(06-12-2021 06:52 PM)Michael in Raleigh Wrote:  

(06-12-2021 02:08 PM)BCSvsBS Wrote:  

(06-12-2021 02:03 PM)Wedge Wrote:  

(06-12-2021 12:22 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  Correct----its now similar to their shot at making the access bowl under the current system......which, by the way, has been substantially lower than the chances that the AAC champ will get to the access bowl

That's not it.

The most important factor, by far, in the committee's selection of teams for the access bowl has been: Having the fewest losses. That won't change no matter how many teams are in the playoff.

Trying to collect every non-P5 team with a shot at the playoff and putting them all in the same conference would be counterproductive. More good teams in the same conference means more good teams taking more losses. It would greatly increase the possibility of the conference champ having more losses than the champs of other conferences and watching the champ of some other conference snag that playoff spot -- unless a conference has some conspiracy where one team is designated the playoff contender for that year and the other good teams (or, ahem, the referees) just let the designated team win. But I wouldn't count on that conspiracy happening very often.

So you're saying it's ok for the "Power Conferences" to scream strength for schedule but, not for the American Conference. I see what you did there. Hypocritical much?

It took it to mean that this is how the committee operates.

Seriously, if the AAC's champ has the same number of losses as another G5 league's champ, the AAC champ would get the Access Bowl/CFP bid. But that's as far as strength of schedule will take an AAC team with the way the committee operates.

If, say, the Sun Belt champion has the fewest losses among all the G5 champs, that SB champ is in.

I just love the hypocrisy and condescention towards the AAC and their fans. The AAC will get told their strength of schedule isn't enough. Yet most of the Power Conferences are built in cupcakes. Literally half the Power 5 would be middle of the pack in the AAC.

Yet every time a fan of the AAC gets their hopes up for anything, the Fans of these weak ass Power Schools chime in to disparage and berate the AAC fans. Not to mention the fans of the rest of the group of 5 chiming in because they're jealous of the AAC and fear their success.
It's just sad.