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(01-09-2018 11:16 AM)Gamecock Wrote:  
(01-09-2018 10:24 AM)quo vadis Wrote:  It's instructive that even with the "Big Win" over 3-loss Auburn, UCF still wouldn't make a 4-team playoff if decided by the final AP poll.



I understand your pain, my school's rival won a national championship last year too. It gets better over time. 05-stirthepot

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Um no, not one of the trillions of neurons in my brain thinks UCF won anything but a Peach Bowl over a 3 loss Auburn team. Their national title claim is farcical. Lots of my cells know UCF was extremely lucky to beat us.

But no, your pain is valid and real. 07-coffee3
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(01-09-2018 11:30 AM)quo vadis Wrote:  
(01-09-2018 11:16 AM)Gamecock Wrote:  
(01-09-2018 10:24 AM)quo vadis Wrote:  It's instructive that even with the "Big Win" over 3-loss Auburn, UCF still wouldn't make a 4-team playoff if decided by the final AP poll.



I understand your pain, my school's rival won a national championship last year too. It gets better over time. 05-stirthepot

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Um no, not one of the trillions of neurons in my brain thinks UCF won anything but a Peach Bowl over a 3 loss Auburn team. Their national title claim is farcical. Lots of my cells know UCF was extremely lucky to beat us.

But no, your pain is valid and real. 07-coffee3

I understand that it probably hasn't sunk in yet, but the first step is admitting it.
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(01-09-2018 11:47 AM)Gamecock Wrote:  
(01-09-2018 11:30 AM)quo vadis Wrote:  
(01-09-2018 11:16 AM)Gamecock Wrote:  
(01-09-2018 10:24 AM)quo vadis Wrote:  It's instructive that even with the "Big Win" over 3-loss Auburn, UCF still wouldn't make a 4-team playoff if decided by the final AP poll.



I understand your pain, my school's rival won a national championship last year too. It gets better over time. 05-stirthepot

03-lmfao

Um no, not one of the trillions of neurons in my brain thinks UCF won anything but a Peach Bowl over a 3 loss Auburn team. Their national title claim is farcical. Lots of my cells know UCF was extremely lucky to beat us.

But no, your pain is valid and real. 07-coffee3

I understand that it probably hasn't sunk in yet, but the first step is admitting it.

03-lmfao

The notion that UCF won a national title will no more sink in than the notion that the moon is made of cheese, etc.

I know misery loves company, but your company is Auburn, not me. 03-lmfao
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RE: Final AP poll for the season: Bama, UGA, OU, Clemson, tOSU, UCF
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(01-09-2018 02:52 AM)Wedge Wrote:  https://collegefootball.ap.org/poll

57 first-place votes for the Tide, the other 4 for UCF.

I was hoping UCF would finish 5th. Three in the final top 25 wasn't a bad showing for the AAC.

Can't believe Memphis stayed ranked. Means Iowa St. beat 3 ranked teams. Wonder how many could claim that this year. Probably nobody outside the top 6. And they had two top 10 wins.

edit-forgot about #10 Auburn and MSU. So Auburn was 3-4 vs. ranked teams and 2-3 vs. the top 6.

ND went 4-3 against ranked teams in the final AP poll.
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(01-09-2018 03:53 AM)Wedge Wrote:  More statistics:

This was the 50th season in which the final AP poll was taken after the bowl games. (Hard to believe they took the final poll before the bowls up until then, but that's what they did.)

Here are all the teams in those 50 years that finished undefeated and didn't finish #1 in the AP poll, with their final AP ranking. Didn't know the list was so long until I looked it up.

