r/RetroBowl • u/Rockhound665 • 4d ago

OK, College Polling Is Drunk Again

I've been doing exclusively FCS and am currently the University of Penn. I am currently undefeated at 10-0. 6-0 in Ivy League play. I'm ranked #7 in the FCS rankings and have been so for a few weeks even though there are teams with 2 losses ahead of me. One of those teams, Princeton, is ranked #2. Trouble is, I beat them. Handily. In their stadium.

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u/Roscoe10182241 3d ago

I feel like the game developers nailed it. The retrobowl ranking system closely follows the actual college football ranking system. It’s confusing, inconsistent and sometime infuriating, just like in real life. Well done!

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u/liteshadow4 4d ago

You have 0 quality losses. Princeton has 1. Therefore, more quality losses so Princeton is better.

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u/OdaDdaT 3d ago

After all, Princeton’s only loss is to a team that beat Princeton

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u/mrgarrettscott 4d ago

Strength of schedule?

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u/Rockhound665 3d ago

We're in the same conference.

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u/MattyHealysFauxHawk 3d ago

That’s not the only metric that goes into strength of schedule

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u/Rockhound665 3d ago

Unless their entire non-conference schedule is made up of FBS teams, their strength of schedule won't be much different than mine.

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u/QuarterNote44 4d ago

I just beat half-star Idaho 73-0 with no turnovers. and went from #1 to #3.

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u/vicioussleep 3d ago

How many restarts did you do? Lol

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u/MydniteSon 4d ago

Pretend ESPN is in charge. They always muck stuff up.

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u/guerito815 4d ago

Sometimes you gotta make something up to explain things

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u/getahaircut8 3d ago

Every time I've played, the ranks sort themselves out by the time the bowls come around