Cool site, thanks.
Just to comment: No ranking system is perfect, so there will always be something to complain about I guess. It's just that a system like this gives no real credit to the fact that Tenn (a top 10 program at the time) SHOULD have lost to App. OR that #3 Clemson got a home cooking break on a clear fumble that MIGHT have cost them the game against Troy. I'm not arguing moral victories, but I'd say that those are pretty clear indicators that Troy and App State have improved and are strong G5 programs. Had either of these guys played a Kentucky or Northwestern etc., on those days... we would be looking at about a plus 14 on that scale - putting the SBC into 3rd place. We were dang close to picking up 20 points in just those two games which would have put us at #1 over the AAC!
But sitting back and looking at the conferences, it just feels like the SBC is truly on the rise. Ark State & UL have to start pulling their weight again - we don't need you guys dropping off. Unless it's on the weeks you play Georgia Southern
. With a little help from those two getting back to playing their normal caliber of football, we could climb this scale quickly.
Finally, the scale doesn't provide any negative points. For instance, losing to an FCS (or should we say un-ranked FCS to be fair to the teams falling to NDSU or Eastern Washington types?) should cost you points.
While there are scale slide implications for losing an OOC G5 game - due to the fact that it awards points to another G5 Conference - There is no penalty for losses to P5 program. That means there is no risk here to schedule more of those. Considering (as the article did mention) that we have fewer teams, our opportunities to pick up big point P5 wins are fewer. Maybe they need some sort of % application to the point totals.
I mean, the AAC gets FIVE shots at picking up points this weekend alone. They could lose them all and still stay at number one on this list. Feels like there should be risk to the reward. Simply saying that one conference could be at 90% wins over P5 teams, yet the AAC could schedule twice as many P5s through the season, be at 50% and still have more points for it.
Fun article though. Will be interesting to see as we go through the season, hope they keep it up.
Now, EVERYBODY (SBC ONLY!)------- G A T A !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!