Bill Hancock, the College Football Playoff’s executive director, said teams benefit in terms of CFP selection from “being in a conference with other good teams.”
A gauntlet, truly, because from the ashes of the Pac-12 has risen the conference’s most dynamic football product in a long while. Washington’s Michael Penix Jr. is perhaps the mightiest challenger to Caleb Williams’ bid for back-to-back Heisman Trophies; Oregon and Utah are reloaded, undefeated and vying for a shot at the conference crown; and Colorado’s transfer-rich turnaround has become so scintillating in the “Coach Prime” era that Clippers star Kawhi Leonard, of all people,.
But the Pac-12’s strength – not the most top-heavy but the deepest conference in the FBS through the early part of this season – should give its eventual champion an inherent advantage. USC’s schedule through the rest of the season, in particular, boasts six teams currently ranked in the AP poll.
One of the most important factors in CFP selection, Hancock said, is “relative statistics” – the concept of measuring teams against one another by how well they performed against other team’s established results. Hancock’s explanation, in simpler terms:
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