I think Indiana should be out if they lose to Ohio St.
If the loser of the SECCG has 3 losses are they out?
We've been discussing this a lot in my little group ... I think the only way that's "fair" (funny word to use in this situation) is to disregard the championship game for the loser. ie a 10-2 team that loses its championship is looked at as if it were 10-2, not 10-3. Otherwise they're going to find themselves in situations where teams don't want to play for their conference championship and risk getting knocked out of the playoffs.If the loser of the SECCG has 3 losses are they out?
I'm leaning this way as well. Ignore the championship game for the loser and rank them based on their regular season record.We've been discussing this a lot in my little group ... I think the only way that's "fair" (funny word to use in this situation) is to disregard the championship game for the loser. ie a 10-2 team that loses its championship is looked at as if it were 10-2, not 10-3. Otherwise they're going to find themselves in situations where teams don't want to play for their conference championship and risk getting knocked out of the playoffs.
I agree these games should remain. I just don't think you can punish the runner up for losing that game if you are getting multiple conference teams in the playoffsI'm looking at the future a little differently regarding championship games. I think every conference should have one, after all, the name of the game is more games equals more money right? For the NCAA that is.