College Football - 2023 Remaining Top 25 Games Versus Top 25 - Pac-12? Brutal

[Jon Joseph]

A bit of a repeat post but what a difference a year (decade?) makes when it comes to the conference with the toughest scheduling gauntlet. Playing 9 conference games matters. No Playoff champ to date, played 9 conference games. (In year 1 of the Playoff, Ohio State played 8.)

 

This is a fair fight, right? With 8 conference games, note some of the [dreck] FSU, Bama, and Ole Miss have coming up. 2, Two, Dos, SEC teams in 2023 play 10 games vs. the P5. The rest, 9. Shameful.

 

PAC-12 -

 

5. Washington - At 24. USC/ 13. Utah/ At 11. Oregon Stae

 

8. OREGON - At 13. Utah/  24. USC/ 11. Oregon State

 

11. Oregon State - 5. Washington/ At 8. Oregon

 

13. Utah - 8. OREGON/ At 5. Washington

 

24. USC - 5. Washington/ At 8. OREGON/ 23. UCLA

 

ACC - 

 

4. Florida State - None. [North Alabama]

 

B 12 - 

 

6. Oklahoma and 7. Texas - None.

 

B1G - 

 

2. Michigan - At 10. Penn State/ 3. Ohio State

 

3. Ohio State - At 2. Michigan

 

10. Penn State - 2. Michigan

 

SEC - 

 

1. Georgia - 20. Mizzou/ 12. Ole Miss/ At 21. Tennessee

 

9. Alabama - 15. LSU/ [Chattanoga]

 

12. Ole Miss - At 1. Georgia/ 21. Tennessee/ [LA Monroe]

 

Is there another sport anywhere with more disparate schedules? Schedules, unlike the CBB Committee, are ignored by the CFB Committee.

Edited October 24, 2023 by Jon Joseph

[Solar]

On 10/23/2023 at 5:47 PM, Jon Joseph said:

Is there another sport anywhere with more disparate schedules? Schedules, unlike the CBB Committee, are ignored by the CFB Committee.

The NFL automatic playoff birth for division winners. Some divisions are garbage and round robin each other twice.

 

[Jon Joseph]

On 10/23/2023 at 9:19 PM, Solar said:

The NFL automatic playoff birth for division winners. Some divisions are garbage and round robin each other twice.

 

Yet, roster strength in the NFL, even for the worst teams, is all Blue Chip after sorting out players after playing at least 3 seasons of college ball.

 

In the penultimate regular season game 16, no NFL team plays a Canadian League or an Arena League team. 

 

At the very least, all conferences should play the same number of conference games. Like the NFL, this will not assure equal schedules but will assure that lightweights are not being body bag sacrificed late in the season.

 

Alabama vs. Vandy is tougher than Bama vs. UL-Monroe late in the season. Just like Oregon tripping to ASU instead of playing San Jose State at home.