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Under the BCS system, a nine-game schedule has generally helped boost
the strength of schedule ratings for those leagues with the computer
polls. In 2012, for example, the worst schedule in the Big 12 belonged
to Texas Tech, which Jeff Sagarin
ranked No. 36 out of the 236 teams covered by his ratings system. Eight
of 12 teams in the B1G, which only played eight conference games, had
schedules ranked below the Red Raiders.
As such, when the selection committee members assemble at the end of
every season to figure out who's going to make college football's Big
Dance, only playing eight league games could weigh against teams from
the ACC and SEC. Also, B1G, Pac-12 and Big 12 schools will only have
three open non-conference slots to fill every year. Given that most will
want at least seven home games per season, the window to schedule
home-and-home non-conference contests with other major opponents will
shrink.
The SEC might be able to get by staying at an eight-game schedule.
(Remeber that now Mike Slive has his own network to think about, too,
though.) For the ACC, moving to nine games, an idea that the league already dropped once, might become a necessity.
http://www.bloguin.com/crystalballrun/2013-articles/april/big-ten-s-new-conference-schedule-likely-to-have-ripple-effect.html
This post was edited on 4/21 8:31 AM by Buckaineer
Under the BCS system, a nine-game schedule has generally helped boost
the strength of schedule ratings for those leagues with the computer
polls. In 2012, for example, the worst schedule in the Big 12 belonged
to Texas Tech, which Jeff Sagarin
ranked No. 36 out of the 236 teams covered by his ratings system. Eight
of 12 teams in the B1G, which only played eight conference games, had
schedules ranked below the Red Raiders.
As such, when the selection committee members assemble at the end of
every season to figure out who's going to make college football's Big
Dance, only playing eight league games could weigh against teams from
the ACC and SEC. Also, B1G, Pac-12 and Big 12 schools will only have
three open non-conference slots to fill every year. Given that most will
want at least seven home games per season, the window to schedule
home-and-home non-conference contests with other major opponents will
shrink.
The SEC might be able to get by staying at an eight-game schedule.
(Remeber that now Mike Slive has his own network to think about, too,
though.) For the ACC, moving to nine games, an idea that the league already dropped once, might become a necessity.
http://www.bloguin.com/crystalballrun/2013-articles/april/big-ten-s-new-conference-schedule-likely-to-have-ripple-effect.html
This post was edited on 4/21 8:31 AM by Buckaineer
