(12-17-2020 11:46 PM)PirateJP Wrote: (12-17-2020 11:35 PM)invisiblehand Wrote: We would have the best win of any G5 team in the top 25.
The Ragin Cajuns would beg to differ.
How high is a three loss Iowa St going to stay ranked?
I think the door for the debate on highest ranked of Coastal and Tulsa would be open. Not sure that Louisiana stays in the conversation since they lost head to head to Coastal. Here are the numbers by Massey Composite Rankings
Tulsa: Opp Avg: 58.03 (hypothetical 7-1)
UCF #25
SMU #51
Tulane #55
ECU #94
Navy #100
USF #116
Loss @ #21 Oklahoma St
Win over currently #5 Cincy
Louisiana: Opp Avg: 71.2 (9-1) ~~ ---- Coastal: Opp Avg: 74.5 (11-0)
Iowa St #8. ~~ ---- BYU #9
App State #34. ~~ ---- Louisiana #20
UAB #59. ~~ ---- App St #34
Georgia Southern #72. ~~ ---- Georgia Southern #72
Georgia State #76. ~~ ---- Georgia St #76
Arkansas St #103. ~~ ---- Troy #90
South Alabama #105. ~~ ---- Arkansas St #103
Texas St #114. ~~ ---- Texas St #114
ULM #127. ~~ ---- Kansas #122
Home loss #14 Coastal. ~~ ------
***Undefeated***
Coastal also played an FCS team.
Top 50 records:
Coastal: 3-0, 2-0 home and 1-0 away
Tulsa: 2-1 all road games
Louisiana: 2-1, 1-0 home and 1-1 away
Top 75 records:
Coastal: 4-0, 3-0 home and 1-0 away
Tulsa: 4-1, 2-0 home and 2-1 away
Louisiana: 3-1, 1-1 home and 2-0 away
Games vs teams 100+/FCS:
Tulsa: 2
Louisiana: 4
Coastal: 4 (1 FCS)
I used Massey because it is so many inputs and lists all teams likely giving the most common view in teams perception for strength of schedule. Of course this is the committee so not sure how much facts and actual rankings matter.
Just for comparison's sake, though there are the numbers with a hypothetical Tulsa win.