What's the rationale for having Oregon & Utah so high?
by rockmcd (2019-12-03 21:19:26)

In reply to: ND is 15th. UofM is 14th. MN and Cincy are the only  posted by cujays96

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Oregon is 1-1 vs Top 25 teams, plus a loss to an unranked team.
Utah is 0-1 vs Top 25 teams.

I'll concede that Utah passes the "eyeball test" but FFS they haven't beaten a team better than 7-5.

And how exactly is Oregon's 10-2 season impressive enough to be ranked #13? Did the committee think that narrow wins over 7-5 Washington & Cal, and 6-6 WSU were more impressive than the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th best wins that other teams had? It's nitpicking to split hairs anywhere below #12, but it's their job to nitpick and I just don't understand the rationale.

The best argument I can think of is "margin of loss". Both Utah and Oregon can at least say that they were only a couple plays away from going undefeated, but I think Oregon struggled to put away too many unranked teams to justify their ranking.

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