(01-03-2019 12:19 PM)Jjoey52 Wrote: Boise should still be in there somewhere, they shouldn’t be punished because of a bowl’s incompetence.
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I put weight on the computers and while they have Boise 3rd among G5, they do not crack the top 30. They really lack a quality win, while Fresno had four of them over Cal, ASU, Boise and SDSU (well as quality as you can get in G5).
Stanford and Oregon are definitely better than Boise State (eye test ... I live in the west so see these schools play, no question Boise is overrated) and they beat better opponents than Boise State was facing in the cancelled game. And yes that extra data point pushed them ahead of the Broncos, whether fair or not.
(01-03-2019 12:07 PM)bullet Wrote: ...
This sorting of the SEC teams wouldn't surprise me because people seem enamored with Michigan and overweight the bowl games. I think the Peach simply demonstrated what I suspected all along, that Michigan was vastly overrated. I would have it UGA #6, LSU #8, UK #9, Florida #10, but I suspect they will rank UK the lowest of the 4.
Georgia won the SEC East by 2 games, dominated Florida and Kentucky while losing in a similar way to LSU and Texas and also lost to Alabama giving them their only real challenge this season. Florida was dominated by Georgia, Kentucky and Missouri. Their good wins were Michigan and LSU. Kentucky got dominated by Georgia and Tennessee and lost a close one at A&M. They beat Florida and Penn St.
LSU lost to Florida, A&M in OT and Alabama and dominated UGA while beating UCF
I only dropped Georgia behind Florida, whom I thought they were better than and beat, for their terrible performance against Texas, combined with Florida's dismantling of Michigan. That is the only shuffle I had in order of the SEC. I do not think that is greater than any regular season shuffle. Georgia looked bad, but not as bad as Michigan or UCF (who also made a comeback in garbage time). To me it was similar to the loss tOSU took to Purdue. That cost tOSU 6 spots. This loss by Georgia cost them only 3 in my book.
Bowl games due carry more weight because teams have a month to prepare, and also because they face quality opponents. Beating Rutgers, Vandy, KU, Arizona or BC in the last week doesn't do much for a P5 school. But everyone facing a quality opponent introduces some volatility.
But hey, look at my "massive" shifts:
1/2 Alabama and Clemson (no change)
3 OU (jump of 1 my book, jump of 1 spot from CFP rankings) // Georgia's poor showing caused rise
4 tOSU (jump of 1 in my book, jump of 1 spot in CFP rankings) // Georgia's poor showing caused rise
5 ND (rise of 1 in my book, drop of 2 in CFP rankings) // Georgia's poor showing caused rise in my book, limited drop in CFP
6 Florida (rise of 1 in my book, rise of 5 in CFP rankings ... CFP had them lower than they should have been)
7 Georgia (drop of 3 in my book, no change in CFP rankings)
8 LSU (rise of 2 in my book, rise of 2 in CFP rankings)
9 Washington (drop of 1 in my book, no change in CFP ranking)
10 Washington State (rise of 2 in my book, rise of 2 in CFP rankings)
11 Texas (rise of 4 in my book, rise of 4 in CFP ... Georgia is a high quality win, hence the big move)
I think your claim that I had unreasonable tectonic plate level shifts is unfounded.