10-18-2015, 12:37 PM
Agree with stupac. The last time college football featured more than one undefeated team before the "bowl" season was 2010, when Auburn, Oregon, and TCU (pre-power 5) all went undefeated in the regular season. Other than that, at most one undefeated team -- which means three one-loss teams.
Every year people fret about what-happens-if-there-are-too-many-undefeated-teams, but the math is simply too unforgiving and the parity too great.
EDIT: and while there may be an unusual number of undefeated teams at this stage of the season, I think the teams are less elite than usual. Utah, for example. Undefeated. Great resume in terms of who they've beaten. I watch them and think they're good, but by no means world-beaters. (Same goes for this edition of Stanford football, to be honest.) We'll see upheaval, maybe more than usual.
Every year people fret about what-happens-if-there-are-too-many-undefeated-teams, but the math is simply too unforgiving and the parity too great.
EDIT: and while there may be an unusual number of undefeated teams at this stage of the season, I think the teams are less elite than usual. Utah, for example. Undefeated. Great resume in terms of who they've beaten. I watch them and think they're good, but by no means world-beaters. (Same goes for this edition of Stanford football, to be honest.) We'll see upheaval, maybe more than usual.
