domer1978
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RE: [split] Football independence?
(01-09-2020 02:02 PM)Wedge Wrote: (01-09-2020 08:17 AM)esayem Wrote: So with three wildcards, the G5 and Independent teams theoretically have a chance. Exhibit A: Notre Dame.
If it's a playoff spot for the highest ranked team among all G5 and independent teams, then effectively there's a playoff spot available to the best G5 team only in seasons when Notre Dame isn't very good.
Look at the CFP seasons so far, and how this would have played out in your preferred 8-team playoff format. The pattern is that Notre Dame would get the G5/indy playoff spot in any year in which the Irish have two or fewer losses.
2019: Notre Dame (10-2) ranked #15 in final committee ranking. Highest G5 team (Memphis) ranked #17. Notre Dame gets the playoff spot.
2018: Notre Dame (12-0) ranked #3, highest G5 team (UCF) ranked #8. Notre Dame gets playoff spot reserved for G5/indy teams, UCF doesn't get in because the 3 highest-ranked at-large teams are #3, 5, and 7.
2017: Notre Dame (9-3) ranked #14, highest G5 team (UCF) ranked #12. UCF gets the playoff spot.
2016: Notre Dame (4-8) unranked, highest G5 team (Western Michigan) ranked #15. WMU gets the playoff spot.
2015: Notre Dame (10-2) ranked #8, highest G5 team (Houston) ranked #18. Notre Dame gets the playoff spot.
2014: Notre Dame (7-5) unranked, highest G5 team (Boise State) ranked #20. Boise State gets the playoff spot.
As an unbiased observer I would be fine with this.
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