I didn't think there would much more movement, but after 53 reporting, M has moved up to #30.
In a 32 team tourney, M would go to Oregon in the first round. After winning that one, M would play the winner of South Carolina and Southern Cal (USC v USC)*. S Car is the higher seed. After winning that one. M would likely play Boise St. Then OSU. Then Alabama.
*That reminds of a story. I've gone to two college football games with my friend, Aaron. (I also saw him at a juco game, but I didn't actually go with him). Arizona at Southern Cal and Arkansas at South Carolina. Both were U of A at USC. Can't get more interesting than that.
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Great story... and very well told.
ReplyDeleteM received their lowest ranking from CSL #91 - which uses essentially a w-l; opp w-l; opp-opp w-l system.
M is ranked below both the team they beat, only Maryland is a lower ranked 2-0 team in the CSL. I wouldn't expect UMass game to help much. If MSU beats ND M's ranking could fall again (they fell from #89 to 91 this week)
Their highest ranking is from CFN (#13)- which uses a purely subjective system - and Sagarin-Elo - which actually goes into the BCS ranking.
I looked at that CSL and I don't think his explanation of his system is right. M is 2-0 and has played two 1-1 teams. I'm not going any further beyond that, but how could any 2-0 team be that far down when the two teams they played are 1-0 in games not against the 2-0 team? There is something missing.
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