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OrangeAfroMan

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Rank these teams
« on: December 13, 2020, 06:40:31 PM »
Rank these teams 1-10 if they were to play each other in a round-robin tomorrow:
Texas A&M
Cincinnati
Indiana
Iowa State
Coastal Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Oklahoma 
USC
BYU
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Re: Rank these teams
« Reply #1 on: December 13, 2020, 06:50:25 PM »
Rank these teams 1-10 if they were to play each other in a round-robin tomorrow:
Texas A&M
Cincinnati
Indiana
Iowa State
Coastal Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Oklahoma
USC
BYU
1. Georgia
2. Florida
3. Oklahoma
4. A&M
5. Iowa St
6. Indiana
7. USC
8. Cincinnati
9. CC
10. BYU

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Re: Rank these teams
« Reply #2 on: December 13, 2020, 07:03:34 PM »
Each team playing nine games in one day would leave most teams pretty thin, I think.

I think that BYU, Coastal Carolina, and Cincinnati would be the bottom three.

I have a different question bouncing around in my head: what separates a 6-0 Ohio State from a 6-0 USC?  Everybody'd got tOSU penciled in as the #4 CFP team, barring strange goings-on in the SEC, but nobody's got USC even under consideration.
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Re: Rank these teams
« Reply #3 on: December 13, 2020, 07:10:12 PM »
South Carolina is pretty bad this year.

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Re: Rank these teams
« Reply #4 on: December 13, 2020, 07:11:51 PM »
The other USC.  The one that is 6-0.

Although, come to think of it, the Cocks would be in the picture if they were 6-0.
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Re: Rank these teams
« Reply #5 on: December 13, 2020, 07:24:52 PM »
Each team playing nine games in one day would leave most teams pretty thin, I think.

I think that BYU, Coastal Carolina, and Cincinnati would be the bottom three.

I have a different question bouncing around in my head: what separates a 6-0 Ohio State from a 6-0 USC?  Everybody'd got tOSU penciled in as the #4 CFP team, barring strange goings-on in the SEC, but nobody's got USC even under consideration.
Where did they start?  Who have they beaten?
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« Reply #6 on: December 13, 2020, 07:55:50 PM »
Same order as the OP, only with Florida moved to the bottom. 
1919, 20, 21, 28, 29, 31, 34, 35, 36, 37, 42, 44
WWH: 1952, 54, 55, 57, 58, 60, 61, 62, 63, 65, 67, 68, 70, 72, 74, 75
1979, 81, 82, 84, 87, 94, 98
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Re: Rank these teams
« Reply #7 on: December 13, 2020, 08:00:17 PM »
Where did they start?  Who have they beaten?
Where they start really isn’t supposed to have any bearing on where the CFP ranks them.  For the most part I think the CFP has done a pretty good job in years past of not being influenced by the other polls.  This year is just bonkers though.

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Re: Rank these teams
« Reply #8 on: December 13, 2020, 08:03:57 PM »
I have a different question bouncing around in my head: what separates a 6-0 Ohio State from a 6-0 USC?  Everybody'd got tOSU penciled in as the #4 CFP team, barring strange goings-on in the SEC, but nobody's got USC even under consideration.
did you see the USC/UCLA game last night?

USC was gifted that game
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Re: Rank these teams
« Reply #9 on: December 13, 2020, 08:06:33 PM »
1. Oklahoma
2. A&M
5. Indiana
4. Iowa State
5. Georgia
6. Florida
7. USC
8. Cincinnati
9. CC
10. BYU
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Re: Rank these teams
« Reply #10 on: December 13, 2020, 08:20:20 PM »
The other USC.  The one that is 6-0.

Although, come to think of it, the Cocks would be in the picture if they were 6-0.
To be honest, a lot of it is, as @OrangeAfroMan and others referenced:
  • Where did they start, and
  • Who have they beaten. 

However there is also a more legitimate answer. USC is 5-0 with the following wins:
  • An extremely close, come from behind, 1 point win over an ASU team that is 1-2.
  • A four point come from behind win over an Arizona team that is 0-5 and just lost 70-7 to ASU.
  • A 16 point win over a .500 Utah team.
  • A 25 point win over 1-2 WSU
  • A five point come from behind win over .500 UCLA.
That doesn't look CFP worthy to me or, apparently, the AP or the committee. 

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Re: Rank these teams
« Reply #11 on: December 13, 2020, 08:30:59 PM »
Here is my guess, if they played tomorrow:

  • Oklahoma, I think they might be the most improved team in the country from early season to now.
  • aTm, close
  • Florida
  • Georgia 
  • Indiana
  •  Iowa State 
  •  USC
  • Cincinnati 
  • Coastal Carolina 
  • BYU


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Re: Rank these teams
« Reply #12 on: December 13, 2020, 08:45:03 PM »
I’m not goi through the exercise, but I’d have A&M real low. That team is the epitome of just fine. 

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Re: Rank these teams
« Reply #13 on: December 14, 2020, 01:49:04 AM »
did you see the USC/UCLA game last night?

USC was gifted that game
I don't know about gifted, but UCLA certainly should have won.
And at least two of USC's other games have been squeakers.
So, tOSU's claim is margin of victory?
To be clear, I think tOSU is a better team than USC.  But both teams have beaten every team on the schedule.  How is it that the CFP Committee doesn't have them in the same set of teams battling it out for the #4 spot?  Texas A&M is #5 with a loss.  USC is #15 with five 2-loss (as of last Tuesday) teams ahead of them.
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