Re: Still no CFP Top-25
Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2023 3:13 pm
Dukie wrote:https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/38999326/cfp-rankings-anger-index-conference-championship-week-2023
"We're not going to argue with Liberty again -- and in truth, the Flames get a genuine test against New Mexico State in the Conference USA title game, so a win would certainly make them worthy of consideration for a New Year's Six bowl.
"But simply being ranked has value for teams outside the Power 5, and yet only Tulane and Liberty made the cut.
"How is Tulane only No. 22? The Green Wave lost one game, without starting QB Michael Pratt, against the No. 11 team in the country.
"Toledo? SMU? James Madison? Not a whiff.
"And yet here is Tennessee, checking in at No. 21, despite losing by a combined 71 points to the three best teams it played ... despite losing by 13 to 5-7 Florida ... despite its best win coming against Kentucky (by six!) ... Tennessee is in ahead of all those other teams."
I just can't wrap my head around the idea that Liberty's magnum opus will be defeating NMST at home, and that might trump us going and winning at Tulane with our QB2. All the while, Liberty will not have played any team from the top SEVEN conferences.