PSU better than all of SEC

[NittanyLionRoar]

There was not a single team in the SEC better than PSU. If the measure is similar competition, we beat USC that beat two of the respected programs, we beat Illinois who beat a respected SEC team, and we did better in the regular season than Alabama or Ole Miss. Even our losses to common opponents were by less, closer match with ND than UGA and closer with OSU than Texas (although the score doesn’t quite indicate how close it was).

So if it’s any consolation, we would have been #1 in the SEC this year.

 

[rrdd2021]

There was not a single team in the SEC better than PSU. If the measure is similar competition, we beat USC that beat two of the respected programs, we beat Illinois who beat a respected SEC team, and we did better in the regular season than Alabama or Ole Miss. Even our losses to common opponents were by less, closer match with ND than UGA and closer with OSU than Texas (although the score doesn’t quite indicate how close it was).

So if it’s any consolation, we would have been #1 in the SEC this year.

Texas was solid this year in the SEC. Many times it's tough to evaluate teams because some teams - because of strengths and weakness - just matchup better than others would against a team

 

[fastlax16]

We will be ranked behind UGA and Texas in the final ap.

 

[LandoComando]

We will be ranked behind UGA and Texas in the final ap.

Ehh--probably but reality is we finished tied for 3rd
We're even with Texas

 

[Nbergbuck]

There was not a single team in the SEC better than PSU. If the measure is similar competition, we beat USC that beat two of the respected programs, we beat Illinois who beat a respected SEC team, and we did better in the regular season than Alabama or Ole Miss. Even our losses to common opponents were by less, closer match with ND than UGA and closer with OSU than Texas (although the score doesn’t quite indicate how close it was).

So if it’s any consolation, we would have been #1 in the SEC this year.

I would say the only SEC team better than PSU this year would be Texas. Texas is very good this year and gave OSU all they could handle. OSU's final TD was a quirk and not really indicative of who was better.

 

[fastlax16]

Ehh--probably but reality is we finished tied for 3rd
We're even with Texas

Reality is whatever the pundits want to make it. We won two playoff games and perception of the program has not changed one iota. We’ll be behind Oregon as well.

Osu/nd
Nd/osu
Uga
Texas
Oregon
Us

 

[LandoComando]

Reality is whatever the pundits want to make it. We won two playoff games and perception of the program has not changed one iota. We’ll be behind Oregon as well.

Osu/nd
Nd/osu
Uga
Texas
Us

The voting doesn't matter when there's a playoff

 

[fastlax16]

The voting doesn't matter when there's a playoff

Doesn’t matter for numbers 1/2. Matters elsewhere because the brackets aren’t even. Didn’t you hear we had a cakewalk and SMU/Boise are trash? Still no big wins and we are trash too.

Our playoff run has an asterisk according to everyone else.

 

[MacNit2.0]

There was not a single team in the SEC better than PSU. If the measure is similar competition, we beat USC that beat two of the respected programs, we beat Illinois who beat a respected SEC team, and we did better in the regular season than Alabama or Ole Miss. Even our losses to common opponents were by less, closer match with ND than UGA and closer with OSU than Texas (although the score doesn’t quite indicate how close it was).

So if it’s any consolation, we would have been #1 in the SEC this year.

Or worse than most of the MAC using similar logic?