4. Baylor at 13 and Oklahoma at 10
Last week, the committee blew it by having an unbeaten Minnesota – who beat Illinois – behind a two-loss Wisconsin team that lost to Illinois.
It also, somehow, had the Kansas State team that beat Oklahoma behind Oklahoma. Okay, at the time, Kansas State had a few losses.
One of them was to Baylor.
It’s not like Baylor doesn’t have any real wins.
It beat Iowa State, just like Oklahoma just did.
It beat Oklahoma State, a ranked win.
It beat TCU, and it got past Kansas State 31-12.
That’s the same Kansas State that beat Oklahoma.
Is Oklahoma better than Baylor? I think so, and so does most of the world that made it a ten-point favorite in Waco. But the world also thought Penn State was almost a touchdown better than Minnesota, too.
The eye-test doesn’t work. Either we’re going by the results, or what’s the point? At the moment, like it or not, Baylor is 9-0, Oklahoma is 8-1, and Baylor passed a test that Oklahoma failed.
Based on resumés, swap 13 Baylor and 10 Oklahoma and you have it about right.
– This week’s big whiff
– The known unknown
– The Group of Five situation
– What it all really means