RE: Mid-Majors who could crash Playoffs
Kolonel,
Basically you inadvertently pointed out what it'd take for a mid-major TO crash the Playoffs: Having a schedule where "That's not happening", where they're a winning team usually. That's it in a nutshell. So when on the topic, we do have to include those, though. Because the concept is, Can it even be done? My answer: Yes. Either "That's not happening" or something very close being "That most likely Is Not happening" + nobody undefeated and many teams with 2-loss without others sticking out.
So let's assume any mid-major who is 8W capable ran the table:
1. BYU (Their SoS beats most BCS teams')
2. ECU (@Florida, @Navy, VaTech, @BYU, @UCF, Cinci)
3. WMU (MSU, @GA-South, @OhioSt, BGSU, @NIU, @Toledo, *BGSU)
4. Fresno (@Ole Miss, Utah, @San Diego St, Utah State, Nevada, @BYU, ColoSt)
5. BGSU (@Tenn, @Maryland, Memphis, @Purdue, @WMU, Toledo, *NIU)
6. Boise St (Wash, @BYU, @Virginia, @ColoSt, @UtahSt, Air Force)
7. UCF (@Stanford, @S.Carolina, Houston, @Cinci, ECU)
8. Air Force (@MSU, @Navy, @ColoSt, Fresno, Utah State, @Boise)
9. Utah St (@Utah, @Wash, ColoSt, @Fresno, Boise, @San DiegoSt, @AirF, Nevada, BYU)
10. NIU (@OhioSt, @Boston College, @Toledo, WMU, *BGSU)
11. Houston (@Louisville, @UCF, Vandy, Cinci, Memphis, Navy)
12. Cinci (@Memphis, @BYU, UCF, @Houston, @ECU)
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