Tracking the Opponents: 2025 Edition

[MDZip]

7 minutes ago, GP1 said:

If the MAC wanted to add some sanity to this, they would use overall wins, but only one win for FCS. 

 

We would find out then if schools are trying to win championships or using their football program as a fundraising tool. 

 

They could probably eliminate some confusion by making the MAC season 9 games. 

They do only count conference games, but solely because Ohio and Toledo did not play other, they didn't count those games. I like the "mini conference" concept where their records against each other count as the first criteria whether they all played each other or not. 

[GP1]

13 hours ago, MDZip said:

They do only count conference games, but solely because Ohio and Toledo did not play other, they didn't count those games. I like the "mini conference" concept where their records against each other count as the first criteria whether they all played each other or not. 

I mean overall wins as a tie breaker. If three teams finish 7-1 in the MAC and two had 3ooc wins and the third only 2 ooc wins, the two ten win teams go.  

[ZippyRulz]

16 hours ago, MDZip said:

Miami finished the season tied with only Ohio and Toledo, lost to both but still made the MAC Championship game? I understand they beat Western Michigan and neither Ohio nor Toledo did, but man I think they need to relook at the tie criteria when you have two head to head losses with the teams you're tied with and still advance. 

 

Time for a 4-team MAC playoff 😅

[exit322]

This is a 2026 thing but...

 

If we get Duke, Troy, and UNLV Conference champions, UNLV at 11-2 (having avenged one of the 2) is a very possible playoff team

 

Which means Akron could possibly host a playoff team next year.

[MDZip]

2 minutes ago, exit322 said:

This is a 2026 thing but...

 

If we get Duke, Troy, and UNLV Conference champions, UNLV at 11-2 (having avenged one of the 2) is a very possible playoff team

 

Which means Akron could possibly host a playoff team next year.

If Duke wins it gets really interesting because the playoffs guarantee to the 5 highest rated conference champions, and JMU and either Tulane/North Texas would likely be rated higher than Duke. But I think you're right if JMU loses, UNLV could sneak in there. 

[exit322]

1 minute ago, MDZip said:

If Duke wins it gets really interesting because the playoffs guarantee to the 5 highest rated conference champions, and JMU and either Tulane/North Texas would likely be rated higher than Duke. But I think you're right if JMU loses, UNLV could sneak in there. 

 

I think there's a very very real chance of this.  Chaos reigns supreme!

[lance99]

51 minutes ago, exit322 said:

 

I think there's a very very real chance of this.  Chaos reigns supreme!

 

I want that too! However lets get 3 teams in(JMU, AAC Champ, UNLV). I know that it will not happen, but plausible

[exit322]

9 hours ago, lance99 said:

 

I want that too! However lets get 3 teams in(JMU, AAC Champ, UNLV). I know that it will not happen, but plausible

 

Probably not plausible.  TTU and BYU are much too strong a potential champion to get bumped by a G5.

[ZippyRulz]

Wrong thread by a couple of years but Mark Stoops is out at Kentucky. And incidentally, Baylor athletic director Mack Rhoades is stepping down from both his duties for the Bears and as the College Football Playoff selection committee's chairman for "personal reasons," according to Yahoo Sports' Ross Dellenger.

[exit322]

49 minutes ago, ZippyRulz said:

Wrong thread by a couple of years but Mark Stoops is out at Kentucky. And incidentally, Baylor athletic director Mack Rhoades is stepping down from both his duties for the Bears and as the College Football Playoff selection committee's chairman for "personal reasons," according to Yahoo Sports' Ross Dellenger.

 

There's a lot of speculation that those "personal reasons" are highly correlated with alcohol consumption, but I have absolutely no first-hand knowledge of that.