Sentences with phrase «by strength of schedule»

Arguments are one thing, but college football's national title is more directly affected by strength of schedule than that of any other major sport.

Once again, this can largely be explained by the strength of schedule since Green Bay will face weaker competition than any other team in the league.

Not exact matches

True strength of schedule can only be measured by looking backward.

«Bama's strength of schedule is artificially inflated by the presence of Mississippi State, and its scoring margin probably impacted by playing Arkansas and Missouri without their starting quarterbacks.

The Jacksonville Jaguars, who have the second easiest strength of schedule, look like they're being highly undervalued by oddsmakers.

With all their different criteria, which dwell more on overall schedule strength than the human polls tend to do, how will this week's upheaval be judged by the arbiters of the Playoff?

Here is a brief rundown how tiebreakers work — 1) Head to Head matchups, 2) The overall win - loss record of a team (if you advanced out of pool play in Volleyball it's a W, if not it's a L) are taken and whoever has the better record gets the nod, 3) if still tied somehow, strength of schedule will be used by adding up the points in the Standings for each team's opponents during the season.

Here's how Tiebreakers work: 1) Head to Head matchups (volleyball tourney doesn't count), 2) If the teams didn't play head to head (non-volleyball) he overall win - loss record of a team (if you advanced out of pool play in Volleyball it's a W, if not it's a L) are taken and whoever has the better record gets the nod, 3) if still tied somehow, strength of schedule will be used by adding up the points in the Standings for each team's opponents during the season.

If still tied, Strength of Schedule will be used by adding up the combined records of Opponents for Involved Teams.

The Knights» strength of schedule ranks just 103rd overall, and they are being punished severely for it by the CFP committee.

If it gets too hectic in terms of advanced stats and strength of schedule: Ohio State lost by 31 points to Iowa and coughed up another game before that to Oklahoma.

By deferring to the coaches, the SEC allows a state of affairs in which the Pac - 12 achieves parity in strength of schedule.

The playoff committee, deeply unimpressed by Wisconsin's less - than - stellar strength of schedule, placed four one - loss teams ahead of the undefeated Badgers.

Like when he played an almost full strength squad at home to Coventry in the FA Cup a couple of seasons ago, when we had a busy fixture schedule and big games coming up just days away, so we know he's prone to random bouts of insanity by risking players.

But few are well equipped to handle the strain of a hectic festive schedule than Tottenham's squad and with key personnel returning from long - term injuries at just the right time — Michael Dawson and Jermain Defoe both back from injury and involved in first - team affairs — this could be a defining period of the season for Spurs, a period where others may falter as they capitalise by defying the physical demands of Christmas fixtures by using strength in numbers.

Copies of the student cumulative academic file should be sent to the nontraditional or alternative school to ensure adherence to second language, special needs, or medical plans, to establish accurate student schedules, and to ensure the student's areas of academic strength and growth are known and used by the nontraditional or alternative school to develop the individual student plan.