23:21
Muhammad Aslam
For the College Football Playoff selection committee, tasked as it is with reams and reams of data, numbers and metrics, there are three foundational ways to view regular-season opponents for teams in the Playoff hunt: what they were before game day, what they were on game day and what they are today.
Call this one aspect of the committee's weekly battle between perception and reality.
Perception, for example, finds that Mississippi State, which remained in fourth in this week's Top 25 ranking, has compiled wins against a slew of quality opponents — LSU, Texas A&M, Auburn and Arkansas. Reality suggests otherwise: Mississippi State has just one win, versus Auburn, against teams in the Playoff Top 25.
FOOTBALL FOUR: Rating and debating college football and the Playoff
"I think they're holding strong where they're located now," selection committee chairman Jeff Long said of the Bulldogs. "While they only have one win over a currently ranked Top 25 win, they do have wins over teams that were previously in the Top 25. The committee takes that into account."
Later, Long would attempt to clarify his remarks by saying he was referencing only the Playoff ranking — which made its debut on Oct. 28 — and not the two Amway Coaches Poll or Associated Press Top 25, which first appeared in the preseason.
Posted in
0 comments :
Post a Comment