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If our? Kewgs run the table, 52% chance of making CFP. Dawgs 30% probability to win Pac, Kewgs 31% and Yoots at 28%.
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2018-college-football-predictions/?ex_cid=rrpromo
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2018-college-football-predictions/?ex_cid=rrpromo
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Agree. I just like looking at the pretty grid and seeing the different percentages.RaceBannon said:NOC
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IF they win out.
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They have pretty much zero chance. Michigan, Ohio State (play each other, winner goes) is ahead of them. Notre Dame (unless they lose to USC El oh el). Georgia.
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If you watch a football game and wonder what the win percentage is during it you should chug some gas and swallow a match
A team with a big lead has a real good chance to win unless they don't
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I hope ND will lose, so that that cough tears taste much better
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Having Cuog end up #5 in CFP will unleash epic Leach theater.
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Bama will lose to Ga. in the SEC championship sending both of the SEC teams to the CFP dashing all hopes of anyone not named Clemson and ND.
Soon it will expand to 8 teams just so a team from the PAC12 and Big12 can make the CFP -
Coug Fan came up to my desk this morning...."I made plane reservations for Pac 12 Championship last night!"
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If you actually look at the source you would see that 538 has all those teams ahead of WSU along with Oklahoma, West Virginia, and Clemson.2001400ex said:They have pretty much zero chance. Michigan, Ohio State (play each other, winner goes) is ahead of them. Notre Dame (unless they lose to USC El oh el). Georgia.
You're just underestimating the number of losses still potentially out there the next two weeks plus championship games.
For example Notre Dame is about 25% to lose at home to Syracuse this Saturday. I estimate a similar line for next week @USC maybe slightly higher chances for USC. So Notre Dame is around 45% to lose a game. They probably aren't getting in over 12-1 WSU at 11-1 with no conference championship game and their shit schedule (unlucky that FSU, Stanford, and USC all suck this year.) -
That would be real interesting. One loss Notre Dame or one loss WSU. They could have the same loss or ND could have a win over USC who beat WSU which would give ESPN the cover they need to get Notre Dame in thereFremontTroll said:
If you actually look at the source you would see that 538 has all those teams ahead of WSU along with Oklahoma, West Virginia, and Clemson.2001400ex said:They have pretty much zero chance. Michigan, Ohio State (play each other, winner goes) is ahead of them. Notre Dame (unless they lose to USC El oh el). Georgia.
You're just underestimating the number of losses still potentially out there the next two weeks plus championship games.
For example Notre Dame is about 25% to lose at home to Syracuse this Saturday. I estimate a similar line for next week @USC maybe slightly higher chances for USC. So Notre Dame is around 45% to lose a game. They probably aren't getting in over 12-1 WSU at 11-1 with no conference championship game and their shit schedule (unlucky that FSU, Stanford, and USC all suck this year.)
I think the committee gives credit to a ND schedule despite the perfect storm of shittiness those teams were this year. WSU didn't even try. -
Agree. One loss ND is getting in over one loss WSU almost assuredly. ND has the Michigan win, WSU doesn't have anything close to that and isn't going to have the chance to add anything like it. The committee stresses over and over it's about who you beat more than anything else. Hypothetical one loss ND's wins are going to look better than hypothetical one loss WSU's.RaceBannon said:
That would be real interesting. One loss Notre Dame or one loss WSU. They could have the same loss or ND could have a win over USC who beat WSU which would give ESPN the cover they need to get Notre Dame in thereFremontTroll said:
If you actually look at the source you would see that 538 has all those teams ahead of WSU along with Oklahoma, West Virginia, and Clemson.2001400ex said:They have pretty much zero chance. Michigan, Ohio State (play each other, winner goes) is ahead of them. Notre Dame (unless they lose to USC El oh el). Georgia.
You're just underestimating the number of losses still potentially out there the next two weeks plus championship games.
For example Notre Dame is about 25% to lose at home to Syracuse this Saturday. I estimate a similar line for next week @USC maybe slightly higher chances for USC. So Notre Dame is around 45% to lose a game. They probably aren't getting in over 12-1 WSU at 11-1 with no conference championship game and their shit schedule (unlucky that FSU, Stanford, and USC all suck this year.)
