Big10 to stop scheduling FCS schools

[ScionOfSouthland]

So if Clemson can go toe to toe with SEC #5 in the CFA bowl, could we tackle SEC #12-14? I would be more willing to watch us play Auburn, Ole Miss, Tennessee, Vandy, or Mizzou.

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[ThisIsAtlanta]

Our AD needs to take into account that scheduling interesting games will help fill the stands and will get players (recruits) excited about playing here.

Basketball AD doesn't care about your stadium seats.

 

[lonestarjacket]

They do take into account strength of schedule.

Some of the computer rankings take SoS into account. Some do it better than others.

But they have diminished the computer rankings as a whole in the BCS rank relative to opinion polls.

 

[mabe_xc]

Some of the computer rankings take SoS into account. Some do it better than others.

But they have diminished the computer rankings as a whole in the BCS rank relative to opinion polls.

That was my initial point. The Harris Interactive and USA Today Polls are the main polls used. They do not take into account the SoS. The voters may, but the record usually oversees any other metric.

 

[Legal Jacket]

That was my initial point. The Harris Interactive and USA Today Polls are the main polls used. They do not take into account the SoS. The voters may, but the record usually oversees any other metric.

They don't explicitly take into account strength of schedule, but they definitely do to some extent.

Just look at the Harris Interactive Poll.

Georgia had 2 losses, but was ahead of 1 loss KSU. That's probably because of perceived strength of schedule. Teams like Boise State (10-2), NIU (12-1), Louisville (10-2), Northwestern (9-2), Utah State (10-2), and Kent State (11-2) were all behind teams with fewer losses, simply because of strength of schedule.

Sure, record is the most important, but it's the same way with the computer polls too. Nobody is getting ranked based on strength of schedule alone.

If the point is, this won't affect them because strength of schedule doesn't matter, that is incorrect. If the point is, dropping FCS schools and adding lower tier FBS schools won't change the SoS enough for voters to notice, that's probably right.