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Nov 11, 2024
12:33:29pm
kimdaddy35 Former Fly Half
The joke that is college football rankings and the Big 10
I guess 2024 should be called the year of the Big 10! They currently have 4 out of the top 5 in the AP rankings. 4 out of 5! That conference must be stacked!

Well let's take a closer look.

Sagarin ranks conferences and here is how the conferences are ranked:

1. SEC
2. Big 12
3. Big 10

Wait what? The conference with 4 out of the best 5 teams in college football is the 3rd best conference?

Strength of Schedule (from Sagarin):
Oregon 46
Ohio St 58
Penn St 33
Indiana 76

For reference BYU is currently #34.


Who have they beaten?
Oregon: Beat Ohio St by 1 and Boise St by 3 at home-so on a neutral field they aren't as good as Boise St?

Ohio St: Beat Penn St by 7, lost to Oregon by 1...next best win is unranked Iowa?

Penn St: Beat unranked Illinois by 14 and lost to Ohio St by 7

Indiana: Best win is a 5 point home win against 5-5 Michigan? You are joking, right?

So the two best wins by the 4 teams in the top 5 from the one conference are against themselves? And there is only one other top 25 win out of the top 5 teams in the county and it was a 3 point home win?


What are we doing voters? Rewarding teams that played 3 home games vs the MAC in non-conference?

Stacking the deck for a conference that has 4 out of its 18 teams ranked? Stacking it for teams who have no top 25 wins?

It is just crazy to me. How is SMU at #14 and Penn State at #4? SMU has played a harder schedule! SMU also lost to an undefeated team unlike the team that beat Penn St.
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