(11-22-2011 12:03 PM)TomThumb Wrote: (11-20-2011 01:36 PM)10thMountain Wrote: Crazy upsets this wekekend!
Yeah, and it means a lot more for the teams involved because of the lack of a playoff. It's part of what people love about college football. :)
This is such an overlooked point! This is why if they did a playoff it should be done with a flexible # of teams. You never know how much you need to do to get in, so no resting players and you keep most of these upsets relevant. OSU-ISU means almost nothing in an 8 or 16 team bracket.
Repeat these rules and bracket who it gives you:
1- Take all the undefeated teams and see if 2 teams have played a computer SOS in the top 50. If you find TWO, you bracket all undefeated teams. (Example would be 2005 UT-USC or 2009 where Bama, UT, TCU, Boise, Cincy)
2- If a 2nd team with that SOS is not found, you then open it up to 1 loss teams with SOS greater than 80 (can't make it too easy to get in). You then look to see if a 2nd team with a top 50 SOS is found. If not repeat with the 2 loss, 3 loss, etc until you find a 2nd team. Any team equal to the # of losses than the 2nd team will be in unless they lost the same # of games on a worse than 80th sos.
3- Bracket the teams the rules spit out and give the teams with the highest BCS rankings byes if applicable.
I have yet to find 1 deserving team left out with this method when I have tried to apply it to pre-bowl results from 1997-2010. I also find it preserves the do or die aspect of the season.