Beat the Yotes

[sevelev711]

Thanks for that research, but what happens if Illinois State and South Dakota finish with a 6-2 record with UNI? (just to add another layer of difficulty when you were figuring all of those scenarios out )

I would figure USD would be the first eliminated in the tiebreaker process because they got beat by UNI and ISU. Then it would be between UNI and ISU. Both have played the same common opponents and finished 6-2, but UNI beat Southern Illinois (which ISU lost to) and lost to NDSU (which in this scenario ISU would beat). Then the part of the third tiebreaker would be the record of the next highest common opponent in league standings. If NDSU loses out they finish 5-3. If SDSU loses out they would be 4-4. And USD wins out to finish 6-2. Which we start at the beginning again, or do they go to the next highest common opponent, which would be NDSU since they both beat USD?

So in this scenario, once you get to Ill St and UNI, it goes to rule 4 of two-way, which means it's determined by "GPI," a formula used by NCAA, sort of like RPI. And while I can't find the numbers online, I'd guess that Ill St would be higher, due to records and SoS and the like.

[clenz]

UNI has the #1 SOS in the FCS according to pretty much every computer.

compare OOC
too 25 FBS Iowa State
Top 10-15 SUU
Horrid Cal Poly

Bottom half Pioneer League Butler
Average on their best day, EIU
NAU - who is < SUU


Massey has UNI 1 and ISUr 14 https://www.masseyratings.com/cf/fcs/ratings


i have no idea how GPI works though. The first year they used it EIU was #1 and they got destroyed by SDSU. Massive backlash happened when those were released. They haven’t released them to the public since. They simply say “based on GPI we did this”