(10-11-2017 09:45 AM)Chappy Wrote:  

(10-11-2017 09:31 AM)Metropolis777 Wrote:  

(10-11-2017 07:29 AM)goodknightfl Wrote:  Stanford still has to play Or, Wash, Wash st, and ND. They will be lucky to finish 8-4, 7-5 is most likely. SDSU big win will not look very big by the end of the season.

UW & ND haven't won in Palo Alto in 10 years. Stanford has dominated both series recently and the UW game is on a short weel. Oregon is bad.

It is not out of the question that Stanford ends up 8-4 or 9-3. Either of those records will keep them in the top 25. If that happens, all SDSU has to do is win out.

So you're saying an undefeated SDSU team with a win over 8-4 Stanford would be guaranteed to get in over an undefeated Navy team with a wins over ranked Notre Dame, ranked UCF, possibly a ranked Houston squad, and a ranked East opponent in the AAC championship? Ok.

Yes, Navy is the most potent possible AAC champ, because they could beat a highly-ranked Notre Dame team, which would cancel out SDSU having beat Stanford. So the other poster is wrong about that.

Heck, even at #16/#19, Notre Dame is probably under-ranked right now. According to Sagarin, their SOS is #26, they have dominated all four teams they've beaten, including a Michigan State team that has beaten Iowa and Michigan since Notre dame routed them, and they easily have the "best loss" so far, a one-point squeaker to a red-hot Georgia team. Notre Dame has upcoming games with ranked USC and NC State, if they win those, they will be in the Top 10.

In fact, it might boil down to who wins the Stanford - Notre Dame game at the end of the year. That will give the edge to either SDSU or Navy.

It definitely is in the best interests of the AAC if Notre Dame keeps winning, so that they are high-ranked when they play Navy in late November.