How upset is Wisky and Northwestern?

[FloridaHawk82]

Since we don't have much to bitch about regarding the latest CFP rankings, and we control our destiny, I felt a need to question something regarding the CFP!

Stanford
8-2
#11 CFP
Losses:
#23 Oregon 38-36
#20 Northwestern 16-6

Northwestern
8-2
#20 CFP
Losses:
#12 Michigan 38-0
#5 Iowa 40-10

Wisconsin
8-2
#25 CFP
Losses:
#2 Alabama 35-17
#5 Iowa 10-6

Why is Northwestern ranked 9 spots behind Stanford, when they BEAT Stanford, and Northwestern's losses are to much better teams? It must be because Northwestern's two losses were so lopsided?

A better question is why is Wisky ranked 14 places behind Stanford, when Wisky's only two losses were to the #2 and #5 ranked teams?

Eyeball test? To make sure Stanford ends up in the Top 12 for at least a New Year's 6 Bowl if they win the Pac 10, whether or not they lose to Notre Dame?

I would love for Jeff Long be asked THIS question!

 

[iahawkeyes17]

Made this comment in an earlier thread. Wisconsin stays at 25 this week and Ole Miss jumps them to 22. But both had byes last week. SEC bias, no?

On the flip side for the Big 10 Utah is below Michigan with identical records even though they beat them. Funny how they pick and choose certain teams to favor.

 

[IACub]

The Big Ten has a "soft schedule" but the Pac 12 has "quality losses." Get with the jargon!

 

[LincolnHawkeye]

While I do agree that Northwestern should be ahead of Stanford because they won head to head and have better loses, Wisconsin has seriously beaten no one even sniffing the Top 25, their best win might be at Nebraska or at Illinois

 

[Qued18]

Is B1G against the world. Style points on offense vs crappy defense in PAC and Big 12. Boring old school pound the rock and play defense in the B1G. Northwestern has no superstars to create highlights they play sound football. Wisconsin is similar this year but the past few years they had the superstar back this year they don't

 

[1971hawkeye]

Totally agree...

 

[El Simbolo]

Does Stanford have some signature wins that the others don't? Of course NU has a signature win OVER STANFORD

 

[DavenportHawk8]

Made this comment in an earlier thread. Wisconsin stays at 25 this week and Ole Miss jumps them to 22. But both had byes last week. SEC bias, no?

On the flip side for the Big 10 Utah is below Michigan with identical records even though they beat them. Funny how they pick and choose certain teams to favor.

I can't remember who it was, but someone on FoxSports said, "this is fixed" how does an Ole Miss team jump to 22 after a bye week? They kept on saying that the SEC has a serious push inside the committee room and would not be surprised to see no matter what an SEC team in. He said even if Bama lost, they would plug someone else in.

 

[NashvilleHawk]

I can't remember who it was, but someone on FoxSports said, "this is fixed" how does an Ole Miss team jump to 22 after a bye week? They kept on saying that the SEC has a serious push inside the committee room and would not be surprised to see no matter what an SEC team in. He said even if Bama lost, they would plug someone else in.

Probably Joel Klatt.
He said that every SEC team in the AP Top 25 is ranked higher in the College Football Playoff's Committee Top 25. All 4 of them.
He also said that the committee is like Enron "cooking the books" and they get who they want.
Translation: Alabama, Ohio State, Notre Dame and Oklahoma.

 

[ThorneStockton]

Wisconsin doesn't have much at all in terms of good wins though... the Northwestern one is likely related to their 2 losses being blow outs.