Just Leaving This Here...
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InGoodCo
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Not counting when Iowa beats top 25 teams and knocking them out of the rankings where if those teams had won, they’d count beating us is the dumbest thing I’ve ever read. Not counting Iowa say beating #22 USC to end the season and knocking them out of the final top 25, also, dumbest thing I’ve ever heard of. While I get what the base of this argument is, it’s too rigid and doesn’t account for a whole F ton of common sense
SCHawkeye2
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The CFP ranking appears to correlate more to the AP & coaches poll.
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SCHawkeye2
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The statistic that Iowa has not beaten a team ranked in the final Top 25 since 2019 is a demonstrable objective fact.
You are entitled to your interpretation of this fact. As am I.
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AreWeThereYet
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Indiana has taken full advantage of a very fortuitous schedule. Not an easy thing to do. Most teams fail to win out with a soft schedule.
They are sitting very nicely right now. Beat Ohio State and they're in the top four. Win all but Ohio State and they are still in the playoff bracket.
Fryowa
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Sagarin takes SOS into account in an objective, mathematical way that isn't a biased "smell test" done by humans.
NorthKCHawk
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That Iowa is somehow ranked ahead of Iowa State in this system. Talk about smell test issues.....
Yeah. They are doing what we've been trying to do the last 10 plus yrs being in the BIG west. Good for them.
Fryowa
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The Sagarin ranking system is based on real data, applied equally across all teams, and has been historically proven as the best predictive index of wins/losses, and light years better than the AP and coaches polls.
In other words, this is a whole lot more valid as a ranking system that either of those human popularity contests.
Iowa is objectively better than Iowa State when you take into account ISU's schedule.
Iowa is objectively a better team than a lot of teams in the popularity contests.
AP and coaches polls are worthless and stupid when objectively comparing college football teams.