1968
Penn State, 11-0, #2

1969
Penn State, 11-0, #2
USC, 10-0-1, #3

1970
Arizona State, 11-0, #6
Toledo, 12-0, #12
Dartmouth, 9-0, #14

1971
Toledo, 12-0, #14

1973
Ohio State, 10-0-1, #2
Oklahoma, 10-0-1, #3
Penn State, 12-0, #5
Michigan, 10-0-1, #6
Miami-OH, 11-0, #15

1974
Miami-OH, 10-0-1, #10

1975
Arizona State, 12-0, #2

1976
Rutgers, 11-0, #17

1979
USC, 11-0-1, #2

1982
SMU, 11-0-1, #2

1987
Syracuse, 11-0-1, #4

1990
Georgia Tech, 11-0-1, #2 (voted #1 in final coaches poll)

1991
Washington, 12-0, #2 (voted #1 in final coaches poll)

1992
Michigan, 9-0-3, #5 (yep, 3 ties)

1993
Auburn, 11-0, #4 (on probation, no bowl)

1994
Penn State, 12-0, #2
Texas A&M, 10-0-1, #8 (on probation, no bowl)

1995
Toledo, 11-0-1, #24

1997
Nebraska, 13-0, #2 (voted #1 in final coaches poll)

1998
Tulane, 12-0, #7

1999
Marshall, 13-0, #10

2004
Auburn, 13-0, #2
Utah, 12-0, #4

2006
Boise State, 13-0, #5

2008
Utah, 13-0, #2

2009
Boise State, 14-0, #4

2010
TCU, 13-0, #2

2012
Ohio State, 12-0, #3 (on probation, no bowl)

2017
UCF, 12-0, #6

Jeez---1973 was a hell of a year. Five undefeated teams that didnt finish #1 (plus another that I assume DID finish number one).
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Alabama lost to Auburn who lost to LSU who lost to Troy who lost to South Alabama who lost to Georgia Southern

So congrats to the REAL 2018 National Champions, 2-10 Georgia Southern!!!

(Did I do it right UCF?)
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(01-09-2018 10:24 AM)quo vadis Wrote:  It's instructive that even with the "Big Win" over 3-loss Auburn, UCF still wouldn't make a 4-team playoff if decided by the final AP poll.

Exactly. A G5 is not going to be allowed in the playoff. This talk that the Georgia Tech game would have made a difference is really silly. So I am to believe that beating a 5-6 Georgia Tech would tell the Committee something that beating a 4-8 Maryland didnt? That game would have made zero difference. This Committee was never going to put a G5 in the top 10--much less the top 4.

That said, I think UCF did the G5 a favor. They gave the committee a black eye. They exposed the bias. The fact that many outlets gave UCF kudos for declaring themselves champions and slammed the committee for saying they werent even top 10 was a major set back for the CFP integrity. The Committee arrogantly took their bias too far and ended up undermining their own credibility. Essentially, in 2017 the Committee finally jumped the shark with respect to their G5 treatment.

By last weekend, it was clear the CFP was concerned about the bad press and was placing pressure on G5 commissioners to tow the party line in an effort to blunt the CFP criticism. The quotes that came out of he G5 commissioners defending the CFP were inexplicable and sounded like Vietnam POW confessions in the early 70's.

My take--the CFP Selection Committee will never rank an undefeated G5 conference champion outside of the top 10 again. We have UCF to thank for that. Still wont get you to the top 4--but, ya know....baby steps. 04-cheers
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Actually, I think UCF did itself and a favor for the B12. I think adding them and a 12th team would be in their best interest. I think Memphis or Cinci would be the other fit to help create an eastern division

East - West
Memphis/Cinci - KSU
UCF - OSU
WVU - TT
Texas - OK
TCU - Baylor
ISU - Kan
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(01-09-2018 02:01 PM)msm96wolf Wrote:  Actually, I think UCF did itself and a favor for the B12. I think adding them and a 12th team would be in their best interest. I think Memphis or Cinci would be the other fit to help create an eastern division

East - West
Memphis/Cinci - KSU
UCF - OSU
WVU - TT
Texas - OK
TCU - Baylor
ISU - Kan

The Big 12 would be well advised to just add USF as well do keep that rivalry intact. I4 war got huge ratings this year and would be great.
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(01-09-2018 01:30 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  
(01-09-2018 10:24 AM)quo vadis Wrote:  It's instructive that even with the "Big Win" over 3-loss Auburn, UCF still wouldn't make a 4-team playoff if decided by the final AP poll.

Exactly. A G5 is not going to be allowed in the playoff. This talk that the Georgia Tech game would have made a difference is really silly. So I am to believe that beating a 5-6 Georgia Tech would tell the Committee something that beating a 4-8 Maryland didnt? That game would have made zero difference. This Committee was never going to put a G5 in the top 10--much less the top 4.

