They deviated from RPI (we were 14) and they didn’t punish
Oregon’s 156 non conference SoS
Ours was 100 spots higher
Many other committees have voted non conference SoS (the schedule you control) as reasons for teams not hosting (Minnesota was top 5 in rankings…but around 16 RPI) and didn’t host because their OOC SoS was so low.
They also cited “win %” vs top 50 for the first time ever…because they wanted to give a reason to choose Oregon
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VT was anything but hosed with this assignment .....
-- hokietony
May 20, 2025 at 08:18 AM ET
hokietony
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05/20/25 08:18 AM ET
Venue as difficult as opponent. Duke, Oregon, Arizona
-- hokiepro
May 20, 2025 at 08:53 AM ET
hokiepro
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05/20/25 08:53 AM ET
VT did not take care of business later in the season. Pitt and Clemson
-- HardTimes
May 20, 2025 at 09:13 AM ET
HardTimes
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05/20/25 09:13 AM ET
This line of reasoning assumes some discrete criteria is available for a
-- WestEndHokie39
May 20, 2025 at 11:12 AM ET
WestEndHokie39
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05/20/25 11:12 AM ET
What “historical used” criteria?
-- Hokie4Life_89
May 20, 2025 at 12:49 PM ET
Hokie4Life_89
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05/20/25 12:49 PM ET
They deviated from RPI (we were 14) and they didn’t punish
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-- hokiepro
May 20, 2025 at 08:56 PM ET
hokiepro
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05/20/25 08:56 PM ET
10,000% correct! We did this to ourselves: Pitt & Folding with Clemson**
-- George Baylor
May 20, 2025 at 09:55 AM ET
George Baylor
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05/20/25 09:55 AM ET