I think the committee gives credit to a ND schedule despite the perfect storm of shittiness those teams were this year. WSU didn't even try. -
#1 Alabama vs. #169 The Citidel Sat Nov 17. Who do you like?
Yup. Strength of Schedule matters -
Laughable Cuog played @ #100 Wyoming and only scored 41 or shut out San Jose State when Alabama has to face #109, #169 and #119 @ home in comparison
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There are intangible factors on both sides that shouldn't matter but probably will.
Notre Dame- history, prestige, fanbase, brand name.
WSU- conference backing, better recent form(Notre Dame's only good win was week 1 with a loss in one of the last two weeks.)
Obviously how Michigan finishes would be huge as well. A win over 12-1 playoff bound Michigan looks a lot better than a win over 10-2 Rose or Fiesta Bowl bound Michigan.
All that being said this is all irrelevant since WSU isn't beating UW. And Jake Browning still sucks. -
Why use Sagarin when you can use the playoff committees actual rankings at least for the top 25? I get using Sagarin as a proxy for what the playoff committee doesn't rank but the committee sees things fairly different from Sagarin (Sagarin is superior IMO but that's a different argument).FremontTroll said:
I don't know about that. If ND loses @USC they would have the same loss. ND would have the best win but WSU would have the second through fifth best wins. And the only two wins of note that weren't at home.HillsboroDuck said:
Agree. One loss ND is getting in over one loss WSU almost assuredly. ND has the Michigan win, WSU doesn't have anything close to that and isn't going to have the chance to add anything like it. The committee stresses over and over it's about who you beat more than anything else. Hypothetical one loss ND's wins are going to look better than hypothetical one loss WSU's.RaceBannon said:
That would be real interesting. One loss Notre Dame or one loss WSU. They could have the same loss or ND could have a win over USC who beat WSU which would give ESPN the cover they need to get Notre Dame in thereFremontTroll said:
If you actually look at the source you would see that 538 has all those teams ahead of WSU along with Oklahoma, West Virginia, and Clemson.2001400ex said:They have pretty much zero chance. Michigan, Ohio State (play each other, winner goes) is ahead of them. Notre Dame (unless they lose to USC El oh el). Georgia.
You're just underestimating the number of losses still potentially out there the next two weeks plus championship games.
For example Notre Dame is about 25% to lose at home to Syracuse this Saturday. I estimate a similar line for next week @USC maybe slightly higher chances for USC. So Notre Dame is around 45% to lose a game. They probably aren't getting in over 12-1 WSU at 11-1 with no conference championship game and their shit schedule (unlucky that FSU, Stanford, and USC all suck this year.)
I think the committee gives credit to a ND schedule despite the perfect storm of shittiness those teams were this year. WSU didn't even try.
Despite their affiliation with the ACC and 5 game quasi-conferemce schedule Notre Dame faced just ONE of the top SEVEN ACC teams- and that game was at hime.
vs. Michigan (Sagarin #3) ND
vs. UW (#10) WSU
@Stanford (#22) WSU
Neutral Utah (#14) WSU
vs. Utah (#14) WSU
vs. Stanford (#22) ND
@Northwestern (#33) ND
vs. Syracuse (#34) ND
@Colorado(#62) WSU
@VTech (#63) ND
@Wake (#73) ND
vs. Pitt (#42) ND
vs. Oregon (#44) WSU
vs. Arizona (#55) WSU
vs. Cal (#56) WSU
vs. FSU (#65) ND
vs. Vanderbilt (#66) ND
@Wyoming (#100) WSU
vs. EWash (#80) WSU
@Navy (#110) ND
@OSU (#116) WSU
vs. Ball State (#137) ND
vs. SJSU (#158) WSU
ND
4 - Michigan
12 - Syracuse @sure to drop in this case)
22 - @ Northwestern
WSU
18 - Washington (sure to drop in this case)
19 - Utah (neutral)
WSU's mid tier wins might be better but by the committee rankings ND has wins 1 and 2 and the best true road win. Now Syracuse could drop below Utah I suppose but they're not dropping below UW so at best WSU has wins 2 and 5 while ND gets wins 1, 3 and 4.
