Playing top 10 teams

[BuckeyeLegion]

The point is, now, tough ooc opponents do not help your cause, I.e. Washington... I didn't think this way until this year tho, honestly.

Only if there's four or less P5 teams with 0 or 1 loss. If Penn State beat Pitt or Michigan beat Iowa, Washington is on the outside looking in.

 

[sdwcpa]

What is even crazier: Rutgers of all teams played 4 of the top 6 teams including 2 play off teams.

 

[bdgan]

I don't know why everyone seems to think that PSU won the B1G in 2009 (co-champions). I see several times that people just keep perpetuating that incorrect theory.

PSU won the B1G (co-champions) in 2008 and 2005.

I guess people get confused in that the 2008 squad played in the 2009 Rose Bowl (against USC) and associate it that way.

I sure hope you all don't forget in 8 years that this 2016 TEAM won the B1G, and don't associate it with the 2017 team, who will also win the B1G!

But McQueary told me it was 2009

 

[PennState_one]

Only if there's four or less P5 teams with 0 or 1 loss. If Penn State beat Pitt or Michigan beat Iowa, Washington is on the outside looking in.

That's what's funny to me. The committee claimed to debate forever over this. They didn't have to debate anything. This just told me (and everyone with a half of brain) that that wins and losses are the #1 thing thing regardless of what they say. Turned out to be extremely easy for them this year since only 4 teams had 1 or less losses. Typical talking heads just hyped up all the other variables.

 

[Ranger Dan]

And another 2 in the Top 25. Yet the Lions didn't make the "playoff" because of a weak schedule.

No, it was because we lost to two of them...

 

[gslachta]

Penn State has played three teams currently ranked in the top ten and are about to play a fourth. Has Penn State ever played this many top ten teams in one season before?

It's also interesting to think that if OSU beats Clemson, they will have played six teams ranked in the top ten in one season.

It's easier to do now. Teams in the top five seldom don't drop down much from losses (Clemson, Michigan) or close games against weak teams (Ohio State v. Michigan State). In the past the loss to Pitt would have dropped Clemson to 8-10th. Michigan's two losses Iowa & Ohio State in their last three games would have dropped them to around 12-15th. Just based on yesteryear. We would have been out of top 25 after losses to Michigan and Pitt but would probably climbed to around 10th with the 9 game win streak.