No doubt. Both UNLV and Boise would crush CSU. But we were able to avoid Boise last year, lost head to head vs SJSU, but we got the championship against Boise because of the way it unfolded.
I mean, we aren’t used to considering potential scenarios when the football schedule comes out, we haven’t experienced enough success to dissect a schedule in the preseason. We’ve typically done that with basketball in the past.
I’m sure we will all look more closely at it next season.
Last year the round robin of bsu vs sjsu vs unlv was incomplete, though 2 of the 3 permutations occurred. It was a little different, where this year CSU plays neither of the top 2 teams.
SJSU didn't get in because the computers didn't favor them. And it went that way because 3 teams were tied for 2 spots, rather than 2 teams tied for 1 spot.
In 2023, 3-team 6-2 tie for forst, incomplete round robin, none ranked in CFP rankings. Computers had unlv 1, bsu 2, and sjsu 3, despite UNLV losing to SJSU. If SJSU had won bigger, probably would have knocked UNLV out.
That said - 2024, unlv and csu dont play head to head. So if CSU loses 1 and UNLV wins out, 2 team tie for the right to play at BSU (assuming BSU wins out). Neither CSU nor UNLV likely to be in CFP which is next tie breaker. 3rd tie breaker is overall winning percentage, which would give UNLV the nod