Not sure why you're using Sagarin but it's a very flawed process if you're trying to predict what the committee going to do IMO. -
Accidentally deleted my post while editing but you caught it.HillsboroDuck said:
Why use Sagarin when you can use the playoff committees actual rankings at least for the top 25? I get using Sagarin as a proxy for what the playoff committee doesn't rank but the committee sees things fairly different from Sagarin (Sagarin is superior IMO but that's a different argument).FremontTroll said:
I don't know about that. If ND loses @USC they would have the same loss. ND would have the best win but WSU would have the second through fifth best wins. And the only two wins of note that weren't at home.HillsboroDuck said:
Agree. One loss ND is getting in over one loss WSU almost assuredly. ND has the Michigan win, WSU doesn't have anything close to that and isn't going to have the chance to add anything like it. The committee stresses over and over it's about who you beat more than anything else. Hypothetical one loss ND's wins are going to look better than hypothetical one loss WSU's.RaceBannon said:
That would be real interesting. One loss Notre Dame or one loss WSU. They could have the same loss or ND could have a win over USC who beat WSU which would give ESPN the cover they need to get Notre Dame in thereFremontTroll said:
If you actually look at the source you would see that 538 has all those teams ahead of WSU along with Oklahoma, West Virginia, and Clemson.2001400ex said:They have pretty much zero chance. Michigan, Ohio State (play each other, winner goes) is ahead of them. Notre Dame (unless they lose to USC El oh el). Georgia.
You're just underestimating the number of losses still potentially out there the next two weeks plus championship games.
For example Notre Dame is about 25% to lose at home to Syracuse this Saturday. I estimate a similar line for next week @USC maybe slightly higher chances for USC. So Notre Dame is around 45% to lose a game. They probably aren't getting in over 12-1 WSU at 11-1 with no conference championship game and their shit schedule (unlucky that FSU, Stanford, and USC all suck this year.)
I think the committee gives credit to a ND schedule despite the perfect storm of shittiness those teams were this year. WSU didn't even try.
Despite their affiliation with the ACC and 5 game quasi-conferemce schedule Notre Dame faced just ONE of the top SEVEN ACC teams- and that game was at hime.
vs. Michigan (Sagarin #3) ND
vs. UW (#10) WSU
@Stanford (#22) WSU
Neutral Utah (#14) WSU
vs. Utah (#14) WSU
vs. Stanford (#22) ND
@Northwestern (#33) ND
vs. Syracuse (#34) ND
@Colorado(#62) WSU
@VTech (#63) ND
@Wake (#73) ND
vs. Pitt (#42) ND
vs. Oregon (#44) WSU
vs. Arizona (#55) WSU
vs. Cal (#56) WSU
vs. FSU (#65) ND
vs. Vanderbilt (#66) ND
@Wyoming (#100) WSU
vs. EWash (#80) WSU
@Navy (#110) ND
@OSU (#116) WSU
vs. Ball State (#137) ND
vs. SJSU (#158) WSU
ND
4 - Michigan
12 - Syracuse @sure to drop in this case)
22 - @ Northwestern
WSU
18 - Washington (sure to drop in this case)
19 - Utah (neutral)
WSU's mid tier wins might be better but by the committee rankings ND has wins 1 and 2 and the best true road win. Now Syracuse could drop below Utah I suppose but they're not dropping below UW so at best WSU has wins 2 and 5 while ND gets wins 1, 3 and 4.
Not sure why you're using Sagarin but it's a very flawed process if you're trying to predict what the committee going to do IMO.
I get your point but the committee's rankings fluctuate wildly and I think today's Sagarin ratings are a better approximation of the final committee rankings than today's committee rankings.
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Interesting that Northwestern (6-1 in BIG) is an underdog at Minnesota (2-5) this weekend.
