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Louisville - Proof of AP Bias?

LeanMeanOrangeGreen

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We all know the AP Rankings are biased and heavily favored SEC/BIG programs that result in unfair metrics in SOS when comparing teams at the end of the season, yet there are yo-yo’s who claim that isn’t true. To these yo-yo’s, explain this one to me:



Louisville (8-4):

-Beat two CFP teams (James Madison, Miami).

-Blanked Kentucky (5-7) 41-0. The same Kentucky team who took Texas and several other top SEC programs to the wire.

-Losses? UVA (10-3) in OT, Clemson (7-5) by 1 point, Cal (7-5) in OT, SMU (8-4) by a wider margin but I believe they were missing some key players that game. Still, all losses came against teams above .500 and were very close. Louisville finished the season unranked.

Missouri (8-4)

-Didn’t beat a team above .500.
-Lost to every decent team they played. Some were close, others weren’t.

Somehow Missouri sits at #25 in the current AP Top 25. Are we seriously going to argue they should be ranked based on “good losses” rather than actually beating a competitive opponent?

Someone needs to explain this one to me. How is this not biased?
 
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Wait until the 9 game conference schedules. Tenn and Miss will face 1 more ranked team each thus 7-5. UVA's 10-2 would be 7-2 in conference. Duke would have no chance at the ACCCG as they would have to play another top team. Miami would have beat the **** out of another team...
 
LeanMeanOrangeGreen said:
We all know the AP Rankings are biased and heavily favored SEC/BIG programs that result in unfair metrics in SOS when comparing teams at the end of the season, yet there are yo-yo’s who claim that isn’t true. To these yo-yo’s, explain this one to me:



Louisville (8-4):

-Beat two CFP teams (James Madison, Miami).

-Blanked Kentucky (5-7) 41-0. The same Kentucky team who took Texas and several other top SEC programs to the wire. They finished 8-4.

-Losses? UVA (10-3) in OT, Clemson (7-5) by 1 point, Cal (7-5) in OT, SMU (8-4) by a wider margin but I believe they were missing some key players that game. Still, all losses came against teams above .500 and were very close. Louisville finished the season unranked.

Missouri (8-4)

-Didn’t beat a team above .500.
-Lost to every decent team they played. Some were close, others weren’t.

Somehow Missouri sits at #25 in the current AP Top 25.

Now explain that one to me how this is not biased.
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SEC automatically negates any other teams metrics when comparing the two.
 
TexasCane90 said:
You can’t… mizzou and tenn were two teams that were used all season to puff up the SEC resume

A lot of those “top 25 wins” kept up the credit for them
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And these two clown teams along with Vanderbilt were ranked in the Top 25 the entire season, but at least Vandy won 10 games. I still think they’re dog**** because similar to Tennessee and Missouri, they beat nobody good.
 
90scane said:
Wait until the 9 game conference schedules. Tenn and Miss will face 1 more ranked team each thus 7-5. UVA's 10-2 would be 7-2 in conference. Duke would have no chance at the ACCCG as they would have to play another top team. Miami would have beat the **** out of another team...
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I really don’t like us moving to 9 games. I get why we’re doing it. The BIG/SEC are doing it so they can box out other conference teams and claim supremacy. What I would have liked to see was the ACC and Big 12 work something out and play more games against each other. Get Miami a game against Kansas State or WVU. No they weren’t strong in 2025 but they’re usually better than most ACC bottom feeders who we will likely have to add.

At this point, I’m not sure why we want to keep the FCS game. It does nothing for us. We should be able to swap that for a more enticing matchup with another P4 team. It’s the only way we’re going to get playoff consideration while the others take their ball home and refuse to schedule us. The way things are headed, I don’t see us playing UF again unless we see each other in a bowl game. No way they schedule us. If we need a tuneup game schedule FIU. It’s about time we get some revenge for the 2019 debacle. Bethune and FAMU don’t even try.
 
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It is a combo of 1. preseason rankings and 2. WHEN you lose...

Lville dropped 3 straight, BAD 3 point loss to Cal Nov 8, close loss to clemson Nov 14 and blown out by 30 by SMU Nov 22. Swap out Lville for Missouri and have them lose 3 straight to unranked teams at the end of the season and pretty sure they would have dropped out of the top 25. Miz got the benefit of climbing due to preseason rankings then lost to a solid Vandy team, good A&M team and a **** oklahoma team that the voters loved all year.
 
LeanMeanOrangeGreen said:
I really don’t like us moving to 9 games. I get why we’re doing it. The BIG/SEC are doing it so they can box out other conference teams and claim supremacy. What I would have liked to see was the ACC and Big 12 work something out and play more games against each other. Get Miami a game against Kansas State or WVU. No they weren’t strong in 2025 but they’re usually better than most ACC bottom feeders who we will likely have to add.

At this point, I’m not sure why we want to keep the FCS game. It does nothing for us. We should be able to swap that for a more enticing matchup with another P4 team. It’s the only way we’re going to get playoff consideration while the others take their ball home and refuse to schedule us. The way things are headed, I don’t see us playing UF again unless we see each other in a bowl game. No way they schedule us. If we need a tuneup game schedule FIU. It’s about time we get some revenge for the 2019 debacle. Bethune and FAMU don’t even try.
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The pain is temporary.

I'd rather us play the toughest schedule possible. With it likely going to 16-24, 3 loss teams will get in if they play tough schedules.
 
grover said:
I think the SEC will fall back down to earth soon. But they have a huge corrupt grading system going on right now.

If we can do some damage in the playoffs, that would help recalibrate things.
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They need UGA to make the national championship and potentially win it. I could see the other 4 out by the 1st or 2nd round. Two years in a row without a team in the national championship game, ouch!
 
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LeanMeanOrangeGreen said:
I really don’t like us moving to 9 games. I get why we’re doing it. The BIG/SEC are doing it so they can box out other conference teams and claim supremacy. What I would have liked to see was the ACC and Big 12 work something out and play more games against each other. Get Miami a game against Kansas State or WVU. No they weren’t strong in 2025 but they’re usually better than most ACC bottom feeders who we will likely have to add.

At this point, I’m not sure why we want to keep the FCS game. It does nothing for us. We should be able to swap that for a more enticing matchup with another P4 team. It’s the only way we’re going to get playoff consideration while the others take their ball home and refuse to schedule us. The way things are headed, I don’t see us playing UF again unless we see each other in a bowl game. No way they schedule us. If we need a tuneup game schedule FIU. It’s about time we get some revenge for the 2019 debacle. Bethune and FAMU don’t even try.
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Yea I mean the B12 is getting minimal respect. SMU played TCU and Baylor and got dinged for losing to both. Wins wouldn't have done **** other than been wins instead losses. Wins against Baylor or Tcu no different than G5 teams really.
 
It’s all based on preseason rankings. And yes those rankings are heavily skewed toward SEC/B10. It’s a **** of a lot harder to get into the rankings and stay there vs being in the rankings and getting back in after falling out. Bc you’re perceived to be better, if you’re ranked preseason.

Remember the people who still had Florida ranked above USF after USF beat them? That’s bc half the voters don’t watch any games and go by the rankings from the week before.
 
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