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Playoff Contenders - A look at schedule strength according to F +/-

Thought I would take a look at how the schedules of the contenders for the playoff stack up.

This is each team and the F+/- of their opponents in order of their schedule with FCS teams not included.

So for FSU's schedule, Oklahoma State is currently 76th, Clemson 20th, Miami 11th, etc.

Then I summarized the number of opponents in each ranking category, 1-10, 11-20, 21-30, etc.

The ** denotes a loss.

Not sure what gives Oregon the edge over FSU, the Ducks seem to have one more loss, less top 20 wins,

& less top 30 wins. FSU has a tougher closing schedule than Oregon as well (#34 & #42 vs. #73 & #65).

For the conference championship game FSU will get either Duke #25 or Georgia Tech #14.

Oregon gets ASU at #19, so pretty comparable.

I guess it is the old "eye test".

I'd also look out for MSU to possibly jump FSU if they beat Ole Miss who currently sits at #4.

The committee (ESPN) would love to see Alabama play FSU in round one and Oregon in the final.


Oregon Alabama FSU MSU TCU Baylor OSU

22 28 76 115 35 127 45

104 106 20 87 127 116 27**

74 115 66 99 12 86 113

32** 42 90 15 9** 53 60

17 4** 72 50 87 6 46

62 30 24 7 78 28** 63

47 50 16 79 28 93 43

33 38 40 30 26 12 89

29 15 11 1** 93 22

5 35
Remaining







73 34 108 53 76 88

65 7 42 4 86 78 55

26
Conf. Champ.







19 8 25 13








0-10 0 2 0 2 1 1 0
11-20 1 1 3 1 1 1 0
21-30 2 2 1 1 2 1 2
31-40 2 1 1 0 1 0 1
41-50 1 2 0 1 0 0 3
50+ 3 2 4 4 4 5 4

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