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That seems highly unlikely to me but we'll see.FremontTroll said:
Accidentally deleted my post while editing but you caught it.HillsboroDuck said:
Why use Sagarin when you can use the playoff committees actual rankings at least for the top 25? I get using Sagarin as a proxy for what the playoff committee doesn't rank but the committee sees things fairly different from Sagarin (Sagarin is superior IMO but that's a different argument).FremontTroll said:
I don't know about that. If ND loses @USC they would have the same loss. ND would have the best win but WSU would have the second through fifth best wins. And the only two wins of note that weren't at home.HillsboroDuck said:
Agree. One loss ND is getting in over one loss WSU almost assuredly. ND has the Michigan win, WSU doesn't have anything close to that and isn't going to have the chance to add anything like it. The committee stresses over and over it's about who you beat more than anything else. Hypothetical one loss ND's wins are going to look better than hypothetical one loss WSU's.RaceBannon said:
That would be real interesting. One loss Notre Dame or one loss WSU. They could have the same loss or ND could have a win over USC who beat WSU which would give ESPN the cover they need to get Notre Dame in thereFremontTroll said:
If you actually look at the source you would see that 538 has all those teams ahead of WSU along with Oklahoma, West Virginia, and Clemson.2001400ex said:They have pretty much zero chance. Michigan, Ohio State (play each other, winner goes) is ahead of them. Notre Dame (unless they lose to USC El oh el). Georgia.
You're just underestimating the number of losses still potentially out there the next two weeks plus championship games.
For example Notre Dame is about 25% to lose at home to Syracuse this Saturday. I estimate a similar line for next week @USC maybe slightly higher chances for USC. So Notre Dame is around 45% to lose a game. They probably aren't getting in over 12-1 WSU at 11-1 with no conference championship game and their shit schedule (unlucky that FSU, Stanford, and USC all suck this year.)
I think the committee gives credit to a ND schedule despite the perfect storm of shittiness those teams were this year. WSU didn't even try.
Despite their affiliation with the ACC and 5 game quasi-conferemce schedule Notre Dame faced just ONE of the top SEVEN ACC teams- and that game was at hime.
vs. Michigan (Sagarin #3) ND
vs. UW (#10) WSU
@Stanford (#22) WSU
Neutral Utah (#14) WSU
vs. Utah (#14) WSU
vs. Stanford (#22) ND
@Northwestern (#33) ND
vs. Syracuse (#34) ND
@Colorado(#62) WSU
@VTech (#63) ND
@Wake (#73) ND
vs. Pitt (#42) ND
vs. Oregon (#44) WSU
vs. Arizona (#55) WSU
vs. Cal (#56) WSU
vs. FSU (#65) ND
vs. Vanderbilt (#66) ND
@Wyoming (#100) WSU
vs. EWash (#80) WSU
@Navy (#110) ND
@OSU (#116) WSU
vs. Ball State (#137) ND
vs. SJSU (#158) WSU
ND
4 - Michigan
12 - Syracuse @sure to drop in this case)
22 - @ Northwestern
WSU
18 - Washington (sure to drop in this case)
19 - Utah (neutral)
WSU's mid tier wins might be better but by the committee rankings ND has wins 1 and 2 and the best true road win. Now Syracuse could drop below Utah I suppose but they're not dropping below UW so at best WSU has wins 2 and 5 while ND gets wins 1, 3 and 4.
Not sure why you're using Sagarin but it's a very flawed process if you're trying to predict what the committee going to do IMO.
I get your point but the committee's rankings fluctuate wildly and I think today's Sagarin ratings are a better approximation of the final committee rankings than today's committee rankings.
