you understand they rated OU where they did because they didn't want them playing in Dallas, right?
I wanted to think that but then statements came from the committee that the 13th game made Michigan State's resume better somehow, even though their SOS is over 20 spots lower than OU's, and they think MSU is the stronger team.
It's like committee doesn't want to see that both teams played 9 leagues games. They both played 9 league games and a computer would tell you the 9 B12 games are just as hard or harder. The "extra game" is non conf.
Oregon - Tennessee (about a wash, exactly next to each other in sagarin)
Western Mich - Tulsa (30 higher for MSU on Sagarin)
Air Force - Akron (15 higher for OU on Sagarin)
Central Michigan - this is Michigan State's "extra game", not Iowa, Iowa gets them to the same amount of conf games as Big 12 schools. Central Michigan, the #83 team in Sagarin.
There's nothing wrong with the Big 12 playing a 9 game round robin. Just look at our SOS, it's the #1 or #2 overall SOS year after year after year after year even without playing a CCG. There's something wrong with the committee being idiots or only having one non-celebrity Big 12 voice.