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[QUOTE="SWC75, post: 1982183, member: 289"]
THE PESCI BOWL

Besides keeping track of the current contenders for the college football play, for the last couple of years I have been imagining something I call the Pesci Bowl- a bowl game between the two best teams who were unable to make the playoff besides excellent records because their schedules were not considered “big time”. In current parlance, that would mean teams that aren’t in the “Power Five” conferences.  (For my estimation of who might have played in previous “Pesci Bowls” – see below). I’ve named the fictional event after actor Joe Pesci, a  vertically challenged but feisty actor we’ve seen in many films, especially “Goodfellas” and “Casino”.

I’ve listed the non-Power Five teams with no or one loss with the teams they have left to play on their schedules that are also on the list. The rankings are the highest ranking in any of the major polls. ‘Points’ against ranked teams are from my week “Against Ranked Teams” post.

WESTERN MICHIGAN  12-0  (537-230) ranked 13th / 0 Points against ranked teams (PART)
12/2 Ohio U.7-4, (313-257), 2 PART in the MAC title game.

2-loss teams:

Boise State  10-2 (427-272)  0 PART         
Navy 9-2 (459-331) ranked #19 / 26 PART
South Florida 10-2 (523-372) 11 PART
Troy 9-2 (386-236) 0 PART

Comments: South Florida will play Navy in the AAC title game and then Navy will play Army. Troy still has a game against Georgia Southern. I can’t imagine picking them over the other three two lost teams.  Since Boise won’t be playing for their conference title I’ll probably pick the AAC winner to play Western Michigan.
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