That said, I think UCF did the G5 a favor. They gave the committee a black eye. They exposed the bias.

Um .... how did UCF give the committee a "black eye" and "exposed their bias" when every other outlet had UCF outside of the top 10 as well? Humans and computers (see Sagarin and MC) all agree - even AFTER the Big Win over Auburn, UCF still isn't a top 4 team!

You have made a big point about the composition of the CFP committee as being biased against the G5. But the AP vote just drives the point home that *any* committee, unless literally chaired by Aresco and consisting of 10 AAC AD's, would have kept UCF out too.

UCF fans have had fun the past week posting links to sports columns and blogs saying that "UCF deserves to hang their banner" and the like, but in the end, the sportswriters voted 57 to 4 for Alabama over UCF, and put UCF at #6.

So this hardly constitutes an indictment of the CFP, eh?
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(01-09-2018 02:10 PM)quo vadis Wrote:  
(01-09-2018 01:30 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  
(01-09-2018 10:24 AM)quo vadis Wrote:  It's instructive that even with the "Big Win" over 3-loss Auburn, UCF still wouldn't make a 4-team playoff if decided by the final AP poll.

Exactly. A G5 is not going to be allowed in the playoff. This talk that the Georgia Tech game would have made a difference is really silly. So I am to believe that beating a 5-6 Georgia Tech would tell the Committee something that beating a 4-8 Maryland didnt? That game would have made zero difference. This Committee was never going to put a G5 in the top 10--much less the top 4.

That said, I think UCF did the G5 a favor. They gave the committee a black eye. They exposed the bias.

Um .... how did UCF give the committee a "black eye" and "exposed their bias" when every other outlet had UCF outside of the top 10 as well? Humans and computers (see Sagarin and MC) all agree - even AFTER the Big Win over Auburn, UCF still isn't a top 4 team!

You have made a big point about the composition of the CFP committee as being biased against the G5. But the AP vote just drives the point home that *any* committee, unless literally chaired by Aresco and consisting of 10 AAC AD's, would have kept UCF out too.

UCF fans have had fun the past week posting links to sports columns and blogs saying that "UCF deserves to hang their banner" and the like, but in the end, the sportswriters voted 57 to 4 for Alabama over UCF, and put UCF at #6.

So this hardly constitutes an indictment of the CFP, eh?

We've gone over this 100 times. The Selection Committee has complete power in determining the CFP. The CFP methodology has signficantly influeced the AP/Coaches polls. Those major non-CFP polls have drastically changed their nature since the start of the CFP era. Rather than being objective opinions of the individual team rankings---these poll voters have instead attempted to predict the Tuesday CFP polls by mirroring the CFP Committee methodology. In fact, you only see a real independent opinions in the AP/Coaches prior to the CFP rankings. Despite the influence, the polls STILL generally rank G5's higher than the Selection committee. My guess is---if you did a double blind test where the AP/Coaches voters never were allowed to know the CFPSC picks---there would be HUGE differences in the polling.

My favorite example---in 2011, an undefeated 12-0 UH team with a resume similar to UCF's (in fact, it was probably worse than UCFs resume) was sitting at #6 the week prior to the CUSA championship game. The only difference between now and then is the influence of the CFP Selection Committee.
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(01-09-2018 02:40 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  
(01-09-2018 02:10 PM)quo vadis Wrote:  
(01-09-2018 01:30 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  
(01-09-2018 10:24 AM)quo vadis Wrote:  It's instructive that even with the "Big Win" over 3-loss Auburn, UCF still wouldn't make a 4-team playoff if decided by the final AP poll.

Exactly. A G5 is not going to be allowed in the playoff. This talk that the Georgia Tech game would have made a difference is really silly. So I am to believe that beating a 5-6 Georgia Tech would tell the Committee something that beating a 4-8 Maryland didnt? That game would have made zero difference. This Committee was never going to put a G5 in the top 10--much less the top 4.

That said, I think UCF did the G5 a favor. They gave the committee a black eye. They exposed the bias.

Um .... how did UCF give the committee a "black eye" and "exposed their bias" when every other outlet had UCF outside of the top 10 as well? Humans and computers (see Sagarin and MC) all agree - even AFTER the Big Win over Auburn, UCF still isn't a top 4 team!

