NCAA 2007 360: 5-season Sim Results: Year 5
REPOSTED RANKING: I forgot to type in the right teams for final records.
Rankings:
…2010 Start…..2010 End………….Conference Champs
1. Florida St…..Notre Dame….12-0…ACC - Florida St.
2. USC…………Louisville….12-0…Big 10 - Ohio St.
3. Texas……….Florida…….12-1…Big 12 - Oklahoma
4. Penn St……..Florida St….12-1…Big East - Louisville
5. Notre Dame…..Ohio St…….11-1…ConfUSA - Houston
6. Iowa………..USC………..10-2…MAC - N. Illinois
7. W. Virginia….Iowa……….11-1…MntnWest - TCU
8. Okla St……..Fresno St…..12-0…PAC 10 - Cal
9. LSU…………Michigan……10-2…SEC - Florida
10. Florida…….Cal………..11-1…Sun Belt - Middle Tenn St.
11. Virginia……Texas………11-2…WAC - Fresno St.
12. Michigan……TCU………..11-1
13. Virg. Tech….Oklahoma……10-2
14. Oklahoma……Auburn……..11-2
15. Ohio St…….LSU………..10-2
16. Ole Miss……Ole Miss……10-2
17. Colorado……Texas A&M…..10-2
18. Auburn……..Colorado……10-2
19. Maryland……Oregon……..10-2
20. N. Carolina…Okla St……..9-3
Awards:
Heisman: Auburn HB #44
Top Bowl Games:
BCS Title Game: Florida vs. Notre Dame
Fiesta: Colorado vs. Fresno St.
Orange: Florida St. vs. Louisville
Rose: Ohio St. vs. Cal
Sugar: Michigan vs. USC
2010 Post-Season Recruiting Classes:
1. Michigan
2. Notre Dame
3. Ohio St.
4. Texas
5. Auburn
6. Oregon
7. Florida St.
8. USC
9. LSU
10. Oklahoma St.
11. Oklahoma
12. Texas A&M
13. Virginia
14. Florida
15. Wisconsin
16. Ole Miss
17. Houston
18. Nebraska
19. Louisville
20. Georgia
As you can see, most of the traditional national powers remained as such throughout the sim. I think, looking at the recruiting class results, that there are some things not to like. Michigan wins a national title and then goes 11-1 and both seasons failed to crack the top 20 in recruiting. That’s pretty out there. Of course, they made up for it in the final sim.
The overall team records are the most alarming stats, in my opinion. The number of undefeateds is just crazy high. And I think the number of one and two-loss teams is extremely inflated. I doubt much can be done about that, unfortunately.
July 21st, 2006 at 3:24 pm
I’ll wit for your analysis on this Todd. Great stuff man.
Wait a minute..OSU goes 12-0 and is ranked EIGHTH? WTF is that about? You sure that’s right? 2X wait — OSU has to have a loss to Michigan, yes?
July 21st, 2006 at 3:26 pm
Wow. I see you have OSU listed as Big10 champs, yet they aren’t in a BCS bowl? Todd really double check that man, this is the one instance in the test where something looks way out of whack.
July 21st, 2006 at 3:38 pm
I totally biffed on that one. The records for that year were all correct, but I hadn’t updated the teams. It’s fixed now.
July 21st, 2006 at 3:39 pm
If Notre Dame is going to be in the title game every year, I’m putting the game disc in the microwave and enjoying the light show.