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(11-02-2021 12:04 PM)Cat-Man Wrote:  

Quote:If Cincinnati isn't among the top four teams in Tuesday night's rankings, we're going to hear conspiracies about how the selection committee is just never going to put a Group of 5 team in the CFP, and, dadgumit, it's not fair. The Bearcats are No. 2 in the AP poll and the AFCA coaches poll, so they have to be No. 2 in the CFP rankings, right?

Well, what if the Bearcats don't deserve to be in the top four, at least not yet? Sure, Cincinnati's 11-point win at Notre Dame is one of the better nonconference victories of the season. But who else have the Bearcats defeated so far? One other FBS team with a winning record (5-3 Central Florida) and five other opponents (Miami of Ohio, Indiana, Temple, Navy and Tulane) who are a combined 12-28.

When Cincinnati knocked off Indiana and Notre Dame in consecutive games, there was a popular belief that beating two Power 5 opponents and winning the AAC might be enough to get the Bearcats in the playoff. Here's the problem: The Hoosiers aren't any good. In fact, they haven't won a Big Ten game and haven't even defeated a Power 5 opponent this season. Their two victories came against FCS program Idaho and Western Kentucky. And the Bearcats' remaining regular-season schedule ranks No. 82 and includes just one opponent with a winning record (SMU at 7-1).

In my opinion, for whatever that's worth, Cincinnati deserves to be at about No. 6 in the initial CFP rankings, behind Georgia, Alabama, Oklahoma, Michigan State and Oregon (and maybe even Ohio State). If the Bearcats defeat SMU at home on Nov. 20 and then Houston in the AAC championship game, then we can start having a conversation about whether they deserve to be in the top four.

https://www.espn.com/college-football/st...a-wrong-qb

A heads up to people. Schlabach is an absolute moron who has been critical of UC all year. In an earlier article he wrote that BYU could be the best G5 team in the nation ahead of Cincinnati. (How did that prediction fare?)

When someone's best analysis is by looking at opponents won-loss records and using that is the primary justification for how good a team is--- then you know the person is a.) a simpleton b.) has an agenda or c.) both.

His article's analysis is something I'd expect written by a 3rd grader. And Jerry Palm's analysis is usually something I'd expect written by a 4th grader.