Here’s kind of an interesting discovery from a Reddit post on CFB.
Essentially because of bloated conferences, there is no way to play entirely fair and equal schedules. This we already knew.
What could happen this year, albeit unlikely, is ending up with more than 2 undefeated teams in a conference, where a third gets left out of a conference championship because of tiebreaker rules (combined conference opponent record).
There are paths out there where Clemson, Miami, and SMU all go undefeated, leaving an odd man out.
Pitt plays two of those teams, and as the only team that does, controls their own destiny.
Essentially because of bloated conferences, there is no way to play entirely fair and equal schedules. This we already knew.
What could happen this year, albeit unlikely, is ending up with more than 2 undefeated teams in a conference, where a third gets left out of a conference championship because of tiebreaker rules (combined conference opponent record).
There are paths out there where Clemson, Miami, and SMU all go undefeated, leaving an odd man out.
Pitt plays two of those teams, and as the only team that does, controls their own destiny.