Last year both Texas and Oklahoma were added to the SEC. Texas drew the favorable schedule avoiding Alabama, Ole Miss, LSU, Tennessee, South Carolina and Missouri (all ranked) while Oklahoma drew all 6 of those and also had to face Texas. Texas ended up in the title game and Oklahoma went 6-6. With the Power […]
In 2023 Oklahoma St was not the second-best team in the Big 12 but had the best schedule and they landed in the Big 12 title game. With the Power Four conferences going to as many as 18 team leagues, who you play and who you miss is even more important. Today I we look […]
In 2023 Oklahoma St was not the second-best team in the Big 12 but had the best schedule and they landed in the Big 12 title game. With the Power Four conferences going to as many as 18 team leagues, who you play and who you miss is even more important. Today we look at […]
The MW did away with divisions in 2023 and went into the tie breaker to see which teams qualified for the title game and who got home edge. Boise traveled to and beat UNLV in ’23 while a deserving San Jose St team which beat UNLV in the final did not play in the title […]
Sometimes it is not just the best teams that play in the title game. Who you play and where you play them can sometimes determine teams with the best record. Today we look at the Sun Belt Conference. The Sun Belt plays a 8-game schedule so all teams have 4 home and 4 away games […]
Sometimes it is not just the best teams that play in the title game. Who you play and where you play them can sometimes determine teams with the best record. Today we look at Conference CUSA. CUSA plays an 8-game schedule so all teams have 4 home and 4 away games so there is no […]
The MAC used to have divisions and most years recently the West was the tougher division with more bowl caliber teams. This they scraped the divisional format last year. The MAC plays an 8-game schedule and unlike 3 of the Power 4 conference no team has an edge with extra home games or fewer away […]
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Home Field Advantage Part Five: Home Field Edge Calculations On every right-hand team page in the magazine, I list that teams’ current home power ratings. These home ratings go from a low of two points to a high of six points. I have nine sets of power ratings and this is the adjustment I give […]
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This is a multi-part series of how I grade the home field edges. On the right-hand pages of the magazine for all 136 teams (Delaware and Missouri St added this year), I list the home field advantage. I think college football crowds are the best in sports and some teams have larger home field edges […]
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