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Old 11-12-2019, 09:05 AM   #11
sherrane
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Re: Help Me Seed My 8 Team Playoff

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Originally Posted by DonJonpin
I did some more digging...

Team 5’s best win is actually only against the 40th ranked team at 7-5. The rest of their wins are teams ranked under 60. Is there a possibility we could leave out a 12-0 Team 5? Their strength of record is very weak.


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OK, I peeked at your reveal and #5 is Louisiana. The Sun Belt and MAC are considered the two weakest conferences in FBS. I tend to follow the way the polls work in real life (not EA's) when evaluating playoff teams.



12-0 Sun Belt / MAC is roughly equal to:
  • 11-1 C-USA / AAC / MWC
  • 10-2 P5
In EA's version, a 12-0 team is always ranked higher than an 11-1 team even if the 12-0 team played 12 FCS while 11-1 played a "murderer's row" type schedule. I agree with your decision to leave Louisiana out.



I had a dynasty where I took the ECU head coaching job after being the OC for Illinois. I had several undefeated seasons and only put myself in the playoff as the #4 seed (EA ranked me #1) in a season where several P5 champions had two or three losses.
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