I guess Northwestern's final two or three games would be crucial as well as Syracuse @ BC. -
Well the committe significantly overrated Syracuse and Northwestern and underrated UW.HillsboroDuck said:
That seems highly unlikely to me but we'll see.FremontTroll said:
Accidentally deleted my post while editing but you caught it.HillsboroDuck said:
Why use Sagarin when you can use the playoff committees actual rankings at least for the top 25? I get using Sagarin as a proxy for what the playoff committee doesn't rank but the committee sees things fairly different from Sagarin (Sagarin is superior IMO but that's a different argument).FremontTroll said:
I don't know about that. If ND loses @USC they would have the same loss. ND would have the best win but WSU would have the second through fifth best wins. And the only two wins of note that weren't at home.HillsboroDuck said:
Agree. One loss ND is getting in over one loss WSU almost assuredly. ND has the Michigan win, WSU doesn't have anything close to that and isn't going to have the chance to add anything like it. The committee stresses over and over it's about who you beat more than anything else. Hypothetical one loss ND's wins are going to look better than hypothetical one loss WSU's.RaceBannon said:
That would be real interesting. One loss Notre Dame or one loss WSU. They could have the same loss or ND could have a win over USC who beat WSU which would give ESPN the cover they need to get Notre Dame in thereFremontTroll said:
If you actually look at the source you would see that 538 has all those teams ahead of WSU along with Oklahoma, West Virginia, and Clemson.2001400ex said:They have pretty much zero chance. Michigan, Ohio State (play each other, winner goes) is ahead of them. Notre Dame (unless they lose to USC El oh el). Georgia.
You're just underestimating the number of losses still potentially out there the next two weeks plus championship games.
For example Notre Dame is about 25% to lose at home to Syracuse this Saturday. I estimate a similar line for next week @USC maybe slightly higher chances for USC. So Notre Dame is around 45% to lose a game. They probably aren't getting in over 12-1 WSU at 11-1 with no conference championship game and their shit schedule (unlucky that FSU, Stanford, and USC all suck this year.)
I think the committee gives credit to a ND schedule despite the perfect storm of shittiness those teams were this year. WSU didn't even try.
Despite their affiliation with the ACC and 5 game quasi-conferemce schedule Notre Dame faced just ONE of the top SEVEN ACC teams- and that game was at hime.
vs. Michigan (Sagarin #3) ND
vs. UW (#10) WSU
@Stanford (#22) WSU
Neutral Utah (#14) WSU
vs. Utah (#14) WSU
vs. Stanford (#22) ND
@Northwestern (#33) ND
vs. Syracuse (#34) ND
@Colorado(#62) WSU
@VTech (#63) ND
@Wake (#73) ND
vs. Pitt (#42) ND
vs. Oregon (#44) WSU
vs. Arizona (#55) WSU
vs. Cal (#56) WSU
vs. FSU (#65) ND
vs. Vanderbilt (#66) ND
@Wyoming (#100) WSU
vs. EWash (#80) WSU
@Navy (#110) ND
@OSU (#116) WSU
vs. Ball State (#137) ND
vs. SJSU (#158) WSU
ND
4 - Michigan
12 - Syracuse @sure to drop in this case)
22 - @ Northwestern
WSU
18 - Washington (sure to drop in this case)
19 - Utah (neutral)
WSU's mid tier wins might be better but by the committee rankings ND has wins 1 and 2 and the best true road win. Now Syracuse could drop below Utah I suppose but they're not dropping below UW so at best WSU has wins 2 and 5 while ND gets wins 1, 3 and 4.
Not sure why you're using Sagarin but it's a very flawed process if you're trying to predict what the committee going to do IMO.
I get your point but the committee's rankings fluctuate wildly and I think today's Sagarin ratings are a better approximation of the final committee rankings than today's committee rankings.
I guess Northwestern's final two or three games would be crucial as well as Syracuse @ BC.
Northwestern likely to go 1-2 or worse and Syracuse likely to go 0-2. UW should be favored @WSU but of course we are discussing the scenario where WSU wins. -
Exactly. If the committee is underrating UW (and I think they are though not as badly as Sagarin does), an Apple Cup loss to Cuog isn't going to correct that. There's very little way the committee sees a win over UW as significant, which means WSU's best hope is Utah, which means WSU is screwed.FremontTroll said:
Well the committe significantly overrated Syracuse and Northwestern and underrated UW.HillsboroDuck said:
That seems highly unlikely to me but we'll see.FremontTroll said:
Accidentally deleted my post while editing but you caught it.HillsboroDuck said:
Why use Sagarin when you can use the playoff committees actual rankings at least for the top 25? I get using Sagarin as a proxy for what the playoff committee doesn't rank but the committee sees things fairly different from Sagarin (Sagarin is superior IMO but that's a different argument).FremontTroll said:
I don't know about that. If ND loses @USC they would have the same loss. ND would have the best win but WSU would have the second through fifth best wins. And the only two wins of note that weren't at home.HillsboroDuck said:
Agree. One loss ND is getting in over one loss WSU almost assuredly. ND has the Michigan win, WSU doesn't have anything close to that and isn't going to have the chance to add anything like it. The committee stresses over and over it's about who you beat more than anything else. Hypothetical one loss ND's wins are going to look better than hypothetical one loss WSU's.RaceBannon said:
That would be real interesting. One loss Notre Dame or one loss WSU. They could have the same loss or ND could have a win over USC who beat WSU which would give ESPN the cover they need to get Notre Dame in thereFremontTroll said:
If you actually look at the source you would see that 538 has all those teams ahead of WSU along with Oklahoma, West Virginia, and Clemson.2001400ex said:They have pretty much zero chance. Michigan, Ohio State (play each other, winner goes) is ahead of them. Notre Dame (unless they lose to USC El oh el). Georgia.
