS) ---- "Elite Team"
Posted on 12/4/25 at 9:21 am to Decker
Posted on 12/4/25 at 9:21 am to Decker
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Georgia’s schedule not being higher surprises me. They played Alabama, Ole Miss, Texas, Georgia Tech, and Tennessee.
I do not know how home/away plays into this, but my only thought would be that they played Alabama, Ole Miss and Texas all at home, and that "dings" it a little bit in terms of difficulty.
But I agree, I'd have thought it would be higher.
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Posted on 12/4/25 at 9:28 am to SummerOfGeorge
I think I'd rank them like this, based on that plus head-to-head.
1. Indiana (12-0)
2. Ohio State (12-0)
3. Oregon (11-1)
4. Texas A&M (11-1)
5. Georgia (11-1)
6. Texas Tech (11-1)
7. BYU (11-1)
8. Ole Miss (11-1)
9. Oklahoma (10-2)
10. Alabama (10-2)
11. Texas (9-3)
12. Vanderbilt (10-2)
Playoffs would be the top 10 plus the next two conference champs, since three of the five auto-bids will fall among Georgia/Alabama, Ohio State/Indiana, Texas Tech/BYU.
1. Indiana (12-0)
2. Ohio State (12-0)
3. Oregon (11-1)
4. Texas A&M (11-1)
5. Georgia (11-1)
6. Texas Tech (11-1)
7. BYU (11-1)
8. Ole Miss (11-1)
9. Oklahoma (10-2)
10. Alabama (10-2)
11. Texas (9-3)
12. Vanderbilt (10-2)
Playoffs would be the top 10 plus the next two conference champs, since three of the five auto-bids will fall among Georgia/Alabama, Ohio State/Indiana, Texas Tech/BYU.
Posted on 12/4/25 at 9:31 am to SummerOfGeorge
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Maybe. We'll find out Saturday. What they did to Oregon on the road was impressive as hell.
Slightly off-topic, but I will never forget what Georgia did to Oregon in 2022. That was probably the most impressive regular-season performance I’ve ever heard of.
Posted on 12/4/25 at 9:54 am to FootballFrenzy
Very similar to Alabama - USC in 2016
Posted on 12/4/25 at 9:55 am to FootballFrenzy
If the favorites OSU, Georgia and Texas Tech win, the top 10 should look like this:
OSU
Georgia
Texas Tech
Indiana
Oregon
A&M
Mississippi
Oklahoma
Alabama
Texas
OSU
Georgia
Texas Tech
Indiana
Oregon
A&M
Mississippi
Oklahoma
Alabama
Texas
Posted on 12/4/25 at 10:08 am to SummerOfGeorge
I kind of wonder about the BYU placement from the Committee at #11. Pretty strange considering what was said going into this season about the committee valuing record strength.
I suspect there's some CYA involved. Last year, SMU stayed in the playoffs after losing their conference championship game. Yeah, there were some 3-loss SEC teams that thought they should have moved in, but there was also a 2-loss BYU that beat SMU head to head (on the road). But they promised not to hold losing the CCG against a team, so SMU's still in.
Now this year we've got an 11-1 BYU with a pretty strong case, but they did kind of get rolled when they played Texas Tech. We don't want all those 1st round blowouts again. So how do you prevent going back on your word that conference championship games won't penalize the loser? You do it by deliberately keeping them out of range of receiving an at large bid in the first place.
It also probably doesn't help BYU that the two selection committee members that withdrew this year were both Big 12 people, and the only remaining Big 12 affiliated representative left is the AD of Utah, who I am sure would be just devastated if BYU was left out.
I suspect there's some CYA involved. Last year, SMU stayed in the playoffs after losing their conference championship game. Yeah, there were some 3-loss SEC teams that thought they should have moved in, but there was also a 2-loss BYU that beat SMU head to head (on the road). But they promised not to hold losing the CCG against a team, so SMU's still in.
Now this year we've got an 11-1 BYU with a pretty strong case, but they did kind of get rolled when they played Texas Tech. We don't want all those 1st round blowouts again. So how do you prevent going back on your word that conference championship games won't penalize the loser? You do it by deliberately keeping them out of range of receiving an at large bid in the first place.
It also probably doesn't help BYU that the two selection committee members that withdrew this year were both Big 12 people, and the only remaining Big 12 affiliated representative left is the AD of Utah, who I am sure would be just devastated if BYU was left out.
This post was edited on 12/4/25 at 10:16 am
Posted on 12/4/25 at 10:18 am to hornfan46
Texas? Three-loss Texas? Lost to Florida Texas?
Posted on 12/4/25 at 10:29 am to SummerOfGeorge
Oregon is Oregon, they are up and down.
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