You have made a big point about the composition of the CFP committee as being biased against the G5. But the AP vote just drives the point home that *any* committee, unless literally chaired by Aresco and consisting of 10 AAC AD's, would have kept UCF out too.

UCF fans have had fun the past week posting links to sports columns and blogs saying that "UCF deserves to hang their banner" and the like, but in the end, the sportswriters voted 57 to 4 for Alabama over UCF, and put UCF at #6.

So this hardly constitutes an indictment of the CFP, eh?

We've gone over this 100 times. The Selection Committee has complete power in determining the CFP. The CFP methodology has signficantly influeced the AP/Coaches polls. Those non-CFP have drastically changed thier nature since the CFP. Rather than being object opinions of the rankings---the voters have instead ...

Obvious problem with this is that the final AP poll clearly had zero to do with the CFP committee rankings.
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(01-09-2018 02:45 PM)quo vadis Wrote:  
(01-09-2018 02:40 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  
(01-09-2018 02:10 PM)quo vadis Wrote:  
(01-09-2018 01:30 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  
(01-09-2018 10:24 AM)quo vadis Wrote:  It's instructive that even with the "Big Win" over 3-loss Auburn, UCF still wouldn't make a 4-team playoff if decided by the final AP poll.

Exactly. A G5 is not going to be allowed in the playoff. This talk that the Georgia Tech game would have made a difference is really silly. So I am to believe that beating a 5-6 Georgia Tech would tell the Committee something that beating a 4-8 Maryland didnt? That game would have made zero difference. This Committee was never going to put a G5 in the top 10--much less the top 4.

That said, I think UCF did the G5 a favor. They gave the committee a black eye. They exposed the bias.

Um .... how did UCF give the committee a "black eye" and "exposed their bias" when every other outlet had UCF outside of the top 10 as well? Humans and computers (see Sagarin and MC) all agree - even AFTER the Big Win over Auburn, UCF still isn't a top 4 team!

You have made a big point about the composition of the CFP committee as being biased against the G5. But the AP vote just drives the point home that *any* committee, unless literally chaired by Aresco and consisting of 10 AAC AD's, would have kept UCF out too.

UCF fans have had fun the past week posting links to sports columns and blogs saying that "UCF deserves to hang their banner" and the like, but in the end, the sportswriters voted 57 to 4 for Alabama over UCF, and put UCF at #6.

So this hardly constitutes an indictment of the CFP, eh?

We've gone over this 100 times. The Selection Committee has complete power in determining the CFP. The CFP methodology has signficantly influeced the AP/Coaches polls. Those non-CFP have drastically changed thier nature since the CFP. Rather than being object opinions of the rankings---the voters have instead ...

Obvious problem with this is that the final AP poll clearly had zero to do with the CFP committee rankings.

Then explain the massive difference in G5 treatment in pre-CFP poll treatment of G5s and post-CFP poll treatment of G5's. The Committee bias has influenced poll voters. They know that the Committee will never vote a G5 in the top ten, so they dont put them in the top ten. They want thier ballot to be generally predictive of the Committee--not totally different.

The good news is the Committee jumped the shark this year. The CFP will not want a repeat black eye, I think the next time the AAC has an undefeated champion, they will be in the top 10 of the CFP ranking. The Committee learned that public acceptance of their arrogant dismissive attitude toward the G5 does have a limit.
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I understand that in order to not admit the system is flawed they have to put the 4 teams that played in the playoff in the top 4. But how are you going to put UCF at 6? Shouldn't they at least be 5? There is only one team that beat both Alabama and Georgia and that is Auburn. Who then went and got beat by an undefeated UCF team.
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(01-09-2018 02:40 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  
(01-09-2018 02:10 PM)quo vadis Wrote:  
(01-09-2018 01:30 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  
(01-09-2018 10:24 AM)quo vadis Wrote:  It's instructive that even with the "Big Win" over 3-loss Auburn, UCF still wouldn't make a 4-team playoff if decided by the final AP poll.

Exactly. A G5 is not going to be allowed in the playoff. This talk that the Georgia Tech game would have made a difference is really silly. So I am to believe that beating a 5-6 Georgia Tech would tell the Committee something that beating a 4-8 Maryland didnt? That game would have made zero difference. This Committee was never going to put a G5 in the top 10--much less the top 4.

