State didn’t score a plus with the opponent, as anytime you play a team outside the power five, unless maybe it’s Boise State, you won’t elevate your program much by winning, but if you lose, you’ll be seen as being on the mid-major level. Thank John Swofford for the Notre Dame “addition” that cost the ACC a tier one spot.
State didn’t score a plus with the opponent… can’t argue with that. But the rest is merely valid opinion. Without looking, who did UCF play in the Fiesta Bowl. Did UCF’s opponent suffer the indignity of losing to a non Power 5 opponent thereby being seen as being on the mid-major level? Baylor doesn’t think so and neither does anybody who knows football see them that way.
Nice to criticize Swoffard for any reason — true or false — but ND didn’t cost us a tier 1 spot, the shenanigans of the committee did that. Until the committee maneuvered the rankings to give the BIG another spot, we were set just fine. Furthermore IMO the ACC getting to play ND 5 times a year is worth an occasional tier 1 spot. While it could have been, it just wasn’t this year.
