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Today's Topic: College football's top 25 after Week 8
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We have one more weekend of games the College Football Selection Committee releases their Top 25.
I have my own, based on three criteria:
Number of Dominant victories
Strength of Schedule
Quality of losses
The third requires a brief explanation. Several teams have lost only to an undefeated team, and by a narrow margin. Those are "good" losses, and they rank high. Oregon, on the other hand, lost to an undefeated team (Georgia) by six possession. Illinois's one loss was narrow, but it was to a five-loss Indiana team. So they're further down the list.
I quantify these criteria to come up with the following results. I'll continue with this system to compare how it contrasts with the Playoff Committee each week.
Georgia 7-0
Ohio State 7-0
Clemson 8-0
Michigan 7-0
TCU 7-0
Tennessee 7-0
Wake Forest 6-1
Alabama 7-1
Syracuse 6-1
Oklahoma State 6-1
USC 6-1
UCLA 6-1
Penn State 6-1
Ole Miss 7-1
Oregon 6-1
Liberty 7-1
Kansas State 5-2
Tulane 7-1
NC State 5-2
Illinois 6-1
LSU 6-2
South Alabama 5-2
Utah 5-2
Kentucky 5-2
North Carolina 6-1
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