Quote Originally Posted by youngterrier View Post
Looking at the Socon right now, I think we're going to get 2 teams in the playoffs for sure, with 3 being the most likely number. There is one possible scenario in which 5 get in, here it is.

Wofford (currently 5-0) wins (at least) 3 of the next 5, finishing 8-3 or 9-2 (outcome against Citadel is irrelevant.

Western Carolina loses to both Furman and Mercer and finishes 7-4

Samford loses to Mercer and Furman, finishes 7-4 but beats Wofford

Furman wins out, but loses to Mercer, finishes 7-4.

Mercer wins out, finishes 7-4.

Some may look at this and say that only Wofford gets in. They would also point out that Samford wouldn't/shouldn't qualify, noting having 7 D1 wins. But they did last year. Samford could have a quality win at Wofford

Furman could have quality losses to Wofford, Elon, NC State and Mercer but quality wins against Western and Samford

Mercer would have a quality win at Furman and Samford, and a quality loss to Wofford, Auburn and an understandable loss to Alabama.

And finally Western would have numerous quality losses and a quality win against Samford.

Now, will this happen? No idea? does it harm the concept of quality wins or losses with this sort of inconsistency? Yes

But all of this is possible, as is the socon playoff race
I was about to suggest on the other thread that you should do the math on this and work through it. Cool - Thanks!

I'm sure the MVFC, CAA, and Big Lie Conference guys will be right over soon to support the 5 Teams from the SoCon scenario! They'll LOVE IT!!!