(09-27-2015 09:46 PM)NolaOwl Wrote: If we run thee table, win the championship game and a bowl game, we'll all be happy for the team who can't help who they are scheduled to play. That is unlikely given the current power rankings as determined by Sagarin:
54. La Tech
58. WKU
59. MT
79. Marshall
100. Southern Miss(
106. Rice
119. FIU
129. FAU
139. UTSA
155. North Texas
161. UTEP
170. ODU
188. Charlotte
But even if we do, we'll do it beating teams ranked 54 and below. I wonder what Neely, Conover, Goldsmith, Hatfield and Graham would do with such copetition?
I looked at Sagarin rankings to see how Hat and Graham did in their most recent seasons. Currently Baylor is ranked #3, Texas #56, and Wagner #234. So, if things stay the way they do (which obviously they won't), we will have played 1 team > #54 in Sagarin.
So Hatfield went 1-11 against the #10 (UCLA), #1 (UT), #93 (UAB), #92 (ECU), #44 (Tulsa), #52 (Navy), #85 (UTEP), #88 (SMU), #130 (win against Tulane), #80 (UCF), and #84 (UH). Only four teams were ranked above #54 in Sagarin.
The Toad went 7-6 against #54 (UH), #43 (UCLA), #19 (Texas), #33 (FSU), #122 (W - Army), #116 (Tulane), #113 (W - UAB), #111 (W - UCF), #103 (W - UTEP), #65 (W - Tulsa), #67 (W - ECU), #96 (W - SMU), and #81 (Troy). Only 3 teams ranked above #54, with UH sitting on the sweet spot.