For a lot of these teams this is just about it. We have conference championships coming that will help some teams get secure a spot.
Reminder on the points.
Quad 1 Win = 3
Quad 2 Win = 2
Quad 3 Win = 1
Quad 4 Win = 0
Quad 1 Loss = -2
Quad 2 Loss = -3
Quad 3 Loss = -4
Quad 4 Loss = -5
Top 10 Massey Win = 3
Top 11-25 Massey Win = 2
Top 26-50 Massey Win = 1
Top 10 Massey Loss = -3
Top 11-25 Massey Loss = -2
Top 26-50 Massey Loss = -2
1. (43 Points)
SOS: 3
QUAD 1 Games 6 - 0
QUAD 2 Games 3 - 0
QUAD 3 Games 1 - 0
QUAD 4 Games 1 - 0
Top 10 Massey Games 2 - 0
Top 11-25 Massey Games 4 - 0
Top 26-50 Massey Games 3 – 0
A dominant undefeated run including half the games being against a team in the top 25 of the Massey ratings.
2. (35 Points)
SOS: 2
QUAD 1 Games 5 - 1
QUAD 2 Games 3 - 0
QUAD 3 Games 2 - 0
QUAD 4 Games 1 - 0
Top 10 Massey Games 2 - 1
Top 11-25 Massey Games 2 - 0
Top 26-50 Massey Games 4 – 0
The one top 10 Massey game is the blemish on their resume. Definitely worthy of a top spot, but not over our top team.
3. (26 Points)
SOS: 19
QUAD 1 Games 5 - 1
QUAD 2 Games 2 - 0
QUAD 3 Games 1 - 0
QUAD 4 Games 3 - 0
Top 10 Massey Games 0 - 1
Top 11-25 Massey Games 2 - 0
Top 26-50 Massey Games 4 – 0
A very comparable schedule to the team in the number two spot, just missing a couple of the top level wins against teams in the top 10. One of the reasons I wanted to pull out the top 10 Massey vs just quad 1 games in the last version of this.
4. (25 Points)
SOS: 14
QUAD 1 Games 3 - 1
QUAD 2 Games 2 - 0
QUAD 3 Games 5 - 0
QUAD 4 Games 1 - 0
Top 10 Massey Games 1 - 0
Top 11-25 Massey Games 2 - 1
Top 26-50 Massey Games 3 – 0
The only reason this team ranks closely behind team 3 is because they were able to take down their big game of the year while team 3 wasn’t. Either way, all teams to this point should have no fear of being left out.
5. (25 Points)
SOS: 25
QUAD 1 Games 3 - 0
QUAD 2 Games 4 - 0
QUAD 3 Games 1 - 0
QUAD 4 Games 3 - 0
Top 10 Massey Games 0 - 0
Top 11-25 Massey Games 1 - 0
Top 26-50 Massey Games 5 – 0
Tied with the other team but loses out with the lower SOS. Undefeated but in a counting game he has a few wins in the meaningless quad 4 games.
6. (21 Points)
SOS: 1
QUAD 1 Games 3 - 2
QUAD 2 Games 3 - 0
QUAD 3 Games 3 - 0
QUAD 4 Games 1 - 0
Top 10 Massey Games 0 - 2
Top 11-25 Massey Games 2 - 0
Top 26-50 Massey Games 4 - 0
The schedule is the toughest in the nation, but still 2 losses is 2 losses. Both of those losses also came in their biggest games of the season. All in all in this season a 2 loss team like this has no issues making it in.
7. (19 Points)
SOS: 8
QUAD 1 Games 3 - 2
QUAD 2 Games 3 - 0
QUAD 3 Games 3 - 0
QUAD 4 Games 0 - 0
Top 10 Massey Games 1 - 1
Top 11-25 Massey Games 1 - 1
Top 26-50 Massey Games 2 – 0
If you pay enough attention to the league some of these resumes are obvious. To me this is one of them. Sitting at 2 losses with 1 game left. There hasn’t been a cupcake quad 4 game on the schedule and it has been pretty stacked at the top. But can they afford to lose in that last unplayed game?
8. (19 Points)
SOS: 29
QUAD 1 Games 4 - 1
QUAD 2 Games 0 - 0
QUAD 3 Games 4 - 0
QUAD 4 Games 3 - 0
Top 10 Massey Games 0 - 0
Top 11-25 Massey Games 2 - 0
Top 26-50 Massey Games 3 – 1
That one blemish holds them back from being inside the top 4. Five of the games came via quad 1 but none of them landed within the top 10 in the Massey.
9. (19 Points)
SOS: 33
QUAD 1 Games 2 - 0
QUAD 2 Games 2 - 0
QUAD 3 Games 4 - 0
QUAD 4 Games 4 - 0
Top 10 Massey Games 0 - 0
Top 11-25 Massey Games 1 - 0
Top 26-50 Massey Games 3 – 0
The final of our tied 19-point teams. No big time games on the resume but no losses either. There is enough in the quad 1 and 2 to justify this ranking, but worth noting that like the team just talked about, no big time games.
10. (18 Points)
SOS: 10
QUAD 1 Games 2 - 1
QUAD 2 Games 3 - 0
QUAD 3 Games 2 - 0
QUAD 4 Games 2 - 0
Top 10 Massey Games 0 - 1
Top 11-25 Massey Games 0 - 0
Top 26-50 Massey Games 6 – 0
Two games still to get played on this schedule. Time is ticking for those. I don’t know the situation but being team 10 and at the risk of sim games would have me panicking. That being said, only 1 win against a team inside the Massey top 25. Did clean up in the 26-50 range but most here should be taking care of those teams.
