Rankings are ALWAYS about recency bias. A loss last week is like 2 losses early.

Nov 5, 2024
5:46:01pm

MarylandFan Intervention Needed

This is why people are not pleased with the ranking for BYU. There is no margin for error. No grace for a loss, despite it being plentiful for several other teams, even with more than one. *cough* Alabama *cough*

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The most a team has dropped in the rankings after losing a CCG? 4 spots

Huge Manatee

Nov 5, 5:43pm

If BYU wins 4 of its next 5 games it is probably in.

All-American

Nov 5, 5:44pm

12-1 and we are in

Huge Manatee

Nov 5, 5:44pm

If we win the CCG. I don't see it otherwise. I think the rankings today proved..

Team Chaos

Nov 5, 5:45pm

Nah, that's silly to penalize a team for playing in the CCG

Huge Manatee

Nov 5, 5:45pm

It's silly, but it's reality.

Team Chaos

Nov 5, 5:46pm

It's not, though. There is no precedent for a team dropping that far in the

Huge Manatee

Nov 5, 5:47pm

I'm imagining a scenario where Boise State wins out and we lose in the CCG. In..

Team Chaos

Nov 5, 5:49pm

Boise State is already in - they aren't taking someone's spot

Huge Manatee

Nov 5, 5:50pm

They already have. There's only one team from the Big 12 in right now.

Team Chaos

Nov 5, 5:51pm

Not all the top 12 teams will win the rest of their games

Huge Manatee

Nov 5, 5:53pm

That's not what I mean. There will be other teams in the SEC or B1G that are...

Team Chaos

Nov 5, 5:56pm

It’s silly to think this has anything to do with objectivity.

DiamondMo

Nov 5, 5:52pm

Unfortunately that’s the case.

acadian8

Nov 5, 5:49pm

Yeah, don't get your hopes up for them sticking with that standard for BYU

Disco Lemonade

Nov 5, 5:44pm

It's tough to explain how a team sitting at home should jump a team playing for

Huge Manatee

Nov 5, 5:45pm

But that's the reality when you're up against the SEC and B1G.

Team Chaos

Nov 5, 5:46pm

12 wins > 11 wins

Huge Manatee

Nov 5, 5:46pm

That would matter if you or I were on the committee. Not as presently constitute

Team Chaos

Nov 5, 5:47pm

That scenario isn't supported by history

Huge Manatee

Nov 5, 5:48pm

There is no history. This is the first year of a 12-team playoff. You're making

Team Chaos

Nov 5, 5:49pm

There is history of the CFP rankings

Huge Manatee

Nov 5, 5:50pm

That's not even close to the same thing. Those rankings only mattered to the...

Team Chaos

Nov 5, 5:52pm

It mattered for NY6 games

Huge Manatee

Nov 5, 5:53pm

No, it didn't. Those bowls weren't obligated to take CFP-ranked teams.

Team Chaos

Nov 5, 5:57pm

Rankings are ALWAYS about recency bias. A loss last week is like 2 losses early.

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