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Topic: How would you rank these hypothetical 9-3 teams

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FearlessF

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Re: How would you rank these hypothetical 9-3 teams
« Reply #14 on: May 06, 2024, 11:46:17 AM »
a 9-3 OSU could have 2 non-con loses with a lone conference loss to 12-0 Michigan

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Re: How would you rank these hypothetical 9-3 teams
« Reply #15 on: May 06, 2024, 10:10:23 PM »
I picked the 8-1, 1-2 team.  There's a difference between showing you can do something vs showing that you can't.  And losing to worse teams (unranked) isn't a plus.....it's worse.  
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Re: How would you rank these hypothetical 9-3 teams
« Reply #16 on: Today at 07:56:17 AM »
Option 3 for me.
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Re: How would you rank these hypothetical 9-3 teams
« Reply #17 on: Today at 07:59:52 AM »
Quote from: FearlessF on May 06, 2024, 11:46:17 AM
a 9-3 OSU could have 2 non-con loses with a lone conference loss to 12-0 Michigan
This scenario of course is quite possible, but I THINK in normal seasons some other team like say Penn State would make the CG.  I don't know the criteria they would use here is PSU was 11-1, maybe head to head?  They would have defeated Ohio State ostensibly, but then OSU would have two conference losses.  Maybe they don't play every year.

Anyway, weird stuff will happen eventually.
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Re: How would you rank these hypothetical 9-3 teams
« Reply #18 on: Today at 08:23:09 AM »
they don't play every year

the Big Ten messed up the schedule, again
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Re: How would you rank these hypothetical 9-3 teams
« Reply #19 on: Today at 08:25:22 AM »
We'll all be fascinated when the inevitable happens, some team loses 2 nonconference games and one more but ends up in the CG and wins in an upset.  They'd be 10-3, and in the top four teams in the playoff.

UGA could do it with their future nonconference schedules although they lost Texas and OU as noncon opponents.  They play Clemson and Ohio State still in one year, and maybe somehow Tech could become relevant again.

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Re: How would you rank these hypothetical 9-3 teams
« Reply #20 on: Today at 08:53:14 AM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on Today at 08:25:22 AM
We'll all be fascinated when the inevitable happens, some team loses 2 nonconference games and one more but ends up in the CG and wins in an upset.  They'd be 10-3, and in the top four teams in the playoff.
and then win a couple games in the playoff!
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Re: How would you rank these hypothetical 9-3 teams
« Reply #21 on: Today at 08:57:21 AM »
Yup, if this lasts long enough, really unusual things will happen, but PROBABLY "they" will change it over and over again in some search for "perfection".

In 2030, UGA plays Clemson, Ohio State, and Georgia Tech OOC.  Imagine they lose all three and also one in conference, but are 7-1 in conference play and make the CG where they then win, and get a bye in the playoff, at 9-4.  Then they win out and are "national champions" with four losses.  Unlikely, but possible.
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