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Re: SEC Front Porch
« Reply #714 on: July 25, 2025, 11:47:31 AM »
SoS can only be determined AFTER the season is over, IMO.  It's fun to discuss pre-season, but nobody really knows.  

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Re: SEC Front Porch
« Reply #715 on: July 25, 2025, 11:55:24 AM »
I think it fair to note that say Florida seems to be looking at a lot of higher ranked teams (preseason).  UGA last season played a lot of tough teams on the road, this year that is reversed, same opponents, most in Athens (Tenn in Knoxville).  Texas as usual plays nobody ...

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Re: SEC Front Porch
« Reply #716 on: July 25, 2025, 07:02:24 PM »
It's interesting that 9 of the 10 teams in the rankings I posted are in the SEC.

As I posted, I don't know the methodology for computing those rankings. Nor do I know the methodology for the "Power Rankings Guru" rankings that Utee posted.

I can see two distinct different ways of computing these rankings. One would be to use power rankings. The team with the highest average power rankings of its opponents would seem to have the most difficult schedule. But "strength of schedule" doesn't necessarily mean the same thing as "difficulty of schedule."

If my team has the highest power ranking, and its 12 scheduled opponents are ranked #2 through #13 in power rankings, my team surely has the highest strength of schedule. But if my team is power-ranked #50, and its opponents are ranked #20 through #31, I'm probably going to have a harder time running the table than I would have in the first example.
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Re: SEC Front Porch
« Reply #717 on: August 04, 2025, 07:40:19 AM »
Happy Aggie Day everyone!  8/4. It’s also my Anniversary, 24 years married. 

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« Reply #718 on: August 04, 2025, 10:31:35 AM »
Happy anniversary!

"Aggie day" sounds made up and I refuse to celebrate it. :)

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Re: SEC Front Porch
« Reply #719 on: August 04, 2025, 01:51:31 PM »
As expected, Texas is #1 preseason UPI or whatever they call it now.  That isn't a terrible thing, the #1 team usually has a very good season and top ten finish.

I have a notion the rankings may be less predictive than usual this year, I can see some second ten teams have a fine season.

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« Reply #720 on: August 04, 2025, 01:58:06 PM »
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« Reply #721 on: August 04, 2025, 11:04:30 PM »

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« Reply #722 on: Today at 03:43:28 PM »
Happy anniversary!

"Aggie day" sounds made up and I refuse to celebrate it. :)


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« Reply #723 on: Today at 04:03:15 PM »
Oh.  Ha!  Sorry I missed the joke and made you explain it.  That always kills the humor...

 

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