That said, I think UCF did the G5 a favor. They gave the committee a black eye. They exposed the bias.

Um .... how did UCF give the committee a "black eye" and "exposed their bias" when every other outlet had UCF outside of the top 10 as well? Humans and computers (see Sagarin and MC) all agree - even AFTER the Big Win over Auburn, UCF still isn't a top 4 team!

You have made a big point about the composition of the CFP committee as being biased against the G5. But the AP vote just drives the point home that *any* committee, unless literally chaired by Aresco and consisting of 10 AAC AD's, would have kept UCF out too.

UCF fans have had fun the past week posting links to sports columns and blogs saying that "UCF deserves to hang their banner" and the like, but in the end, the sportswriters voted 57 to 4 for Alabama over UCF, and put UCF at #6.

So this hardly constitutes an indictment of the CFP, eh?

We've gone over this 100 times. The Selection Committee has complete power in determining the CFP. The CFP methodology has signficantly influeced the AP/Coaches polls. Those major non-CFP polls have drastically changed their nature since the start of the CFP era. Rather than being objective opinions of the individual team rankings---these poll voters have instead attempted to predict the Tuesday CFP polls by mirroring the CFP Committee methodology. In fact, you only see a real independent opinions in the AP/Coaches prior to the CFP rankings. Despite the influence, the polls STILL generally rank G5's higher than the Selection committee. My guess is---if you did a double blind test where the AP/Coaches voters never were allowed to know the CFPSC picks---there would be HUGE differences in the polling.

My favorite example---in 2011, an undefeated 12-0 UH team with a resume similar to UCF's (in fact, it was probably worse than UCFs resume) was sitting at #6 the week prior to the CUSA championship game. The only difference between now and then is the influence of the CFP Selection Committee.

Are you suggesting that AP poll voters are forming committees to discuss the relative strength of the top teams, and then casting their votes accordingly? Of course they aren't doing that. Instead, they are doing what they have always done.

The notion that the CFP has significantly influenced the AP/Coaches Polls is, to use the technical term, buswha. There has been one change over the years which probably affects all pollsters and committees. The are a gazillion more opportunities to watch all the good teams, and they are playing other good teams more often than they used to. If they all have access to the same info, they are probably going to come up with very similar conclusions - whether there are 13 members of a committee or 60+ voters in a poll.

One reason I can think of that would explain why there are more G5s in the polls is that poll voters don't take their votes beyond the #15 team as seriously as they do the top teams. Did you ever consider it is the poll voters who are biased in favor of the little guy?
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RE: Final AP poll for the season: Bama, UGA, OU, Clemson, tOSU, UCF
(01-09-2018 02:10 PM)quo vadis Wrote:  
(01-09-2018 01:30 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  
(01-09-2018 10:24 AM)quo vadis Wrote:  It's instructive that even with the "Big Win" over 3-loss Auburn, UCF still wouldn't make a 4-team playoff if decided by the final AP poll.

Exactly. A G5 is not going to be allowed in the playoff. This talk that the Georgia Tech game would have made a difference is really silly. So I am to believe that beating a 5-6 Georgia Tech would tell the Committee something that beating a 4-8 Maryland didnt? That game would have made zero difference. This Committee was never going to put a G5 in the top 10--much less the top 4.

That said, I think UCF did the G5 a favor. They gave the committee a black eye. They exposed the bias.

Um .... how did UCF give the committee a "black eye" and "exposed their bias" when every other outlet had UCF outside of the top 10 as well? Humans and computers (see Sagarin and MC) all agree - even AFTER the Big Win over Auburn, UCF still isn't a top 4 team!

You have made a big point about the composition of the CFP committee as being biased against the G5. But the AP vote just drives the point home that *any* committee, unless literally chaired by Aresco and consisting of 10 AAC AD's, would have kept UCF out too.

UCF fans have had fun the past week posting links to sports columns and blogs saying that "UCF deserves to hang their banner" and the like, but in the end, the sportswriters voted 57 to 4 for Alabama over UCF, and put UCF at #6.

