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Originally Posted by alnorth
Long post incoming. With the coming importance of SOS, especially if we get the top-4 model that the SEC (and probably Big 12) wants, or a plus-one model, I think we'll start to see a new interesting dynamic in college football. If your team is good, you are going to care a great deal about how well other teams in your conference do in non-conference games, and if they lose too many, that could screw your team over.
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Isn't it obvious by now that the top-4 model isn't happening? There is a reason that the SEC just partnered with the Big XII. Those 4 conferences are going to get automatic bids into the playoffs.
SOS will matter for at-large bids, but it isn't going to matter for the conference champs.