Josh Pate had a segment on his show tonight about flaws with the playoff committee’s most recent rankings. He focused on the fact that strength of schedule doesn’t get enough consideration from the committee’s rankings, and then he put up the strength of schedule for each of the teams the committee put in the top 12 this week and it really caught my attention. According to his stats, Bama’s SOS is #3 in the country, while Georgia’s SOS is #4. If you average the SOS for the rest of the teams currently in the top 12, the average SOS for the other 10 teams comes out to an average of 47. That is a huge discrepancy. Below is the SOS rankings for the other 10 teams:
Oregon: 32
Ohio State: 60
Texas: 40
PSU: 42
Indiana: 68
BYU: 36
Tennessee: 47
ND: 64
Miami: 59
Ole Miss: 29
This only reinforces my opinion that Bama would likely beat 5 of the teams ranked ahead of us by double digits.
That said, the most frustrating part to me is the SOS of the Big 10 teams that are currently sitting in the top 5.
Oregon: 32
Ohio State: 60
Texas: 40
PSU: 42
Indiana: 68
BYU: 36
Tennessee: 47
ND: 64
Miami: 59
Ole Miss: 29
This only reinforces my opinion that Bama would likely beat 5 of the teams ranked ahead of us by double digits.
That said, the most frustrating part to me is the SOS of the Big 10 teams that are currently sitting in the top 5.