So this hardly constitutes an indictment of the CFP, eh?

(01-09-2018 02:45 PM)quo vadis Wrote:  
(01-09-2018 02:40 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  
(01-09-2018 02:10 PM)quo vadis Wrote:  
(01-09-2018 01:30 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  
(01-09-2018 10:24 AM)quo vadis Wrote:  It's instructive that even with the "Big Win" over 3-loss Auburn, UCF still wouldn't make a 4-team playoff if decided by the final AP poll.

Exactly. A G5 is not going to be allowed in the playoff. This talk that the Georgia Tech game would have made a difference is really silly. So I am to believe that beating a 5-6 Georgia Tech would tell the Committee something that beating a 4-8 Maryland didnt? That game would have made zero difference. This Committee was never going to put a G5 in the top 10--much less the top 4.

That said, I think UCF did the G5 a favor. They gave the committee a black eye. They exposed the bias.

Um .... how did UCF give the committee a "black eye" and "exposed their bias" when every other outlet had UCF outside of the top 10 as well? Humans and computers (see Sagarin and MC) all agree - even AFTER the Big Win over Auburn, UCF still isn't a top 4 team!

You have made a big point about the composition of the CFP committee as being biased against the G5. But the AP vote just drives the point home that *any* committee, unless literally chaired by Aresco and consisting of 10 AAC AD's, would have kept UCF out too.

UCF fans have had fun the past week posting links to sports columns and blogs saying that "UCF deserves to hang their banner" and the like, but in the end, the sportswriters voted 57 to 4 for Alabama over UCF, and put UCF at #6.

So this hardly constitutes an indictment of the CFP, eh?

We've gone over this 100 times. The Selection Committee has complete power in determining the CFP. The CFP methodology has signficantly influeced the AP/Coaches polls. Those non-CFP have drastically changed thier nature since the CFP. Rather than being object opinions of the rankings---the voters have instead ...

Obvious problem with this is that the final AP poll clearly had zero to do with the CFP committee rankings.
Totally agree. I was about to say the same thing. Where's the CFP bias now?
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RE: Final AP poll for the season: Bama, UGA, OU, Clemson, tOSU, UCF
(01-09-2018 02:53 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  
(01-09-2018 02:45 PM)quo vadis Wrote:  
(01-09-2018 02:40 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  
(01-09-2018 02:10 PM)quo vadis Wrote:  
(01-09-2018 01:30 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  Exactly. A G5 is not going to be allowed in the playoff. This talk that the Georgia Tech game would have made a difference is really silly. So I am to believe that beating a 5-6 Georgia Tech would tell the Committee something that beating a 4-8 Maryland didnt? That game would have made zero difference. This Committee was never going to put a G5 in the top 10--much less the top 4.

That said, I think UCF did the G5 a favor. They gave the committee a black eye. They exposed the bias.

Um .... how did UCF give the committee a "black eye" and "exposed their bias" when every other outlet had UCF outside of the top 10 as well? Humans and computers (see Sagarin and MC) all agree - even AFTER the Big Win over Auburn, UCF still isn't a top 4 team!

You have made a big point about the composition of the CFP committee as being biased against the G5. But the AP vote just drives the point home that *any* committee, unless literally chaired by Aresco and consisting of 10 AAC AD's, would have kept UCF out too.

UCF fans have had fun the past week posting links to sports columns and blogs saying that "UCF deserves to hang their banner" and the like, but in the end, the sportswriters voted 57 to 4 for Alabama over UCF, and put UCF at #6.

So this hardly constitutes an indictment of the CFP, eh?

We've gone over this 100 times. The Selection Committee has complete power in determining the CFP. The CFP methodology has signficantly influeced the AP/Coaches polls. Those non-CFP have drastically changed thier nature since the CFP. Rather than being object opinions of the rankings---the voters have instead ...

Obvious problem with this is that the final AP poll clearly had zero to do with the CFP committee rankings.

Then explain the massive difference in G5 treatment in pre-CFP poll treatment of G5s and post-CFP poll treatment of G5's. The Committee bias has influenced poll voters. They know that the Committee will never vote a G5 in the top ten, so they dont put them in the top ten. They want thier ballot to be generally predictive of the Committee--not totally different.

