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billybud wrote:There you have it..."who did you play?"
There is no way a team "can win its way to the title" in football if they play a weak, weak schedule. Nor should there be IMHO>
Interesting ... or not so much.
Who you play, I guess. Who you beat, absolutely.
In a metric where you add the two together
Top 3 Strength of Records in 2018:
#1 Clemson
#2 Alabama
#3 Notre Dame
Next 3 in order:
#4 Oklahoma
#5 Georgia
#6 Ohio State
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Strength of Record with
FCS Opponents &
Games Lost being removed:
Clemson: 12 wins - Opponent Total Records:
76-56 | 83-62 [after CCG win]
Alabama: 12 wins - Opponent Total Records:
69-63 | 80-65 [after CCG win]
Notre Dame: 12 wins - Opponent Total Records:
75-70 [no CCG]
Oklahoma: 12 wins - Opponent Total Records:
65-69 | 74-70 [after CCG win]
Georgia: 10 wins - Opponent Total Records:
69-50 [after CCG loss]
Ohio State: 12 wins - Opponent Total Records:
61-71 | 69-76 [after CCG win]
Had Georgia won the SEC Championship, they would be 12-1, with an
82-50 Strength of Record, which would have put them at #2 behind Clemson, and bumped Alabama to #4 ahead of Oklahoma.
Even removing 10 win Georgia's 2 Losses and FCS opponent from this metric, they maintain their #5 record ahead of 12 win Ohio State --- even had the Buckeyes finished undefeated, they would move up one to #5 on this list, with an Opponent Total Record of;
66-78 | 74-83 --- as by beating Purdue, the Boilermakers record would have been 5-7.
Ohio State's regular season record would have been better than Oklahoma's, but their final record post Conference Championship would tie Oklahoma's in wins, yet have a +13 in opponent losses.
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