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College Football 2015-16: The Big Ten Rises

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Jeff Long should just say "We think this team is better", instead of making up random things every Tuesday
 
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Cross post from GPL

So let's take a look at just Alabama being over TCU in the playoffs. Specifically their schedules.

TCU's wins, based on the Massey Ratings (not the composite) include:
42, 44, 46, 51, 59, 69, 145, and 218

Alabama's wins include:
21, 22, 23, 31, 38, 119, and 168
Loss:
15

So Alabama has wins against five teams that were better than TCU's best win. All but one of these were double-digit wins.

Looking at the remaining schedule:
Alabama has:
6, 20, 45, and 103 plus the SEC championship game.

TCU has:
4, 11, 13, and 130.

So TCU has a chance to *ahem* leapfrog Alabama should they rack up wins against those top three teams. If both win out they would look like this:

Alabama:
Wins: 6, 20, 21, 22, 23, 31, 38, 45, 103, 119, 168
Losses: 15

TCU:
Wins: 4, 11, 13, 42, 44, 46, 51, 59, 69, 130, 145, 218
Losses: None

While Alabama would still have a long list of quality wins, TCU has also compiled a better top three wins and a comparable top nine wins.

So yes, despite the ratings showing Alabama over TCU now, they could easily jump Alabama if they both win out.
 
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All that needs to be said is that, among the top 4 Big12 teams (BU, TCU, OU, OSU), their best OOC games are against Minnesota and Tennessee. It's easy to pick those as the best as they are the only two against Power 5 teams. So basically they do little out of conference, spend the first half of the conference schedule purposely avoiding top matchups so they have good records entering November, and then play a whopping 3-4 week real season. And now we're hearing that one of them must be in the top 4, even with a loss, because they were treated so "unfair" last year.

I guess what I'm saying is, **** the Big12.
 
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bronconick said:
Jeff Long should just say "We think this team is better", instead of making up random things every Tuesday
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Honestly even that would be better. Alabama could've been lower and moved to #1 with a win vs. LSU for all I care.
 
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If you're holding up Minnesota as your biggest win you don't deserve to be in the top 25.
 
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Baylor vs Kansas St tonight. How many points does Baylor need to move up in the polls?
 
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Think Nebraska regrets firing Bo Pelini? 3-6? Woof
 
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