11. (9 Points)
SOS 21
QUAD 1 Games 3 - 3
QUAD 2 Games 1 - 0
QUAD 3 Games 2 - 0
QUAD 4 Games 3 - 0
Top 10 Massey Games 0 - 1
Top 11-25 Massey Games 1 - 1
Top 26-50 Massey Games 4 – 1
This is the second massive drop-off since our 1 to 2. The top 10 seem to be pretty safe. Looking here at a 3 loss team that didn’t really have any marquee wins. While they are “in” here I can’t really justify it with 3 losses.
12. (8 Points)
SOS: 7
QUAD 1 Games 3 - 3
QUAD 2 Games 1 - 1
QUAD 3 Games 2 - 0
QUAD 4 Games 2 - 0
Top 10 Massey Games 2 - 3
Top 11-25 Massey Games 0 - 0
Top 26-50 Massey Games 2 – 1
These last two teams really show the state of the playoffs this year as we look at a 4-loss team here. That schedule was brutal, playing almost half the season against teams inside the top 10. If this was a 3-loss team I could really get behind it, but 4? I am not sure I can ever get there with a 4 loss team even if the 4 losses were to 1-2-3-4.
13. (7 Points)
SOS: 39
QUAD 1 Games 2 - 2
QUAD 2 Games 1 - 0
QUAD 3 Games 3 - 0
QUAD 4 Games 3 - 0
Top 10 Massey Games 0 - 1
Top 11-25 Massey Games 1 - 0
Top 26-50 Massey Games 1 – 1
Half of the wins come from quad 3 and 4 games and just 2-2 in quad 1. What he has going for him is he has 2 losses unlike the teams ahead of him.
14. (6 Points)
SOS: 89
QUAD 1 Games 2 - 0
QUAD 2 Games 1 - 1
QUAD 3 Games 1 - 0
QUAD 4 Games 7 - 0
Top 10 Massey Games 0 - 0
Top 11-25 Massey Games 0 - 0
Top 26-50 Massey Games 3 – 1
A 1 loss team that really didn’t play anyone. Seven of the wins came in quad 4 which is a testament to the 89th ranked schedule. Even with the second loss, I might give the nod to team 13 over these guys.
15. (6 Points)
SOS: 106
QUAD 1 Games 0 - 0
QUAD 2 Games 1 - 0
QUAD 3 Games 4 - 0
QUAD 4 Games 7 - 0
Top 10 Massey Games 0 - 0
Top 11-25 Massey Games 0 - 0
Top 26-50 Massey Games 1 – 0
Literally everyone who cares enough to read and open this article knows who this is. The resume is horrendous, but there is a reason there is a committee and not just a blind resume.
16. (4 Points)
SOS: 51
QUAD 1 Games 1 - 2
QUAD 2 Games 1 - 0
QUAD 3 Games 4 - 0
QUAD 4 Games 4 - 0
Top 10 Massey Games 0 - 1
Top 11-25 Massey Games 0 - 0
Top 26-50 Massey Games 2 – 1
Needed to win that top 10 Massey game. With that win we are talking about someone safely inside the top 10. Being a 2 loss team it is hard to hang your hat on wins that aren’t even inside the top 25 and expect to get into the CFP.
17. (3 Points)
SOS: 76
QUAD 1 Games 0 - 1
QUAD 2 Games 3 - 0
QUAD 3 Games 0 - 0
QUAD 4 Games 7 - 0
Top 10 Massey Games 0 - 1
Top 11-25 Massey Games 0 - 0
Top 26-50 Massey Games 1 – 0
Like the team above, it is hard to really say I deserve to be in. Hanging the hat on 3 quad 2 wins isn’t likely to get it done.
18. (2 Points)
SOS: 32
QUAD 1 Games 1 - 2
QUAD 2 Games 1 - 0
QUAD 3 Games 2 - 0
QUAD 4 Games 5 - 0
Top 10 Massey Games 0 - 1
Top 11-25 Massey Games 0 - 1
Top 26-50 Massey Games 2 – 0
There is a reason a lot of these teams are down here and not up higher. One and two losses, yes, but where are the wins that say we should be in?
19. (1 Point)
SOS: 103
QUAD 1 Games 0 - 0
QUAD 2 Games 2 - 1
QUAD 3 Games 3 - 0
QUAD 4 Games 6 - 0
Top 10 Massey Games 0 - 0
Top 11-25 Massey Games 0 - 0
Top 26-50 Massey Games 0 – 1
Could probably just straight cross this team off, but had them still in the sheet so I stuck with them. Only 1 game within the top 50 and they lost it. There is no argument to get these guys in.
20. (-2 Points)
SOS: 98
QUAD 1 Games 0 - 0
QUAD 2 Games 0 - 1
QUAD 3 Games 2 - 0
QUAD 4 Games 5 - 0
Top 10 Massey Games 0 - 0
Top 11-25 Massey Games 0 - 0
Top 26-50 Massey Games 2 – 1
Was going to take them off and make it an annoying 19 teams instead of 20. But when I looked, there are 3 games left on the board. If you toss in a quad 1, 2, and 3 win to that resume it doesn’t look all that far off from team 14.