Isn't this to be expected? It is harder to get the win on the road then at home...

Ah, true enough. The home teams should get zero credit, in truth.

After all, they just show up to the stadium, trot out to the 50 yard line, take a bow, and then proceed directly to Go. No work or effort, whatsoever.

(09-28-2016 10:39 AM)MplsBison Wrote:  Ask and he shall receive.

Any way you slice it -- on pure W-L alone -- the Big Ten is the top dog, for now.

But ... we all know that "pure W-L" is a terrible way to evaluate, unless everyone is playing the same schedule.

AAC is having another really strong year by any standard.

CUSA going after teams like UNT, FIU, UNCC, and FAU who are bad teams in large markets has turned out to be one of the worst decisions in college football history.

They have gone from a conference that once had Louisville, UCF, Cincinnati, Houston, Memphis to the worst conference in FBS.

quo, yes in general you are correct.

It's hard to compare road records because of the relatively small sample size. But that small sample size is a meaningful stat in its own right.

If you are waiting for the B1G to play enough road OOC games to judge their performance, don't hold your breath. The fact is, they have already played all their road OOC games. Eight B1G teams will not play a single OOC road game all year. Not one!

The only teams that won't play 7 home games are Maryland, which plays 6, and Michigan which will play 8. Sounds like a nice head start on a winning season.

(09-28-2016 02:19 PM)TrojanCampaign Wrote:  CUSA going after teams like UNT, FIU, UNCC, and FAU who are bad teams in large markets has turned out to be one of the worst decisions in college football history.

They have gone from a conference that once had Louisville, UCF, Cincinnati, Houston, Memphis *TCU to the worst conference in FBS.

Just a quick question: Are G5 vs P5 games done for the regular season, or are there still a few random ones during the Conference portion of the schedule?

Wow, Toledo! I was interested to see how they'd do at BYU.

Basically, they deserved to win the game. Scored TD and then go-ahead 2pt conversion with 1min left. They earned the win. Just forgot to stop BYU at the end.

(09-30-2016 09:25 PM)Bronco14 Wrote:  Just a quick question: Are G5 vs P5 games done for the regular season, or are there still a few random ones during the Conference portion of the schedule?

Actually, that's not such a quick question. I'll look into it. I do know that Michigan State still has BYU ahead (the last OOC game for the B1G).

But BYU isn't a G5, though.

** I think I can hear the rage building in stever's head from here .... **

(10-01-2016 09:37 AM)MplsBison Wrote:  But BYU isn't a G5, though.

** I think I can hear the rage building in stever's head from here .... **

I believe these are the remaining games between P5s and schools that are neither P5 nor FCS.

B1G: Michigan State-BYU

PAC: Stanford-Rice

ACC (7):
BC-Buffalo, BC-UConn
Louisville-Houston
Wake Forest-Army
Pitt-Marshall
Duke-Army
Georgia Tech-Georgia Southern

SEC (11):
South Carolina-UMass
Georgia-LA Lafayette
Missouri-Middle Tenn St
Texas A&M-New Mexico St, Texas A&M-UT San Antonio
Auburn-LA Monroe
Ole Miss-Memphis, Ole Miss-Georgia Southern
Miss State-BYU
LSU-Southern Miss, LSU-South Alabama


EDIT: Notre Dame also plays both Navy and Army this year.

Remaining P5 vs P5 OOC games:

PAC (2):
Stanford-Notre Dame
USC-Notre Dame

ACC (8):
Louisville-Kentucky
Florida State-Florida
Clemson-South Carolina
Syracuse-Notre Dame
Georgia Tech-Georgia
Virginia Tech-Notre Dame
Miami-Notre Dame
NC State-Notre Dame

SEC (4):
Kentucky-Louisville
Florida-Florida State
South Carolina-Clemson
Georgia-Georgia Tech

Thanks for compiling that ken!

PS - you should include FCS games in the first post, to make the SEC look even worse!

BYU is a tweener team at best. They have 6 P5 games this year. They've had 23 P5 games last 5 years regular season. So 29 in 6 seasons- or an average of less than 5. That's no P5 team.