These are the rankings for Scoring Offenses each team in the top five have played. I added Georgia, but left out Auburn as they have two losses and a much longer shot to make the playoffs. If necessary, I can go back and add them.
Alabama
Florida State.............121
Fresno State...............61
Colorado State............35
Vanderbilt..................98
Ole Miss.....................31
Texas A&M.................41
Arkansas....................70
Tennessee................116
LSU...........................83
Mississippi State..........37
Clemson
Kent State................128
Auburn.......................19
Louisville....................22
Boston College...........103
Virginia Tech...............46
Wake Forest................28
Syracuse....................54
Georgia Tech..............47
NC State....................49
Florida State.............121
Miami
Bethune-Cookman......94 - (DIAA)
Toledo.......................25
Duke.......................100
Florida State.............121
Georgia Tech..............47
Syracuse....................54
North Carolina...........105
Virginia Tech...............46
Notre Dame................14
OU
UTEP........................129
Ohio State....................5
Tulane........................76
Baylor........................85
Iowa State..................45
Texas.........................57
Kansas State...............42
Texas Tech..................13
Oklahoma State.............2
TCU............................30
Georgia
App State...................52
Notre Dame................14
Samford.....................41 (DIIA)
Miss State..................37
Tennessee................116
Vanderbilt..................98
Missouri.....................16
Florida.....................115
South Carolina............93
Auburn......................19
Wisconsin
Utah State..................57
Florida Atlantic............10
BYU.........................122
Northwestern..............75
Nebraska....................90
Purdue.....................100
Maryland.....................70
Illinois......................123
Indiana......................85
Iowa..........................80
Alabama hasn't faced a top 30 offense this year. Not one. They haven't faced the top three SEC offenses either, although they will face #19 Auburn next week. It will be, by far, the best offensive team they face all year.
Clemson has faced some good to very good offenses, so I give it up to them. I can see why the CFP Committee likes their defense. All teams have played a horrible team or two, but they've played seven offenses that are in the top half of the NCAA.
Miami's rankings are built on four teams that are either in the bottom 100 or a horrible DIIA team. Four out of nine games played. Toledo looks like the best offense they've faced. Notre Dame has a higher ranking, but they are 108th in passing. They can only run, and Miami exposed them for that. This is something I guarantee the committee has not looked at. They see the turnover chains and get all giddy.
OU has faced three top 15 teams in scoring, and two in the top five. This is not a defense of Mike Stoops, because he's clearly shown he can't consistently defend a spread team. But like Clemson, we've faced seven teams that are in the top half of the NCAA in scoring, and four in the top 30.
Georgia has played half of their games against teams who are either in the bottom 90 in scoring or a DIIA team. But they've also played three teams in the top 20, and gave up 19, 28 and 40 to those teams. One of those was Notre Dame, who, again, cannot throw a forward pass to save its life. Against a team who can both run and pass equally (Auburn), they gave up 40.
Wisconsin...giggle. NINE of their ten games are against teams in the bottom half of the NCAA in scoring, including SIX in the bottom 80. Anyone giving Wisconsin ANY credit for defense is either on drugs, or needs to be.
Again, this is not to pimp OU's defense. But it does shed a little light on which teams have played even decent offenses and which ones haven't. I think, besides the eye test, you do need to look at who they've played when discussing defenses.
Alabama
Florida State.............121
Fresno State...............61
Colorado State............35
Vanderbilt..................98
Ole Miss.....................31
Texas A&M.................41
Arkansas....................70
Tennessee................116
LSU...........................83
Mississippi State..........37
Clemson
Kent State................128
Auburn.......................19
Louisville....................22
Boston College...........103
Virginia Tech...............46
Wake Forest................28
Syracuse....................54
Georgia Tech..............47
NC State....................49
Florida State.............121
Miami
Bethune-Cookman......94 - (DIAA)
Toledo.......................25
Duke.......................100
Florida State.............121
Georgia Tech..............47
Syracuse....................54
North Carolina...........105
Virginia Tech...............46
Notre Dame................14
OU
UTEP........................129
Ohio State....................5
Tulane........................76
Baylor........................85
Iowa State..................45
Texas.........................57
Kansas State...............42
Texas Tech..................13
Oklahoma State.............2
TCU............................30
Georgia
App State...................52
Notre Dame................14
Samford.....................41 (DIIA)
Miss State..................37
Tennessee................116
Vanderbilt..................98
Missouri.....................16
Florida.....................115
South Carolina............93
Auburn......................19
Wisconsin
Utah State..................57
Florida Atlantic............10
BYU.........................122
Northwestern..............75
Nebraska....................90
Purdue.....................100
Maryland.....................70
Illinois......................123
Indiana......................85
Iowa..........................80
Alabama hasn't faced a top 30 offense this year. Not one. They haven't faced the top three SEC offenses either, although they will face #19 Auburn next week. It will be, by far, the best offensive team they face all year.
Clemson has faced some good to very good offenses, so I give it up to them. I can see why the CFP Committee likes their defense. All teams have played a horrible team or two, but they've played seven offenses that are in the top half of the NCAA.
Miami's rankings are built on four teams that are either in the bottom 100 or a horrible DIIA team. Four out of nine games played. Toledo looks like the best offense they've faced. Notre Dame has a higher ranking, but they are 108th in passing. They can only run, and Miami exposed them for that. This is something I guarantee the committee has not looked at. They see the turnover chains and get all giddy.
OU has faced three top 15 teams in scoring, and two in the top five. This is not a defense of Mike Stoops, because he's clearly shown he can't consistently defend a spread team. But like Clemson, we've faced seven teams that are in the top half of the NCAA in scoring, and four in the top 30.
Georgia has played half of their games against teams who are either in the bottom 90 in scoring or a DIIA team. But they've also played three teams in the top 20, and gave up 19, 28 and 40 to those teams. One of those was Notre Dame, who, again, cannot throw a forward pass to save its life. Against a team who can both run and pass equally (Auburn), they gave up 40.
Wisconsin...giggle. NINE of their ten games are against teams in the bottom half of the NCAA in scoring, including SIX in the bottom 80. Anyone giving Wisconsin ANY credit for defense is either on drugs, or needs to be.
Again, this is not to pimp OU's defense. But it does shed a little light on which teams have played even decent offenses and which ones haven't. I think, besides the eye test, you do need to look at who they've played when discussing defenses.
