11-08-2015, 02:42 PM
The committee ruled on the Big-12 when it ranked 1-loss SEC and 1-loss UDFG ahead of all Big 12 undefeated teams in the first poll, when coaches and poll voters had them way higher. The committee wants head-to-head matches to determine this stuff more than anything else, and it also considers strength of schedule. Have you seen the OOC schedules for Baylor and Oklahoma State?Â
Baylor has beat:
1-8 SMU
1-8 North Texas
4-5 Rice
5-5 Texas Tech
0-9 Kansas
4-4 West Virginia
3-6 Iowa State
3-5 Kansas State
21-50 overall
Not a single team with a winning record on the schedule and even the teams from G5 conferences don't have a winning record.Â
Possibility to end season with 6 such wins.
Oklahoma State:
5-4 Central Michigan
6-3 Central Arkansas (FCS - doesn't count, sorry)
1-8 UTSA
4-5 Texas
3-5 Kansas State
4-4 West Virginia
0-9 Kansas
5-5 Texas Tech
8-1 TCU
30-44 overall
One win against team with winning record. Possibility to end season with 5 such wins.
Stanford:
7-2 Northwestern
0-10 UCF - But, this team won the American and went 10-3 last year!
6-3 USC
2-7 Oregon State
5-5 Arizona
7-2 UCLA
4-5 Washington
6-3 Washington State
37-37 overall
Three wins vs. teams with winning records. Possibility to end season with 8 such wins, and two more Top-10 wins in the last two weeks of the season.
There is no way a 1-loss Stanford is getting aced out by an undefeated Big-12 Champion. Strength of schedule, particularly out of conference, is one of the key criteria the committee uses. It can't be taken seriously if an undefeated Baylor or Oklahoma State beats out a 1-loss Stanford that played Top 4 UDFG and Top 20 Northwestern out of conference, when those other two played SMU, North Texas, Rice, UTSA, Central Michigan, and Central Arkansas.
Baylor has beat:
1-8 SMU
1-8 North Texas
4-5 Rice
5-5 Texas Tech
0-9 Kansas
4-4 West Virginia
3-6 Iowa State
3-5 Kansas State
21-50 overall
Not a single team with a winning record on the schedule and even the teams from G5 conferences don't have a winning record.Â
Possibility to end season with 6 such wins.
Oklahoma State:
5-4 Central Michigan
6-3 Central Arkansas (FCS - doesn't count, sorry)
1-8 UTSA
4-5 Texas
3-5 Kansas State
4-4 West Virginia
0-9 Kansas
5-5 Texas Tech
8-1 TCU
30-44 overall
One win against team with winning record. Possibility to end season with 5 such wins.
Stanford:
7-2 Northwestern
0-10 UCF - But, this team won the American and went 10-3 last year!
6-3 USC
2-7 Oregon State
5-5 Arizona
7-2 UCLA
4-5 Washington
6-3 Washington State
37-37 overall
Three wins vs. teams with winning records. Possibility to end season with 8 such wins, and two more Top-10 wins in the last two weeks of the season.
There is no way a 1-loss Stanford is getting aced out by an undefeated Big-12 Champion. Strength of schedule, particularly out of conference, is one of the key criteria the committee uses. It can't be taken seriously if an undefeated Baylor or Oklahoma State beats out a 1-loss Stanford that played Top 4 UDFG and Top 20 Northwestern out of conference, when those other two played SMU, North Texas, Rice, UTSA, Central Michigan, and Central Arkansas.