BamaTee1
Active Member
Alabama:
West Virginia
Florida(use to be?)
Texas A&M
@LSU
Auburn
West Virginia
Florida(use to be?)
Texas A&M
@LSU
Auburn
Notre Dame has
Michigan
Stanford
@Florida State
@Arizona State
Louisville
@USC
Winner.
I do think Texas has a likely top 10 SOS. In the first 6 weeks we get BYU, UCLA, Baylor, and Oklahoma.
Not safe to say at all, in fact I'd say a SEC team is the odds on favorite to take it.safe to say NO ONE from the SEC...
Not safe to say at all, in fact I'd say a SEC team is the odds on favorite to take it.
Right now, I would say UCLA might have the toughest schedule next year:
Texas (at JerryWorld)
@ ASU
Oregon
USC
Stanford
I'd still go Utah
They also play:
@Michigan
@Stanford
@Arizona State
USC
And:
Oregon
@UCLA
Fresno State
On 2nd thought - I think it has to be the aggies:
Lamar
Rice
SMU
La Monroe
Looks to me, someone has been planning for the new championship series/committee....SOS, need every vote to get into playoffs...new out of conference scheduling would get tougher (some needed to strengthen more than others) but looks like some are going strong straight out of the gate.
you are correct, for the most part, on the scheduling. Most games are scheduled 5-10 years in advance.
I did read that some schools started looking to strengthen their OOC schedules several years ago, but don't know for a fact why, or that it did have anything to do with the new playoffs.
However, I do think SOS will have some impact on the playoffs, whether they say it does or not. I think it may be a deciding factor on two similar teams, same records, similar power conferences, close in rankings?
Comparing Oregon's schedule to UCLA's
Oregon has MSU that is tougher than Texas OOC. Oregon 1
Both have Stanford.... push
Zona, ASU, USC, UW are all an equal and both have a combo of these. Push.
Then they play each other in UCLA. Many would say push unless Oregon is the tougher team in the opinion of the evaluator.
The PAC schedules of Oregon and UCLA are a dead push. And Oregon has MSU while UCLA has Texas.
Give edge to Oregon.
Both over all and OOC?
Thoughts
Well as long as we are just screwing around, I looked up a few Preseason polls (Athlon, CBS, ESPN and Bleacher reports). I averaged the rankings using # 26 any and all for teams that appeared in one poll but not all.
Here is the "average" Top 25.
1 - Florida State
2 - Alabama
3 - Auburn
4 - Oregon
5 - Stanford
6 - Ohio State
7 - Michigan State
8 - UCLA
9 - Oklahoma
10 - Baylor
11 - LSU
12 - Georgia
13 - South Carolina
14 - USC
15 - Wisconsin
16 - Clemson
17 - Missouri
18 - Texas A&M
19 - Arizona State
20 - Ole Miss
21 - Notre Dame
22 - Washington
23 - Oklahoma State
24 - North Carolina Tar Heels
25 - UCF
Alabama Schedule
Auburn - 3
LSU - 11
Texas A&M - 18
Miss - 20
Florida - 25+
West Virginia - NR
Why do you have "schedules" in quotes?
Auburn's SOS will be higher than Alabama's
@ bama - 2
LSU - 11
@ UGA - 12
USCe - 13
TAMU - 18
Miss - 20
@ Kansas ST - NR
@ Miss St - NR
Arkansas - NR
Auburn's SOS will be higher than Alabama's
@ bama - 2
LSU - 11
@ UGA - 12
USCe - 13
TAMU - 18
Miss - 20
@ Kansas ST - NR
@ Miss St - NR
Arkansas - NR