01-02-2020, 04:58 PM
For now the sample size is small so it is not clear what exactly would happen in all scenarios.
However there have been years, like this one, where the PAC-12 champ with 2 losses finished behind non-conference champs from other conferences.
There has also not been a case where the PAC-12 champ, even with the same number of loses, has finished above SEC #1.
That implies the Pac-12 is the last of the Power 5 in this process. Though it is hard to tell because the PAC-12 suffers from greater parity in conference. Ironic that parity is a negative but it is in this process.
The CFP trend hurts USC most with their need for glory seeking recruiting targets, but it is not helping any PAC 12.
Sure hope the CFP expands to 6 with each conference winner getting included before the PAC-12 is seen as the newest member of the Group of 6.
I don’t live in The South but I suspect many there already see the PAC-12 as more like the AAC than the SEC.
However there have been years, like this one, where the PAC-12 champ with 2 losses finished behind non-conference champs from other conferences.
There has also not been a case where the PAC-12 champ, even with the same number of loses, has finished above SEC #1.
That implies the Pac-12 is the last of the Power 5 in this process. Though it is hard to tell because the PAC-12 suffers from greater parity in conference. Ironic that parity is a negative but it is in this process.
The CFP trend hurts USC most with their need for glory seeking recruiting targets, but it is not helping any PAC 12.
Sure hope the CFP expands to 6 with each conference winner getting included before the PAC-12 is seen as the newest member of the Group of 6.
I don’t live in The South but I suspect many there already see the PAC-12 as more like the AAC than the SEC.