It’s not unreasonable for strength of schedule to be a significant factor in determining which teams make the CFB. And in that regard, there are absolutely legitimate questions to be asked about Indiana’s CFB participation.
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Then we should also talk about eliminate preseason polls, poll inertia, and the SEC only playing 8 conference games, and propping up their rankings late in the season by filling that game with lower division teams.
dec 22, 2024, 8:04 am • 7 0 • view
SEC has boosted their perceived quality by only playing 8 conference games. All P4 teams should go to 9 or 10
dec 22, 2024, 12:15 pm • 1 0 • view
Pre-season poll’s don’t mean anything and I’m not sure what “poll inertia” is, but I’m all for leveling by the playing field and eliminating conference bias. But let’s face it, in the end this is a Big10/SEC contest. And at some point, they will form their own conference, I’d wager.
dec 22, 2024, 9:13 am • 0 0 • view
Poll inertia is what happens when teams are put in a ranking before they even have a resume. You can see this easily when two similar teams lose a game. If a team starts the season top 5 and loses a game that won’t drop as far in the rankings as a team you started lower. Aka conformation bias.
dec 22, 2024, 2:07 pm • 0 0 • view
People who voted on preseason polls and make power rankings don’t want to be wrong, so they won’t punish a team like Alabama for losses the way they would Vanderbilt for instance. In season rankings should be based on resume only, not last year or brand name. Preseason rankings shouldn’t exist.
dec 22, 2024, 2:10 pm • 0 0 • view