Houston Cougars Schedule

we'll jump them.  Heck we may still jump them with a stumble.  If that happens, Houston will have all the more reason and motivation to get into the big 12.

The Committee will take SOS into account.  

But if they take care of business, OU and Lousiville have good years, and the AAC has mutliple strong teams like they did last year, then Houston will have an argument over a two loss Power 5 conference champ.

I have to admit I find Big Ten fans bitching about what they consider to be other team's weak schedules and then bitching about the SEC's "Big Boy football" attitude to be hilarious.  If it's annoying when other conference fans do it to us, then it's annoying when we do it to others.  

Well if you're worried a team passed us because they had a more impressive win in a given week, the fact that their schedule is garbage should be encouraging. Louisville may be the only game left that even holds a candle to any one of Penn State, Wisconsin, @MSU, @Iowa, and @OSU. We have several chances to pass them, and in the Playoff era, worrying about any single team is very silly. 

If we win out, we will have a better Resume than they do!

It still surprises me how many people are attached to the old polls model where teams never dropped positions unless they lost or looked awful against a bad team, when we have two years of evidence from the committees conclusively demonstrating that the poll habits are no longer a factor.

The committee can and will drop a team that wins if another team behind them gets a better win that burnishes its resume. They actively reassess and compare each team, including their entire resumes, each week. 

The first year is a good example of this: TCU got jumped by Baylor and both got jumped by OSU on the final weekend despite everyone winning, because OSU looked better and TCU played a lousy team. 

The idea that somehow a team is going to stay ahead of us with a weak schedule because somehow the committee is going to follow the AP balloting is mythical. 

Don't worry. If Michigan wins its big games on the road, it is going to jump people.

They don't control the rest of their confrence. Houston, frankly, has done exactly what you'd want a team from the Group of 5 to do in order to "earn" a bid. They played and beat a playoff team from last year that was returning a ton of talent. They will play Louisville, which is currently a top 20 team, and might well be by the time they play in November. They beat Florida State to close the season last year. And they'll have a 13th game, quite possibly against a ranked team, like USF, if they're in position to get into the playoff.

And the AAC did produce multiple top 25 teams last year. 

I can see an argument if they're getting in over a deserving one loss team from a confrence that wouldn't other wise be represented. But since my guess is that probably at least two leagues will have conference champs with at least one loss (Big XII, PAC 12) that may not matter. 

Next question. 

If Oklahoma takes it on the chin a few times, it will make that win less impressive.

Louisville is the only real test, other than possibly Navy.  Hopefully, the BCS ranking system will penalize them for the shitty strength of schedule.  

I'll take "What is a steaming turd of a joke?" for $1000, Alex.

Do not care until the final polls and a lot will happen between now and then.

Not a concern, we do what we're suppose to do and Michigan will get picked every time over a team like Houston. Every. Fucking. Time.

You may as well imagine them having 1 more loss than all the other major power teams because they will lose out against other power 5 schools with the same resume. Four power 5 teams and Houston all go undefeated? Houston's out. Four power 5 teams and Houston all go 12-1/13-1, Houston is still out

That could've been Houston's only shot at a top 10 team. All the other contenders coming out of a Power 5 league will probably have a top 10 win or two

Undefeated BIG10 champ gets in over them regardless. It gets a little more dicey with a 1 loss team but our schedule is shaping up to have 4 top 15 games on it...

they are non power 5 team who is better than many power 5 teams.  Their schedule is probably as tough as they can get for now and was probably set up years ago.  If we win out or have 1 loss and they do the same, our schedule should trump them (not a political statement). 

Louisville beats them... And there is no way they rank ahead of Michigan if U-M beats top 10 Wisconsin, top 20 MSU, top 10 OSU, Pac 12 Colorado, and top 25 Iowa.

Houston is the new Boise State, it seems. If they win the two big games on their schedule, they could become an annoyance to teams trying to make it in the playoff.

I know the joke has been beaten to death but I'm honestly not going to stress over this until after I see how we do against three opponents...and hopefully not stumble against somebody else.

Oklahoma-OSU

Lamar-hawaii

Cinci-wisconsin

TX St.-penn state

UConn-colorado

Navy-wisconsin

Tulsa-maryland

SMU-indiana

UCF-ucf

Tulane-rutgers

Lvlle-msu

Memphis-iowa

Its seems to me Iowa Wisconsin can make our schedule much better. If they flounder though these schedules arent that far off.

How would JH answer this question? He sure wouldn't whine or wring his hands. You control your own destiny. If you take care of business, and win your own games, that's all you can do. If Michigan won all it's games, and Houston won all it's games, it is my firm belief that Michigan would be rated above Houston. More than that, they would both be in the championship games, and would have a pretty good chance of meeting each other, to settle who is better on the field.

Won't look so good when Oklahoma loses 4-5 games