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Old 11-22-2005, 09:29 PM
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Default Re: Top Conferences Top-to-Bottom Using Sagarin Predictor

Notre dame 1-2 is completely fine, considering Purdue, MSU, and Michigan aren't the class of the Big Ten, and Notre Dame is a top 10 team.

OSU loses to Texas, and that's fine, because Texas is the second best team in the country.

ISU (4th best in Big 12) (a decent team) beat Iowa (6th best in Big Ten).

Illinois (worst team in Big Ten) loses to California (4th best in Pac-10).

ASU (5th best in Pac-10) beats Northwestern (7th best in Big Ten).

All of these losses are a superior team beating a worse one. The Big Ten's cream of the crop hasn't lost to any bad teams, and they've beaten some decent ones. Of those 6 losses to teams in major conferences, 1's against Texas, 2 are against Notre Dame, another is because of Illinois, and the others are lesser teams from the Big Ten against good teams out of conference.

The evidence is not damning.
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