The good news is the Committee jumped the shark this year. The CFP will not want a repeat black eye, I think the next time the AAC has an undefeated champion, they will be in the top 10 of the CFP ranking. The Committee learned that public acceptance of their arrogant dismissive attitude toward the G5 does have a limit.

What "massive difference" would that be? Over the years, the polls have typically averaged roughly 3 G5 teams in their top 25, and some years had none. Most of those teams were ranked below #15. I didn't bother to look before 2016, but that's pretty much what the CFP rankings had each of the past two years.

Just because you make your claims of bias boldly and with great confidence, that doesn't make them credible. Claims like "They know that the Committee will never vote a G5 in the top ten, so they don't put them in the top ten" are completely baseless. That's just your opinion in all caps.
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RE: Final AP poll for the season: Bama, UGA, OU, Clemson, tOSU, UCF
(01-09-2018 03:11 PM)ken d Wrote:  
(01-09-2018 02:40 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  
(01-09-2018 02:10 PM)quo vadis Wrote:  
(01-09-2018 01:30 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  
(01-09-2018 10:24 AM)quo vadis Wrote:  It's instructive that even with the "Big Win" over 3-loss Auburn, UCF still wouldn't make a 4-team playoff if decided by the final AP poll.

Exactly. A G5 is not going to be allowed in the playoff. This talk that the Georgia Tech game would have made a difference is really silly. So I am to believe that beating a 5-6 Georgia Tech would tell the Committee something that beating a 4-8 Maryland didnt? That game would have made zero difference. This Committee was never going to put a G5 in the top 10--much less the top 4.

That said, I think UCF did the G5 a favor. They gave the committee a black eye. They exposed the bias.

Um .... how did UCF give the committee a "black eye" and "exposed their bias" when every other outlet had UCF outside of the top 10 as well? Humans and computers (see Sagarin and MC) all agree - even AFTER the Big Win over Auburn, UCF still isn't a top 4 team!

You have made a big point about the composition of the CFP committee as being biased against the G5. But the AP vote just drives the point home that *any* committee, unless literally chaired by Aresco and consisting of 10 AAC AD's, would have kept UCF out too.

UCF fans have had fun the past week posting links to sports columns and blogs saying that "UCF deserves to hang their banner" and the like, but in the end, the sportswriters voted 57 to 4 for Alabama over UCF, and put UCF at #6.

So this hardly constitutes an indictment of the CFP, eh?

We've gone over this 100 times. The Selection Committee has complete power in determining the CFP. The CFP methodology has signficantly influeced the AP/Coaches polls. Those major non-CFP polls have drastically changed their nature since the start of the CFP era. Rather than being objective opinions of the individual team rankings---these poll voters have instead attempted to predict the Tuesday CFP polls by mirroring the CFP Committee methodology. In fact, you only see a real independent opinions in the AP/Coaches prior to the CFP rankings. Despite the influence, the polls STILL generally rank G5's higher than the Selection committee. My guess is---if you did a double blind test where the AP/Coaches voters never were allowed to know the CFPSC picks---there would be HUGE differences in the polling.

My favorite example---in 2011, an undefeated 12-0 UH team with a resume similar to UCF's (in fact, it was probably worse than UCFs resume) was sitting at #6 the week prior to the CUSA championship game. The only difference between now and then is the influence of the CFP Selection Committee.

Are you suggesting that AP poll voters are forming committees to discuss the relative strength of the top teams, and then casting their votes accordingly? Of course they aren't doing that. Instead, they are doing what they have always done.

The notion that the CFP has significantly influenced the AP/Coaches Polls is, to use the technical term, buswha. There has been one change over the years which probably affects all pollsters and committees. The are a gazillion more opportunities to watch all the good teams, and they are playing other good teams more often than they used to. If they all have access to the same info, they are probably going to come up with very similar conclusions - whether there are 13 members of a committee or 60+ voters in a poll.

One reason I can think of that would explain why there are more G5s in the polls is that poll voters don't take their votes beyond the #15 team as seriously as they do the top teams. Did you ever consider it is the poll voters who are biased in favor of the little guy?

Are you suggesting that the reason for the change in how G5' are treated since 2011 is becasue in 2011 P5 conferences were rarely on TV??? LOL. Talk about "Buwsha".

