point while ignoring the total picture. What is the deal with “what we can control”? No team is any different from us on the front. It’s an irrelevant point. Nobody gets a pass for losing a game. It’s all reflected in their numbers. You act like these ranking decision are being made by people. Computers don’t make judgments or give passes. And if the “SEC” was making a sickness excuse I would say the same thing to them. Are you simply trying to match the absurdity that the other side puts forth? Aim higher. Computers don’t care if someone has the flu. And is our team the only one who was ever impacted by sickness or injury? It’s just the breaks of the game. If you want to “if only” feel free but it doesn’t matter. And there no way to factor those things in. Nobody is going to evaluate every extenuating circumstance for every team in every game and use their judgment to move a team up or down. ** Edited by nkhooch at 5/9/2026, 12:59:32 AM