College Football Playoff Rivals: Which Underdogs Could Shock the Nation and Secure Their Spot?

Opta Analyst’s Playoff potential rating, which is a score on a 0-to-100 scale with two components: a team’s TRACR rating and its record. Does a team limit its losses, and does it put up good results against a strong schedule? Or, in the case of this preseason analysis, is it projected to have a pretty record against a difficult slate?
This is the question Playoff potential seeks to answer with a composite rating:
Let’s say the Georgia ranks No. 1 in the nation, per TRACR. What if, instead of playing its own matchups, Georgia played Penn State’s Big Ten slate? If we simulate the Bulldogs playing Purdue on the road, Ohio, Auburn, etc., how often would they end up with what we project Penn State’s record to be?

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