SoS?

[LincolnSwinger]

What’s the best resource for SoS now that the regular season is over?

A Hawkeye sent me College Football News SoS and it looks bad for the Big 12 and ISU. I need a rebuttal!

 

[cayin]

What’s the best resource for SoS now that the regular season is over?

A Hawkeye sent me College Football News SoS and it looks bad for the Big 12 and ISU. I need a rebuttal!

Big 10 West circa the last 10 years. then dodging the heavies in the east by getting to play Indiana, Maryland and Rutgers.

 

[RagingCloner]

What’s the best resource for SoS now that the regular season is over?

A Hawkeye sent me College Football News SoS and it looks bad for the Big 12 and ISU. I need a rebuttal!

The ISU SOS would have looked better had Iowa not **** the bed against UCLA and MSU. Any Iowa fan that wants to compare SoS does not understand college football enough to have an educated conversation

 

[casey1973]

Just ask him if they're in the big 10 championship title game.

 

[qwerty]

What’s the best resource for SoS now that the regular season is over?

A Hawkeye sent me College Football News SoS and it looks bad for the Big 12 and ISU. I need a rebuttal!

Sagarin numbers. ISU SOS was 38. Iowa was 48. Other teams for comparison (all ranked above ISU in CFP):

Notre Dame: 62
Ohio State: 52
Oregon 58
Penn State 54
Ole Miss 46
Tennessee 53
SMU 63
Indiana 73
Miami 61
Clemson 60
Boise State 89

 

[inCyteful]

What’s the best resource for SoS now that the regular season is over?

A Hawkeye sent me College Football News SoS and it looks bad for the Big 12 and ISU. I need a rebuttal!

Tell your hokeye friend you would be happy tto debate with him/her while watching the Big XII championship game in Dallas. I don't think the hoks are busy that weekend.

 

[BCClone]

A win on Saturdary and the whole hawkeye nation will be on suicide watch.

 

[CloneLawman]

Hassell and his dad will be in a psychiatric ward suite. Downs will be locked up in a rubber room. Leistikow will be wearing a black and gold straight jacket gibbering about how Iowa should have tried to kick an 80 yard field goal against Iowa State.

 

[StPaulCyclone]

What’s the best resource for SoS now that the regular season is over?

A Hawkeye sent me College Football News SoS and it looks bad for the Big 12 and ISU. I need a rebuttal!

I had no idea CFN still existed. Talk about cherry picking a source.

 

[CascadeClone]

Sagarin numbers. ISU SOS was 38. Iowa was 48. Other teams for comparison (all ranked above ISU in CFP):

Notre Dame: 62
Ohio State: 52
Oregon 58
Penn State 54
Ole Miss 46
Tennessee 53
SMU 63
Indiana 73
Miami 61
Clemson 60
Boise State 89

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Interesting to look at BYU vs ISU.

Same record, same SOS (37 vs 38). But ISU is 3 points better. Why? Margin of victory? ISU is about 1 whole point better there.

Same with Az St. They are 1.3 points worse than ISU with same record, and SOS is 42 vs 38. And ASU MOV is 1.5 points better than ISU, yet lower. IDK.

 

[CascadeClone]

Also on Sagarin:
ISU vs top 30 teams: 3-0
Iowa vs top 30 teams: 0-2 (and guess who one of those losses is??)

 

[CascadeClone]

Lastly on Sagarin, blind resume:

TEAM A
10-2 overall
SOS 52
Vs Top 30 teams: 3-2

TEAM B
10-2 overall
SOS 38
Vs Top 30 teams: 3-0


Which team should be ranked above the other?

(Hint: both are "State" schools with 3 vowels in the name of the state)

 

[tolfbfan]

Lastly on Sagarin, blind resume:

TEAM A
10-2 overall
SOS 52
Vs Top 30 teams: 3-2

TEAM B
10-2 overall
SOS 38
Vs Top 30 teams: 3-0


Which team should be ranked above the other?

(Hint: both are "State" schools with 3 vowels in the name of the state)

I'll bite....? Who is it? LOL

 

[bosco]

With the 13th data point wouldn't that make our SOS even better? Anyway to project our SOS with that?

 

[12191987]

Sagarin numbers. ISU SOS was 38. Iowa was 48. Other teams for comparison (all ranked above ISU in CFP):

Notre Dame: 62
Ohio State: 52
Oregon 58
Penn State 54
Ole Miss 46
Tennessee 53
SMU 63
Indiana 73
Miami 61
Clemson 60
Boise State 89

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Wow, the Hawkeyes have good reason to be pissed.

Like them, Boise State’s best “win” is a close loss to a team playing for a P4 conference championship this weekend.

However, Boise State is likely to get a bye in the playoff because of a gaudy record racked up against an even weaker conference slate.

 

[TyCloneHoops]

I'll bite....? Who is it? LOL

Probably that team out of Ohio that started an all out brawl after suffering a giant L

 

[12191987]

Probably that team out of Ohio that started an all out brawl after suffering a giant L

 

[BryceC]

What’s the best resource for SoS now that the regular season is over?

A Hawkeye sent me College Football News SoS and it looks bad for the Big 12 and ISU. I need a rebuttal!

Here is the only rebuttal: SOS doesn't matter and anybody that tells you it does is lying to you or is ignorant.

You need to win. You need to go 11-1. How you get there doesn't matter.

Indiana, Boise St, and SMU are all considered somewhat locks for the CFP.

Indiana SOS: 60 in Massey, 65 FPI, best win... 7-5 Michigan, the only team they've beaten with a winning record
Boise St. SOS: 73 in Massey, 86 FPI, best win... @UNLV
SMU SOS: 63 in Massey, 75 in FPI, best win, @L'ville or @Duke

 

[Cyhig]

Tell them SOR is far better than SOS

A team could have a SOS of 20; however, they played two top 5 teams (lost both by large margins) and beat up on teams ranked 50+

SOS means nothing if a team doesn't win against the better teams

 

[bosco]

Tell them SOR is far better than SOS

A team could have a SOS of 20; however, they played two top 5 teams (lost both by large margins) and beat up on teams ranked 50+

SOS means nothing if a team doesn't win against the better teams

Most recent one I could find with a quick search. Doesn't take into account last Sat.

CFP Rankings: Strength of Record Rank for Each Top 25 Team

The College Football Playoffs approach quickly as teams continue their pursuit of a postseason spot. Here's a look at each Top 25 team's strength of record.

www.sportsgrid.com

Has us 18th.