[CrazedZooChimp]

Arizona of course just got the living crap beaten out of it by Oregon, though Oregon is good.  It also has losses to UCLA (17-7) and U$€ (28-26).  It has some nice wins: Oregon back in October, Utah, and ASU.  I think those resumes are comparable, though you could argue that the loss to Arkansas is worse than the loss to Oregon.

Kansas State has losses to Auburn (20-14), TCU (41-20), and Baylor (38-27).  None of them are bad, but its best win is probably against 8-4 Oklahoma, hardly a signature win.

How could you not argue that?  Based on the final rankings, UA lost to the #2 (in an extra game that Ole Miss didn't have to play because they were 3rd in their division...), #14, and #24.  Two losses were close, the loss to #2 was a blow out.  They have wins over #2, #15, and #22 (the win over #22 being a blowout.  Ole Miss has losses to #19, #22, and an unranked team that was last in their division.  Their first two losses were close, their loss to Arkansas was a blowout.  They were third in their division.  They have wins against #1, #7, and #20.  The win over #20 was a blowout, the other two were close (well, OK, close-ish in the MissSt. game).  Ole Miss has slightly better wins, but also has one fewer win because they played one less game.  I would say the losses to the middle ranked teams are basically equivalent, and getting blown out by the last place team is way way worse than being blown out by #2 in the conference championship.  I don't see how you can compare the records and put Ole Miss ahead of UA.  Would Arizona have been ahead of Ole Miss if they'd played in the North and been 10-2 instead of 10-3?  If so, then I don't see how they should be punished for playing a really good team in the conference championship...

I do realize it doesn't really matter, but it's the principle of the thing!  :)  I would actually consider Miss St. as probably worse than both UA and Ole Miss too, I don't like the idea of rewarding teams for not winning their division (or, alternately, punishing teams for playing in the division that doesn't have the best team in the conference).

[CrazedZooChimp]

Arizona of course just got the living crap beaten out of it by Oregon, though Oregon is good.  It also has losses to UCLA (17-7) and U$€ (28-26).  It has some nice wins: Oregon back in October, Utah, and ASU.  I think those resumes are comparable, though you could argue that the loss to Arkansas is worse than the loss to Oregon.

Kansas State has losses to Auburn (20-14), TCU (41-20), and Baylor (38-27).  None of them are bad, but its best win is probably against 8-4 Oklahoma, hardly a signature win.

How could you not argue that?  Based on the final rankings, UA lost to the #2 (in an extra game that Ole Miss didn't have to play because they were 3rd in their division...), #14, and #24.  Two losses were close, the loss to #2 was a blow out.  They have wins over #2, #15, and #22 (the win over #22 being a blowout.  Ole Miss has losses to #19, #22, and an unranked team that was last in their division.  Their first two losses were close, their loss to Arkansas was a blowout.  They were third in their division.  They have wins against #1, #7, and #20.  The win over #20 was a blowout, the other two were close (well, OK, close-ish in the MissSt. game).  Ole Miss has slightly better wins, but also has one fewer win because they played one less game.  I would say the losses to the middle ranked teams are basically equivalent, and getting blown out by the last place team is way way worse than being blown out by #2 in the conference championship.  I don't see how you can compare the records and put Ole Miss ahead of UA.  Would Arizona have been ahead of Ole Miss if they'd played in the North and been 10-2 instead of 10-3?  If so, then I don't see how they should be punished for playing a really good team in the conference championship...

I do realize it doesn't really matter, but it's the principle of the thing!  :)  I would actually consider Miss St. as probably worse than both UA and Ole Miss too, I don't like the idea of rewarding teams for not winning their division (or, alternately, punishing teams for playing in the division that doesn't have the best team in the conference).