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To: Tell It Right
In other sports, teams play the same opponents.

No. In the NFL, teams in the same division play different non-conference opponents. Strength of schedule is the 6th tie-breaker after overall record, head to head, division record, record in common games, conference record, and margin of victory average.

159 posted on 12/04/2023 11:03:09 AM PST by GunRunner
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To: GunRunner
In the NFL to win your division (and go to the playoffs) you have to be the best of 4 teams. (One out of four).

To be in the CFP you have to be in the top 4 of 133 FBS teams (ratio is one out of 33). That's way too many varieties of schedules to make record the see-all-do-all in college that it is in the NFL.

160 posted on 12/04/2023 11:07:55 AM PST by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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