You're just underestimating the number of losses still potentially out there the next two weeks plus championship games.
For example Notre Dame is about 25% to lose at home to Syracuse this Saturday. I estimate a similar line for next week @USC maybe slightly higher chances for USC. So Notre Dame is around 45% to lose a game. They probably aren't getting in over 12-1 WSU at 11-1 with no conference championship game and their shit schedule (unlucky that FSU, Stanford, and USC all suck this year.)
I think the committee gives credit to a ND schedule despite the perfect storm of shittiness those teams were this year. WSU didn't even try.
Despite their affiliation with the ACC and 5 game quasi-conferemce schedule Notre Dame faced just ONE of the top SEVEN ACC teams- and that game was at hime.
vs. Michigan (Sagarin #3) ND
vs. UW (#10) WSU
@Stanford (#22) WSU
Neutral Utah (#14) WSU
vs. Utah (#14) WSU
vs. Stanford (#22) ND
@Northwestern (#33) ND
vs. Syracuse (#34) ND
@Colorado(#62) WSU
@VTech (#63) ND
@Wake (#73) ND
vs. Pitt (#42) ND
vs. Oregon (#44) WSU
vs. Arizona (#55) WSU
vs. Cal (#56) WSU
vs. FSU (#65) ND
vs. Vanderbilt (#66) ND
@Wyoming (#100) WSU
vs. EWash (#80) WSU
@Navy (#110) ND
@OSU (#116) WSU
vs. Ball State (#137) ND
vs. SJSU (#158) WSU
ND
4 - Michigan
12 - Syracuse @sure to drop in this case)
22 - @ Northwestern
WSU
18 - Washington (sure to drop in this case)
19 - Utah (neutral)
WSU's mid tier wins might be better but by the committee rankings ND has wins 1 and 2 and the best true road win. Now Syracuse could drop below Utah I suppose but they're not dropping below UW so at best WSU has wins 2 and 5 while ND gets wins 1, 3 and 4.
Not sure why you're using Sagarin but it's a very flawed process if you're trying to predict what the committee going to do IMO.
I get your point but the committee's rankings fluctuate wildly and I think today's Sagarin ratings are a better approximation of the final committee rankings than today's committee rankings.
I guess Northwestern's final two or three games would be crucial as well as Syracuse @ BC.
Northwestern likely to go 1-2 or worse and Syracuse likely to go 0-2. UW should be favored @WSU but of course we are discussing the scenario where WSU wins. -
In my dream last night the Kewgs were up on us 17-0 heading into half time. We're fucked.HuskyJW said:Coug Fan came up to my desk this morning...."I made plane reservations for Pac 12 Championship last night!"