No. Im not suggesting there are meetings to coordinate. I never said such a thing--but nice straw man. What I said was the CFP is TOTALLY controlled by the CFP Selection Committee. The Selection Committee voting methodology is all that really matters in the post CFP era--so the way the other polls now view teams has been influenced by the CFP Selection Committee prizm. Essentially, the voters are less giving an opinion on where they think teams should rank---than they are giving an opinion on where they think the Selection Committee WILL rank the teams.
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RE: Final AP poll for the season: Bama, UGA, OU, Clemson, tOSU, UCF
(01-09-2018 03:59 PM)ken d Wrote:  
(01-09-2018 02:53 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  
(01-09-2018 02:45 PM)quo vadis Wrote:  
(01-09-2018 02:40 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  
(01-09-2018 02:10 PM)quo vadis Wrote:  Um .... how did UCF give the committee a "black eye" and "exposed their bias" when every other outlet had UCF outside of the top 10 as well? Humans and computers (see Sagarin and MC) all agree - even AFTER the Big Win over Auburn, UCF still isn't a top 4 team!

You have made a big point about the composition of the CFP committee as being biased against the G5. But the AP vote just drives the point home that *any* committee, unless literally chaired by Aresco and consisting of 10 AAC AD's, would have kept UCF out too.

UCF fans have had fun the past week posting links to sports columns and blogs saying that "UCF deserves to hang their banner" and the like, but in the end, the sportswriters voted 57 to 4 for Alabama over UCF, and put UCF at #6.

So this hardly constitutes an indictment of the CFP, eh?

We've gone over this 100 times. The Selection Committee has complete power in determining the CFP. The CFP methodology has signficantly influeced the AP/Coaches polls. Those non-CFP have drastically changed thier nature since the CFP. Rather than being object opinions of the rankings---the voters have instead ...

Obvious problem with this is that the final AP poll clearly had zero to do with the CFP committee rankings.

Then explain the massive difference in G5 treatment in pre-CFP poll treatment of G5s and post-CFP poll treatment of G5's. The Committee bias has influenced poll voters. They know that the Committee will never vote a G5 in the top ten, so they dont put them in the top ten. They want thier ballot to be generally predictive of the Committee--not totally different.

The good news is the Committee jumped the shark this year. The CFP will not want a repeat black eye, I think the next time the AAC has an undefeated champion, they will be in the top 10 of the CFP ranking. The Committee learned that public acceptance of their arrogant dismissive attitude toward the G5 does have a limit.

What "massive difference" would that be? Over the years, the polls have typically averaged roughly 3 G5 teams in their top 25, and some years had none. Most of those teams were ranked below #15. I didn't bother to look before 2016, but that's pretty much what the CFP rankings had each of the past two years.

Just because you make your claims of bias boldly and with great confidence, that doesn't make them credible. Claims like "They know that the Committee will never vote a G5 in the top ten, so they don't put them in the top ten" are completely baseless. That's just your opinion in all caps.

How can a statement be baseless when the historical facts support it? How many G5 teams have been placed in the top 10 over the the first 4 years of existance. How many G5 teams have been in the top 10 prior to the CFP? The fact is, I actually think the next undefeated AAC champion will be in the CFP top ten--but that is only because the committee essentially embarrassed the CFP with its extreme level of bias this year. The level of G5 disrespect inside the room will not change, but after this years embarrassing public backlash, they wont overplay their hand as openly as they did this year. They will throw the next undefeated AAC champ a bone and place them at 9 or 10.
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RE: Final AP poll for the season: Bama, UGA, OU, Clemson, tOSU, UCF
The polls are more favorable to the best teams from "non-power" conferences than they used to be. You can see that in the long list I posted earlier in this thread. Toledo was undefeated and untied in two consecutive seasons and got little respect from the poll voters; they never cracked the top 10 and were ranked behind 3-loss teams in both of those seasons. Miami-Ohio had two consecutive undefeated seasons, with a tie in each, followed by an 11-1 season. A 3-year stretch in which they only lost a total of one game, and the best the poll voters gave them for it was one week in one season ranked #10. They were also ranked behind 3-loss teams in the final poll of each of those three seasons.
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