It's interesting to me that on Massey's composite ranking, FPI has been either

Nov 13, 2024
9:27:29am

cougarfan84 All-American

the lowest or close to the lowest ranking for BYU all season long. Even other "predictor" rankings have them a bit higher (TeamRankings Predictor has them #24, SP+ has them at #22, Sagarin has BYU at #19 - but their Predictor has them at #26).

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#6 BYU & #14 SMU have exactly equal odds to make CFP?

FrontLineFan

Nov 13, 9:09am

Which is especially weird since we have better odds to win our conference

Bainge

Nov 13, 9:11am

Question for you: Would you rather play Colorado or Miami right now? I would

BYUheaven

Nov 13, 9:12am

Both are overrated but Miami is probably the most overrated.

FrontLineFan

Nov 13, 9:17am

Colorado is not overrated. They are ranked right where they should be. When

BYUheaven

Nov 13, 9:38am

Disagree. CU reputation is more a product of media hype than results.

FrontLineFan

Nov 13, 9:40am

They are 7-2 and alone in second place in the big12. They are middle of the

BYUheaven

Nov 13, 9:51am

Keep it up ESPN, keep doubting BYU.

Cougar TD

Nov 13, 9:12am

Just to be clear, it’s FPI that keeps underestimating BYU. It’s a computer

Salami Karate

Nov 13, 9:19am

ESPN knows what they are doing

Cougar TD

Nov 13, 9:40am

This year they don't. They predicted BYU to win 3 games.

dYrtbYkerYder

Nov 13, 9:42am

Exactly

Cougar TD

Nov 13, 9:43am

BYU FPI is not good and that is what ESPN is using to predict their odds.

Mr. Scoobs

Nov 13, 9:13am

It's interesting to me that on Massey's composite ranking, FPI has been either

cougarfan84

Nov 13, 9:27am

FPI uses last season results and recruiting rankings as part of their formula.

Mr. Scoobs

Nov 13, 9:30am

As do most of these predictive rankings - which is one reason why they are

cougarfan84

Nov 13, 9:39am

Every negative metric, including betting odds, is based off of FPI, which hasn't

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