(11-19-2019 07:57 PM)Captain Bearcat Wrote: (11-19-2019 07:26 PM)UCGrad1992 Wrote: Not that it matters in the big picture but I find it funny that we are the only undefeated team in the AAC and our only loss is to Ohio St and yet Memphis gets a spot above us. We beat Temple Saturday night and that ranking position will [should] flip.
Memphis has 2 wins better than our best win. I think it's close enough to be debatable.
For the sake of comparison...
Memphis beat a 4-7 Ole Miss at home by 5 points
Beat Navy and SMU [still ranked] both at home
Beat Tulsa by one point after a missed Tulsa FG
Beat two Sun Belt squads - South Alabama [1-9] and Louisiana Monroe [4-6]
Beat FCS Southern University
Lost to Temple on the road
Cincinnati beat 4-6 UCLA by 10 points at home
Beat 6-4 MyAMuh, Oh
Beat 7-3 Marshall on the road
Beat UCF at home who was ranked at the time
Beat ECU on the road by 3 points
Did not play an FCS squad
Lost to #2 Ohio St on the road
Massey Composite Memphis is #19 and Cincinnati #17. Sagarin has Memphis's SOS ranked #77 and Cincinnati's #69. We're also the only undefeated in the American. I'm no expert on the CFP metrics but IMO the resumes are very comparable when you look at the body of work. I just don't agree that Memphis should jump us when we've been above them and haven't lost. To be fair, I also don't agree with many of the teams that are ranked/where they are ranked. Yeah, I'm finding something to complain about but this is serious stuff when we're down to two more games left plus the Conf Chip game. Bottom line is winning will take care of what really matters.