Latest BCS Standings Released: Computers Hate TCU

With games left against New Mexico and Wyoming they will probably continue to plummet. Here is what TCU and Texas’ opponents did yesterday.

TCU
Virgina – Lost 14-10 to Boston College
Texas State – Lost 30-27 to McNeese State
Clemson – Won 43-23 over North Carolina State
SMU – Won 35-31 over UTEP
Air Force – Won 45-17 over UNLV
Colorado State – BYE
BYU – Won 24-19 over New Mexico
UNLV – Lost 45-17 to Air Force
San Diego State – Lost 30-27 to Wyoming
Utah – Lost to TCU
Overall their opponents went (4-5) yesterday with no impressive wins.

Texas
Louisiana-Monroe – Won 21-18 over WKU
Wyoming – Won 30-27 over San Diego State
Texas Tech – Lost 24-17 over Oklahoma State
Oklahoma State- Won 24-17 over Texas Tech
Colorado – Lost 17-10 to Iowa State
UTEP – Lost 35-31 to SMU
Oklahoma – Won 65-10 over Texas A&M
Missouri – Won 38-12 over Kansas State
UCF – Won 37-32 over Houston
Baylor – Lost to Texas
Overall their opponents went (5-5) also, but UCF had a big win over Houston

That evidence isn’t too strong, but slightly does favor Texas. I wonder if TCU would be ahead of Texas in the computers if Houston would have beat UCF?

I would think a head to head win would count more, but who knows how those computers work

I personally have TCU #4 in my computer poll, but I think I can shed some light on how a team can beat someone like Utah, and not gain.

When the computer does the rankings, it looks at the strength of the opponents for the entire year. Most also take into account games not played as part of the overall SoS.

So you have Utah who was a 1 loss team. But after the game, they become a 2 loss team. Meaning, some of the value of the Utah game is lost in things. Thus, TCU losses a little bit in the computers as a result.

Take a team like baylor. Not to much is expected of them, and so they were already low rated. Thus, they lose and it’s not a big deal.

Also, you TCU fans have got to quit talking about the “top 25 wins” as if they mean something. They really don’t. Those are great games for TCU, no doubt. But the rest of the schedule also matters. You have to look at the overall average of the entire schedule. What hurts TCU is all those games you have against extremely low ranked teams(talking probably not in the top 100). Meanwhile, Texas may only have 1 “top 25 win”, but the rest of the teams they play are likely top 50 candidates in most cases.

If you guys could just get 1 more game added to the end of the season against a top10 team, it would help you so much, enough that you might even get considered for the national championship game even without 1 loss of the top teams. I hope your coach takes note of that in the future when you schedule games. TCU looks tough, and it’s a shame you guys don’t really have a chance at the championship. But you just gotta play an overall tougher schedule.

I’m an Alabama fan, but I’m a sucker for the small underdogs going big.