i mean... the plan is to go 3-0 in the non con then you only need to go 7-2 in conference and you are a playoff team. if/when the playoffs expand you only need to go 6-3 in conference.
***2026-27 College Football (non-ISU) Thread***
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Gotta disagree… those jerseys both pop to me. Plus the gold vs. silver look
2026 College Football Power Index - ESPN
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FPI Rankings are out…which is usually not very good.
Ranked #72 which I believe is DFL out of the P4 schools.
Iowa at #25.
I think Iowa at #25 is a hard coded value every year.2026 College Football Power Index - ESPN
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FPI Rankings are out…which is usually not very good.
Ranked #72 which I believe is DFL out of the P4 schools.
Iowa at #25.
Yep, DFL out of P4 but all but 2 of PAC-12 schools are below us. How the F are Cal, Syracuse, Purdue and Rutgers ahead of us?2026 College Football Power Index - ESPN
View the 2026 College Football power index on ESPN. The FPI is the best predictor of a team's performance going forward for the rest of the season.
FPI Rankings are out…which is usually not very good.
Ranked #72 which I believe is DFL out of the P4 schools.
Iowa at #25.
Seems to me the 'updated' tiebreaker rules are more vague / undefined which allows cherry picking to occur.
Every single P4 school has had a losing season over the last 25 years. 20 teams have had a worse season than Iowa State.
Interesting.
Only dispute I have with it, past 25 seasons is 2001-2025 (inclusive), I don't think 2000 should count.
Oh that's the reason. Makes total sense why Missouri hasn't won a national title the last few years, they've just loaded up too much on their non con schedule. Lets check the schedules shall we, I'm sure they're consistently playing 11 power 4 teams each year....well I'm shocked they've only been playing 9 power 4 teams a year which is the minimum amount the Big 10 or Big 12 play each year and most of them play 10. Not only that, but it's not like Missouri has scheduled Ohio St for that 9th power 4 game. They played an 8-4 KSU team in 2023, a 7-5 Boston College team in 2024 and a 5-7 Kansas team last year (and didn't play a 9th power four team in 2022)
