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[QUOTE="HRE Otto IV, post: 4985042, member: 5685"]
But is C really "gaming the system"? Playing a decent mid major vs a complete crap mid major should be a good thing. There should be incentive to do so. For the top teams it doesn't really matter. But for the bubble teams, they could actually lose those games.

Also wasn't there an original RPI that seemed more accurate and an RPI 2.0 that was crap (but still better than the NET)?

Some people will say the NET isn't a big deal that it isn't really used, but it is used. Whenever people bring up record vs the Top 50 how do they think the Top 50 was composed in the first place? Yes they might not look at your actual ranking but it is used when they look at who you played, without actually looking at who you played.

It really shouldn't be that hard. On March 11th come up with your locks and your under considerations. Compile each teams records against only those teams. Then add in any results from Championship week. That makes it easy to see who you played, who you beat, and how many bad Ls (outside this group) that you had. You don't need an RPI or a NET.

Just doing a quick look I would say that there are about 80 teams right now under consideration (including auto bids). We still have 17 days left in the season so it is possible a few more can be added to that list. You don't need a NET to separate those last 25 or so teams.
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