Just playing devils advocate here... I really love our team and think we deserve to be in if we win out... These are the arguments against us. And a lot of this is assuming we win out, so obviously we need to take care of business first.
1. We played 2 teams that have been top 4 teams during the year, and are still towards the top and lost to both... if we lost to 2 top four teams already, are we really a top 4 team?
2. We beat 3 top ten teams this year, but are any of them really top 10 teams? LSU is looking better.. Nebraska is right about where they should be, MSU is terrible. I would say those wins show that we are better than teams ranked #10-15, so a top 10 team fits us, but maybe not top 5.
3. We would be a 2 loss team. We would need to beat out teams with 1 loss who may win their conference tourney. Does our strength of schedule trump that?
4. If OSU doesnt make the B1G playoff, and we beat PSU, do we get in over OSU? They would only have 1 loss and they beat us head to head. Losing to good teams has gone a long way for us, but could we really stay ranked ahead of one of those "good losses" since they beat us?
Alabama is in
If Clemson wins ACC they would be in
Louisville cant win ACC champ right? So they should be out
Washington could win the PAC-12... would a 2 loss Big ten team trump them?
Part of me feels like if we get in, OSU would have to be in.. otherwise OSU would likely take our spot... cant really see us getting in and not them, even with a B1G championship based on number of losses and head to head matchup
1. We played 2 teams that have been top 4 teams during the year, and are still towards the top and lost to both... if we lost to 2 top four teams already, are we really a top 4 team?
2. We beat 3 top ten teams this year, but are any of them really top 10 teams? LSU is looking better.. Nebraska is right about where they should be, MSU is terrible. I would say those wins show that we are better than teams ranked #10-15, so a top 10 team fits us, but maybe not top 5.
3. We would be a 2 loss team. We would need to beat out teams with 1 loss who may win their conference tourney. Does our strength of schedule trump that?
4. If OSU doesnt make the B1G playoff, and we beat PSU, do we get in over OSU? They would only have 1 loss and they beat us head to head. Losing to good teams has gone a long way for us, but could we really stay ranked ahead of one of those "good losses" since they beat us?
Alabama is in
If Clemson wins ACC they would be in
Louisville cant win ACC champ right? So they should be out
Washington could win the PAC-12... would a 2 loss Big ten team trump them?
Part of me feels like if we get in, OSU would have to be in.. otherwise OSU would likely take our spot... cant really see us getting in and not them, even with a B1G championship based on number of losses and head to head matchup
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