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Strength Of Schedule

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Well the advanced systems, like the ones that the computers that factor in the BCS, are much more sophisticated.. It would take into account the W-L of your opponents, and their W-L's, and those opponent's W-L's, etc, so that you know how valuable each win/loss really is.
 
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There are many different strength of schedule calculations. The one the BCS used to use is this:

SOS= (2/3)(OpWins/(OpWins+OpLosses))+(1/3)(OpOpWins/(OpOpWins+OpOpLosses))

Op= Opponents
OpOp= Opponents' opponents
 
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Interesting article:

The "strength of schedule" is somewhat arbitrary and subjective: however, it is interesting that neither Alabama, Oregon, Florida State, TCU, Baylor, nor Ohio State is in this guy's top 25:

Report: Arkansas played college football’s toughest schedule in 2014

1. Arkansas
2. UCLA
3. Auburn
4. Ole Miss
5. Colorado
6. Washington State
7. Tennessee
8. Utah
9. Texas A&M
10. Miami
11. USC
12. Kansas
13. Notre Dame
14. West Virginia
15. Arizona
16. Virginia
17. Texas
18. Stanford
19. Florida
20. California
21. LSU
22. Michigan
23. Syracuse
24. Iowa State
25. Rutgers

Entire article: http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsport...-college-footballs-toughest-schedule-in-2014/

Basically when all is said and done, the teams that play the top teams (not the top teams) have the strongest schedule....:biggrin2:
 
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i disagree with that but not gonna say to much ohio st was the only team that beat 3 heisman contenders1 won the heisman.back to back to back weeks the bucks beat #8 wisconsin #1 alabama # 2 oregon plus the fact beat 3 team win at least 13 win which was a first.i'm not gonna start no bs but did any team on 3 back to back weeks play 3 top 10 teams so nbc thingg can kma
 
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Ohio State/Oregon/Alabama plays a team and beats them; that team earns a loss. Thus losing strength points. If Arkansas was 6-2 instead of 2-6 in the SEC; would they still have played the toughest schedule or would the teams they just beat all of a sudden not be as strong?
 
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fanaticbuckeye said:
Ohio State/Oregon/Alabama plays a team and beats them; that team earns a loss. Thus losing strength points. If Arkansas was 6-2 instead of 2-6 in the SEC; would they still have played the toughest schedule or would the teams they just beat all of a sudden not be as strong?
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my point is smple noone played a tougher schedule the last part of the year,,playing at penn st playing at #12 MICH ST played there rival ttun i know they suck played #8 wisconsin #1 alabama # 2 oregon so throw that strenth of schedule yes i am aware of the lousy lose to vt .bottom the 4 teams that got in could beat any one in country.i don't really care to much the strenth of schedule take the wins and loses and how many ranked teams ,played ranked teams..at the end of the day reguardless cfp system worked the 4 best teams made it in if anyone didn't belong it was fsu
 
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@twister55 I didn't read your post before making mine, I wasn't addressing any of your concerns. Not entirely sure why you quoted me? I could care less about SOS, we won in a playoff format. Everything else is offseason click generating.
twister55 said:
my point is smple noone played a tougher schedule the last part of the year,,playing at penn st playing at #12 MICH ST played there rival ttun i know they suck played #8 wisconsin #1 alabama # 2 oregon so throw that strenth of schedule yes i am aware of the lousy lose to vt .bottom the 4 teams that got in could beat any one in country.i don't really care to much the strenth of schedule take the wins and loses and how many ranked teams ,played ranked teams..at the end of the day reguardless cfp system worked the 4 best teams made it in if anyone didn't belong it was fsu
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They compare wins and losses, opponent's wins and losses, opponents opponent's wins and losses, conference record outside of conference, scores and statistical analyasis in seven different measureables, average length of penises among offensive linemen and then they look at which teams fans will spend the most money in some dirt bag, money grabbing, backwoods tourist rip off location that allows you to wear the Confederate battleflag as a 1st Amendment right and whose team will likely cough it up so as to complete whatever SEC, SEC, SEC! narrative ESPN has decided to follow.
 
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