The official 2011 progression thread

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another year in...

Year	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
99	0	9	4	1	0	2	4	3
98	1	8	3	1	0	1	1	2
95 -97	40	32	34	9	6	13	10	5
91-94		70+	70+	37	47	50	40	44
87-90		70+	70+	70+	70+	70+	70+	70+

I didn't bother counting all the schools as far as ratings goes. same old story, no A's, lots of Bs and C's. Some teams came close tho
Alabama A- offense B+ Defense, special teams A+. This team is like one dude away from an a rating. so frustrating.
Ohio State B+ B+ , special teams a B-
Florida State B B, and specials teams A+. again on the cusp of an a rating
Oklahoma, a- offense, B+ defense, C- special teams
Texas B B then C- special teams
LSU B- offense, B d and special teams
USC B+ offense, B- D, C speical teams

... One last season for me and that's it, that would be 3 full years of nothing but recruited and generated/progressed players by CPU. I want an A school damn it

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Quote: Originally Posted by dan_457

Actually i just want to ask one more thing... I feel stupid for not asking earlier, are the traditional power teams still the highest rated teams for the most part, and also, because i just realized that if the raitings overall dropped, it doesn't matter as long as it's in proportion and there's still High Tier teams, Mid Tier and Low Tier, it will still work out the same. So is there some distance in ratings between the highest rated team and an average team?

mostly, yes. but tennessee is doing very badly right now in year 6. TCU is a surprise high ranked club otherwise, the status quo is nicely held up with changes in powers like.. for instance, WV and Notre Dame look awesome

[Outkizast]

Thanks buddy, you are awesome! I don't think these numbers are bad at all....

[Cpterp22]

Remember by messing with coaching styles, So teams will fall off quicker than normal. I set all the coaches to my liking and change them every 3 years if a team is falling off

[Sublime12089]

Really appreciate your efforts White Out!

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Year	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
99	0	9	4	1	0	2	4	3	0
98	1	8	3	1	0	1	1	2	2
95 -97	40	32	34	9	6	13	10	5	8
91-94		70+	70+	37	47	50	40	44	47
87-90		70+	70+	70+	70+	70+	70+	70+	70+

No 99's but ... that seems kinda fun. more 90 players overall than last year just no super stars like last year had. I like it.

ok.. still no A teams. ridiculous! cmon! lol. so clos ethis year too
Bama... b- off, B+ Def B ST
Ohio State B+'s across the board. ****.
USC B+ off, B def, D- ST
Notre Dame B + off, B def, B+ ST
Penn State A- Off, B def, A+ ST.

if this games players progress even 5% a little more... it might be perfect. but i wont complain becaus ethis is bbette rthan last yera by leaps and bounds

[souljahbill]

Is it safe to assume that the Elite teams are now Bs, the upper and middle tier teams are now some variation of Cs, and everyone else is now a low C through D?

I would think that still balances the game out as all the B teams should handle the abundance of D teams pretty easily.

[mrprice33]

Well if you think about college football in the last few years, how many truly "A" teams would you say there were in any given season? For example, last year's NC game featured Alabama and Texas. Bama needed a miracle blocked FG to beat UTenn at home, and Texas needed a sketchy clock to beat NU in the B12CG. Also, Texas beat OU (without Bradford) by only 3.

2008
Florida vs Oklahoma

Florida lost a game to Ole Miss at home, Oklahoma lost to Texas by 10.

2007
LSU vs Ohio State

LSU had 2 losses before the NC game, and OSU lost to Illinois at home

2006
Florida and Ohio State
Florida lost @ Auburn and had a ton of close wins (21-20 over UTenn, 25-19 @Vandy, 17-16 at home against SCarolina)
Ohio State was undefeated but proven to be somewhat of a paper tiger by losing so badly in the NC game.

2005 Texas vs USC
Okay, these were A+ teams

2004 USC-OU
USC definitely an A team, OU A before the NC game

How many A teams do you count among the NC game participants? 2004 USC and OU, 2005 Texas and USC, 2006 OSU (maybe), 2007 neither, 2008 maybe UF (maybe), 2009 Alabama.

That's 7 in 6 years. Modern college football features a lot of good but not great teams. Occasionally there is one A team, but most teams (this year included) have at least one huge question mark, which to me is enough for a team to be a high "B" squad. Maybe there should be more A minuses, but I don't think that's all that important.

What *is* slightly disconcerting, though, is the downward trend of "B" teams. Then again, there are some teams in the top 25 that I'd consider "C," so this is perhaps not as big of a problem as even I think it is.

I think posters are maybe used to seeing the high numbers from years past, and this is perhaps how it always should have been. Less "A" teams (and more B's and C's) is much more in line with reality.