Ball Talk Rankings - FBS
Season Rankings
| Rk | Team | Record | Last Opp | Result | Metric (Ent) ▼ | Metric (End) | Next Opp |
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But but but
"We Played A Really Good Team Close"
You want a cookie? Cookies are for the victors only. If your team has zero wins all season, but loses by one score in every game, then your coach is fired.
"They Haven't Played Anybody"
Then schedule them. Previously no upside, now with the Ent lots of points you can win by scheduling teams you think are frauds.
"We Both Beat That Opponent, So We Should Get Rewarded The Same"
The more games are played, the more a team evolves, and the more film teams have on each other. The Ent naturally values outcomes closer to the postseason, whereas the End puts the same value on early season matchups as end of season. A league should commit to one of these schools of thought and not bend from it. An advantage of the Ent from a viewer standpoint is that it encourages high profile early season scheduling, while still rewarding success.
"You Know They Won't Win Now That Their Star Player Is Injured"
If a team went winless in the entire regular season, then their star player returns from injury in the last game and they win by 50, do you think they deserve a spot in the postseason? Should a team advancing in the postseason be swapped out if their star player gets injured in the quarter finals? No