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The Power Five => Big Ten => Topic started by: ohio1317 on August 23, 2022, 12:51:47 AM
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This is the thread for people who love lists. Each week I'll post the teams with their 1st loss and the remaining undefeated teams. As the season progresses, I’ll add a 1-loss team list and a winless team list and note potential bigger games for the various teams. We can see how this lists change through the year.
The winless list is just to watch those teams, but the undefeated and 1-loss lists have been crucial since the start of the BCS. So far, every team to make the BCS National Championship Game/Bowl and the College Football Playoff has been an undefeated or 1-loss team from an AQ/Power 5 conference except for 2007 LSU (had 2 losses) and 2021 Cincinnati (outside a power 5 conference). Every non-AQ/Group of 5 representative to a BCS/NY6 bowl has finished with no more than 1 loss except for 2014 Boise State.
I suspect the days of the usefulness for these lists is getting short, but for now, I think it is still worth watching and our trends will likely continue (although we are overdue for a 2-loss team in the CFP).
Conference changes this year:
-The Big 12 and SEC themselves have not changed yet as a result of the SEC taking Texas and Oklahoma. The follow up domino of the American taking 6 Conference USA schools also does not change anything for this season. The third level effect of the Sun Belt taking Marshall, Old Dominion, and Southern Miss is immediate however. Those three will join FBS transitioning James Madison to bring the Sun Belt to 14 members this year. Conference USA will fall to 11 this year.
Future changes: The Big 12 will add 3 new members next year from the American and independent BYU, the American will expand with 6 from Conference USA, Conference USA will add independents Liberty and New Mexico State as well as moving up 2 newcomers to FBS. In 2024, USC and UCLA will join the Big Ten and, in 2025, Texas and Oklahoma will join the SEC. There is a high likelihood of other changes, but that is all official now.
Maximum number of Undefeated Teams at the End of the Regular Season:
14: The 10 conference champs, James Madison (who is not eligible for the Sun Belt Championship), Army, and a maximum of 2 of Notre Dame/BYU/New Mexico State/UMass/Liberty
(Note: As kind of an ode to how long I've been doing this list, while the numbers are from the current conferences, the teams are in order of their conferences from around when I started). Anyone new to FBS after that is listed on the bottom.
Remaining Undefeated Teams: ACC: 14, American: 11, Big 12: 10, Big Ten: 14, Conference USA: 11, MAC: 12, Mountain West: 12, PAC-12: 12, SEC: 14, Sun Belt: 14, independents: 6, total: 131
Boston College
Clemson
Florida State
Maryland
North Carolina State
Wake Forest
Duke
Georgia Tech
Miami (FL)
North Carolina
Virginia
Virginia Tech
Colorado
Iowa State
Kansas
Kansas State
Missouri
Nebraska
Baylor
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State
Texas
Texas A&M
Texas Tech
Cincinnati
Connecticut
Louisville
Pittsburgh
Rutgers
South Florida
Syracuse
West Virginia
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Michigan
Michigan State
Minnesota
Northwestern
Ohio State
Penn State
Purdue
Wisconsin
UAB
East Carolina
Marshall
Memphis
Southern Mississippi
Central Florida
Houston
Rice
Southern Methodist
Tulane
Tulsa
UTEP
Akron
Bowling Green
Buffalo
Kent State
Miami (OH)
Ohio U.
Ball State
Central Michigan
Eastern Michigan
Northern Illinois
Toledo
Western Michigan
Air Force
Brigham Young
Colorado State
New Mexico
San Diego State
Texas Christian
UNLV
Utah
Wyoming
Arizona
Arizona State
California
Oregon
Oregon State
Southern California
Stanford
UCLA
Washington
Washington State
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
South Carolina
Tennessee
Vanderbilt
Alabama
Arkansas
Auburn
Louisiana State
Mississippi State
Mississippi
Arkansas State
Florida Atlantic
Florida International
Louisiana-Lafayette
Louisiana-Monroe
Middle Tennessee
North Texas
Troy
Boise State
Fresno State
Hawaii
Louisiana Tech
Nevada
New Mexico State
San Jose State
Utah State
Army
Navy
Notre Dame
Temple
Western Kentucky
Massachusetts
South Alabama
Texas State
UTSA
Georgia State
Appalachian State
Georgia Southern
Old Dominion
Charlotte
Coastal Carolina
Liberty
(James Madison)
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gotta be Cincy's fav thread