Originally Posted by
Roose
Auburn blew an 18 point lead to the national title favorite. You know what that means? It means that at one point they were beating the favored team by a lot. Regardless of win or loss, how does exceeding expectations lead to underperformance? Does that mean that Auburn is bad or that FSU is simply better? Also, if only winning matters, then wtf does it matter how Auburn won their two games to finish the season? Last I checked it took a miracle by FSU to win the game, so where is the depreciation in their win? At least be consistent.
It is mind boggling how some of you think that a loss is a loss. Maybe that why you have such a hard time understanding or accepting rankings. It DOES matter who you lose to, just like it matters who you have beaten. It matters a ton. You can't lose to mediocre teams and expect to get the same treatment as a team that loses to a strong team.
If you want quality of opponents not to matter, go watch pro sports. In college sports rankings matter, and that means that you have different degrees of loss, just like wins. It matters in both football and basketball, and I imagine the same goes for the less popular sports as well.
Quality of wins and losses will matter even more next season when the selection committee chooses the final four teams.