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Northwestern got the win today.FremontTroll said:
Well the committe significantly overrated Syracuse and Northwestern and underrated UW.HillsboroDuck said:
That seems highly unlikely to me but we'll see.FremontTroll said:
Accidentally deleted my post while editing but you caught it.HillsboroDuck said:
Why use Sagarin when you can use the playoff committees actual rankings at least for the top 25? I get using Sagarin as a proxy for what the playoff committee doesn't rank but the committee sees things fairly different from Sagarin (Sagarin is superior IMO but that's a different argument).FremontTroll said:
I don't know about that. If ND loses @USC they would have the same loss. ND would have the best win but WSU would have the second through fifth best wins. And the only two wins of note that weren't at home.HillsboroDuck said:
Agree. One loss ND is getting in over one loss WSU almost assuredly. ND has the Michigan win, WSU doesn't have anything close to that and isn't going to have the chance to add anything like it. The committee stresses over and over it's about who you beat more than anything else. Hypothetical one loss ND's wins are going to look better than hypothetical one loss WSU's.RaceBannon said:
That would be real interesting. One loss Notre Dame or one loss WSU. They could have the same loss or ND could have a win over USC who beat WSU which would give ESPN the cover they need to get Notre Dame in thereFremontTroll said:
If you actually look at the source you would see that 538 has all those teams ahead of WSU along with Oklahoma, West Virginia, and Clemson.2001400ex said:They have pretty much zero chance. Michigan, Ohio State (play each other, winner goes) is ahead of them. Notre Dame (unless they lose to USC El oh el). Georgia.
You're just underestimating the number of losses still potentially out there the next two weeks plus championship games.
For example Notre Dame is about 25% to lose at home to Syracuse this Saturday. I estimate a similar line for next week @USC maybe slightly higher chances for USC. So Notre Dame is around 45% to lose a game. They probably aren't getting in over 12-1 WSU at 11-1 with no conference championship game and their shit schedule (unlucky that FSU, Stanford, and USC all suck this year.)
I think the committee gives credit to a ND schedule despite the perfect storm of shittiness those teams were this year. WSU didn't even try.
Despite their affiliation with the ACC and 5 game quasi-conferemce schedule Notre Dame faced just ONE of the top SEVEN ACC teams- and that game was at hime.
vs. Michigan (Sagarin #3) ND
vs. UW (#10) WSU
@Stanford (#22) WSU
Neutral Utah (#14) WSU
vs. Utah (#14) WSU
vs. Stanford (#22) ND
@Northwestern (#33) ND
vs. Syracuse (#34) ND
@Colorado(#62) WSU
@VTech (#63) ND
@Wake (#73) ND
vs. Pitt (#42) ND
vs. Oregon (#44) WSU
vs. Arizona (#55) WSU
vs. Cal (#56) WSU
vs. FSU (#65) ND
vs. Vanderbilt (#66) ND
@Wyoming (#100) WSU
vs. EWash (#80) WSU
@Navy (#110) ND
@OSU (#116) WSU
vs. Ball State (#137) ND
vs. SJSU (#158) WSU
ND
4 - Michigan
12 - Syracuse @sure to drop in this case)
22 - @ Northwestern
WSU
18 - Washington (sure to drop in this case)
19 - Utah (neutral)
WSU's mid tier wins might be better but by the committee rankings ND has wins 1 and 2 and the best true road win. Now Syracuse could drop below Utah I suppose but they're not dropping below UW so at best WSU has wins 2 and 5 while ND gets wins 1, 3 and 4.
Not sure why you're using Sagarin but it's a very flawed process if you're trying to predict what the committee going to do IMO.
I get your point but the committee's rankings fluctuate wildly and I think today's Sagarin ratings are a better approximation of the final committee rankings than today's committee rankings.
I guess Northwestern's final two or three games would be crucial as well as Syracuse @ BC.
Northwestern likely to go 1-2 or worse and Syracuse likely to go 0-2. UW should be favored @WSU but of course we are discussing the scenario where WSU wins.
ND beatng Cuse comvinvingly.
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I dreamt we were losing 10-3 against UCLA.YellowSnow said:
In my dream last night the Kewgs were up on us 17-0 heading into half time. We're fucked.HuskyJW said:Coug Fan came up to my desk this morning...."I made plane reservations for Pac 12 Championship last night!"
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Great wrong thread poast, as always.
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You talking to me throat turd?EsophagealFeces said:Great wrong thread poast, as always.
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No, I was making fun of myself. I made a great joke making fun of Browning, but thought I was in the game thread. By the time I realized it, the window of opportunity had closed. Sad!haie said:
You talking to me throat turd?EsophagealFeces said:Great wrong thread poast, as always.
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