The Illinois State Redbirds face the No. 25 Iowa Hawkeyes on Saturday, Aug. 31, 2024 (8/31/24) at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City, Iowa.
Iowa running back LeShon Williams is lifted aloft by tackle Mason Richman after scoring in a 41-10 win over Western Michigan on Saturday in Kinnick Stadium.The Illinois State Redbirds face the No. 25 Iowa Hawkeyes on Saturday, Aug. 31, 2024 at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City, Iowa.It might as well be college football’s slogan. Debates about strength of schedule are part of the fabric of the sport, like marching bands, cheerleaders and tailgating.
The CFP selection committee uses a strength-of-schedule rating provided by SportSource Analytics that includes components such as wins and losses, scoring differential and game location.“There’s a weight on the committee that’s new. I want to see how the committee processes that,” SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey said during spring meetings. “And my encouragement is that this, ‘Well, we have an undefeated team so they’re in’ is not the standard. It never was the standard.
The ACC and Big 12 are about the same. The 17-team ACC has an average strength of schedule ranking of 49.9. The 16-team Big 12′s average ranking is 47.3.Straight up rankings can be deceiving. How to quantify the difference between facing the sixth-ranked schedule and 26th? If these schedule strength projections held — they will change throughout the season — it would then be reasonable to compare an 11-1 Utah to a 9-3 Alabama.
The ACC, a year ahead of the the SEC and Big Ten in abandoning divisions, has a similar nod within its tiebreakers to strength of schedule.
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