I know it’s hard for you to understand, but with a conference only schedule the best the total SEC record could be is .500.
Alabama, A&M, Georgia, Florida, Auburn, and probably LSU would all be undefeated if they played Ohio States 6 game schedule.
I just went by the final committee rankings, but I’ll answer your questions.
Florida beat Georgia by 16 points when they played. Florida has an extra loss because they played in the SEC championship. Hard to punish them for that. Georgia had chances on the field.
USC and the PAC is trash. Their 1 loss came to in the championship to a team that didn’t even qualify to get there.
I would rather the 9th team get left out than the 5th
This year 3 of the 4 games would be good matchups. Ratings would be off the charts
#1 Bama vs #8 Cincy- Blowout
#4 ND vs #5 A&M- good matchup
#2 Clemson vs #7 Florida- Florida would at least make it entertaining
#3 OSU vs #6 OU- solid matchup
Since we don't have out of conference games to gauge relative strength between conferences, we might look at the relative talent on the opponents teams.
A&M played 9 games, with 8 (89%) of them coming against teams in the top 25 of composite team talent this year. We went 7-1 against top 25 teams based on recruited talent.
Notre Dame played 11 games, with only 4 of them coming against teams in the top 25 of composite team talent (counting Clemson twice). They went 3-1.
Despite playing two more games than A&M, ND played half as many teams with top 25 recruited talent on the roster.
Ohio State played just 6 games, and only 2 came against teams in the top 25 of composite team talent. They went 2-0. A&M played more teams with top 25 talent than OSU even played this season.
Coastal beat BYU and then UL(who they ducked in the rematch). What do you think any of these 3 teams records would be if they played an all SEC schedule?
How many teams in the country would be undefeated playing Ohio State’s schedule?
" Let's just say Texas A&M fans might find themselves wishing they were living in a world where the BCS decided the field of 4 Playoff teams.
That's because, according to the BCS computers, the Aggies would have had the slight edge over Notre Dame for the No. 4 seed:" [Hidden Content]
I already have plane tickets to Miami. Not sure if I’m going to the orange bowl or not yet. I didn’t think we were getting in. I knew that they would follow the money and pick OSU & ND.
If Texas had our resume, they would be in no doubt. The ncaa is a beauty pageant and the blue bloods will get the benefit of the doubt every time.
Notre Dame's record in NY6/BCS/CFP the past 25 years:
'01 Fiesta: L 41-9 to Oregon State.
'06 Fiesta: L 34-20 to Ohio State.
'07 Sugar: L 41-14 to LSU.
'13 BCS title game: L 42-14 to Bama.
'16 Fiesta: L 44-28 to Ohio State.
'18 CFP: L 30-3 to Clemson.