What is your "GO TO" SOS explainer?

[Volbound1700]

I do think Quality Win has to factor over just raw SOS. Take the following two schedules, which is harder?


Team A plays

#1 ranked team
# 130 ranked team
# 88 ranked team
# 55 ranked team
#8 ranked team
# 100 ranked team
# 65 ranked team
# 29 ranked team
# 58 ranked team
# 91 ranked team
# 7 ranked team
# 30 ranked team

Team B Plays

# 31 ranked team
# 45 ranked team
# 50 ranked team
# 28 ranked team
# 46 ranked team
# 61 ranked team
# 52 ranked team
# 55 ranked team
# 49 ranked team
# 32 ranked team
# 88 ranked team
# 39 ranked team


Average rank of opponent for team A is 55.1 while the average rank of opponent for Team B is 48

Yet Team B doesn't play a single top 25 team while Team A plays 3 top 10 teams.

How do you read that?

 

[occupant]

Yet...y'all waiting to tank in the playoffs...as is tradition.

I'll bet you too.

 

[ericd7633]

Colley Matrix.

 

[cwerph]

Team the Buckeyes are playing:

They are much better than their record.

Team after the Buckeyes beat the crap out of them:

Their opponents all suck.

 

[Gatorchip]

I do think Quality Win has to factor over just raw SOS. Take the following two schedules, which is harder?


Team A plays

#1 ranked team
# 130 ranked team
# 88 ranked team
# 55 ranked team
#8 ranked team
# 100 ranked team
# 65 ranked team
# 29 ranked team
# 58 ranked team
# 91 ranked team
# 7 ranked team
# 30 ranked team

Team B Plays

# 31 ranked team
# 45 ranked team
# 50 ranked team
# 28 ranked team
# 46 ranked team
# 61 ranked team
# 52 ranked team
# 55 ranked team
# 49 ranked team
# 32 ranked team
# 88 ranked team
# 39 ranked team


Average rank of opponent for team A is 55.1 while the average rank of opponent for Team B is 48

Yet Team B doesn't play a single top 25 team while Team A plays 3 top 10 teams.

How do you read that?

asking another way, which is more difficult to go undefeated?

 

[michaeljordan_fan]

asking another way, which is more difficult to go undefeated?

That's a different question from "who has the tougher schedule?"

 

[Gatorchip]

That's a different question from "who has the tougher schedule?"

If you play averages, yes. That was his point. Math doesn't win out here.

 

[michaeljordan_fan]

If you play averages, yes. That was his point. Math doesn't win out here.

Georgia Tech's (regular season) schedule is more difficult to go undefeated than Alabama's.

Alabama has the tougher schedule.