RANKINGS...

[Pete]

If we win the remainder of our games we will be the Sugar Bowl champions.

[DaBigTrain]

If we win the remainder of our games we will be the Sugar Bowl champions.

That would be pretty sweet!

[ben ji]

If we win the remainder of our games we will be the Sugar Bowl champions.

NYE in NawLeans?!? Oh My, Katy bar the door!

[cfbandyman]

Always fun when you're a banner photo

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/34884786/ap-top-25-college-football-poll-reaction-next-ranked-team

If we win the remainder of our games we will be the Sugar Bowl champions.

That would be pretty sweet!

The biggest, besides Sugar Bowl and Big 12 champs, is finally winning 12 games for me

[MakeItRain]

The real rankings are on Tuesday. I bet we'll be the highest ranked two loss team. We have better wins and better losses than Utah.

[cfbandyman]

The real rankings are on Tuesday. I bet we'll be the highest ranked two loss team. We have better wins and better losses than Utah.

Not disagreeing, but I also don't seeing us change that much, if at all, #12, #13, w/e it is we're in as good a spot as we can ask for and it'll be honestly tough to move up with the current glut of undefeated and 1 loss teams, for now

[mocat]

no matter who wins saturday, it will be the best win of the year for that team

13 texas:
2 alabama       L 19-20
26 oklahoma    W 49-0
30 oklahoma st   L 34-41
42 utsa             W 41-20
64 iowa st         W 24-21
70 texas tech     L 34-37
92 west virginia   W 38-20
111 ulm              W 52-10

10 kansas st:
6 tcu              L 28-38
19 tulane         L 10-17
26 oklahoma     W 41-34
30 oklahoma st  W 48-0
64 iowa st         W 10-9
66 missouri      W 40-12
70 texas tech    W 37-28
fcs south dakota  W 34-0

[wetwillie]

How TF did UT lose to TTU?

[WillieWatanabe]

How TF did UT lose to TTU?

https://twitter.com/ESPN_BillC/status/1574537508746014720

[Pete]

How TF did UT lose to TTU?

The power of hate.

[Katpappy]

They are still pissed that Texass took their BB coach. 

[stunted]

They are still pissed that Texass took their BB coach. 

#thatsthejoke

[mocat]

not sure where to put this, but the sun belt has more wins against power 5 schools (+ notre dame) than the pac 12 does this year

 

honestly they could extend their lead by the time bowl season starts:

11/05
#33 james madison 27
#28 louisville 27

11/19
#47 coastal carolina 27
#77 virginia 22

#81 louisiana-lafayette 21
#29 florida state 31

11/26
#11 usc 32
#23 notre dame 26

[mocat]

for anyone who cares:

record by conference vs power 5 schools (+ notre dame), ranked by # of wins:

1. b12   7-3 (.700)
2. sec    7-4 (.636)
3. acc    6-9 (.400)
4. b10    5-6 (.455)
5. sbc    4-11 (.267)
6. p12    3-7 (.300)
7. aac    3-13 (.188)
8. mac    2-19 (.095)
9. cusa   1-9 (.100)
10. mwc 1-16 (.059)

[BIG APPLE CAT]

for anyone who cares:

record by conference vs power 5 schools (+ notre dame), ranked by # of wins:

1. b12   7-3 (.700)
2. sec    7-4 (.636)
3. acc    6-9 (.400)
4. b10    5-6 (.455)
5. sbc    4-11 (.267)
6. p12    3-7 (.300)
7. aac    3-13 (.188)
8. mac    2-19 (.095)
9. cusa   1-9 (.100)
10. mwc 1-16 (.059)

if my mocat math is correct...does that mean that at least 3 SEC schools have not (yet) played a non-con P5 game?

[ChiComCat]

for anyone who cares:

record by conference vs power 5 schools (+ notre dame), ranked by # of wins:

1. b12   7-3 (.700)
2. sec    7-4 (.636)
3. acc    6-9 (.400)
4. b10    5-6 (.455)
5. sbc    4-11 (.267)
6. p12    3-7 (.300)
7. aac    3-13 (.188)
8. mac    2-19 (.095)
9. cusa   1-9 (.100)
10. mwc 1-16 (.059)

if my mocat math is correct...does that mean that at least 3 SEC schools have not (yet) played a non-con P5 game?

I know some of the schools play some at the end of the year.  Georgia/Georgia Tech, Clemson/South Carolina, and Florida/Florida State are ones that I'm thinking of.  Georgia did already smoke Oregon though.

[DreamWeaver69]

Pretty sure it's standard now for every P5 team to play at least one non con P5 team every year to be considered for the playoffs.

[mocat]

if my mocat math is correct...does that mean that at least 3 SEC schools have not (yet) played a non-con P5 game?

week 13:
florida vs florida st
georgia vs georgia tech
kentucky vs louisville
south carolina vs clemson

also a few more randos left:
clemson vs notre dame
boston college vs notre dame
usc vs notre dame

Pretty sure it's standard now for every P5 team to play at least one non con P5 team every year to be considered for the playoffs.

p5 teams with no p5+ND noncon opponent this year:
indiana
maryland
michigan

baylor

oregon state
ucla

arkansas

[mocat]

michigan's noncon is a snyder 1.0 fever dream

#126 colorado st  W 51-7
#129 hawaii        W 56-10
#99 connecticut   W 59-0

[BIG APPLE CAT]

huh i thought ND was considered ACC for football.

[MakeItRain]

lol, no, famously independent. They did play ACC the COVID year but that's it

[mocat]

11 p5's scheduled two p5/ND/BYU noncons this year:

boston college  (rutgers, notre dame)
clemson          (notre dame, south carolina)
duke               (northwestern, kansas)
florida st         (lsu, florida)
georgia tech    (mississippi, georgia)
pittsburgh       (west virginia, tennessee)
syracuse         (purdue, notre dame)

west virginia   (pittsburgh, virginia tech)

colorado         (tcu, minnesota)
oregon            (georgia, byu)
stanford          (notre dame, byu)

florida            (utah, florida st)
georgia          (oregon, georgia tech)



not sure what colorado's noncon strategy was while they were about to field one of the worst p5 squads ever

#6 tcu             L 13-38
#74 air force    L 10-41
#41 minnesota L 7-49

[DreamWeaver69]

Pretty sure it's standard now for every P5 team to play at least one non con P5 team every year to be considered for the playoffs.

I think this was a Big 12 thing with the round robin setup. Never mind.

[Skipper44]

not sure what colorado's noncon strategy was while they were about to field one of the worst p5 squads ever

#6 tcu             L 13-38
#74 air force    L 10-41
#41 minnesota L 7-49

they can't/won't pay for "buy" games.  i would say over the last 10 or so years the Pac as a whole schedules more P5 noncons than the other conferences which is just one more reason Larry Scott was a complete failure

[mocat]

i would say over the last 10 or so years the Pac as a whole schedules more P5 noncons than the other conferences which is just one more reason Larry Scott was a complete failure

idk, as wacky mentioned, pretty much everybody does it now. it's more surprising when schools don't do it. especially michigan or ucla or other "prestige" programs with CFP aspirations.

and this year arkansas is surprising because i did actually think it was mandatory for SEC schools to schedule a p5 noncon