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Is Portland State in at 8-3?

I understand the dynamics of Portland State's schedule. The 8-3 being better than 7-4 was in reference to this:

"And in fact, I will be pissed off if they are somehow selected, because according to the AD, the very reason we scheduled an all Division I slate this season is because drop-down games are non-counters!! Who's to say we couldn't have done the same thing by beating up on Western Oregon or whoever? "

I still think Portland State has a very good argument and geography will work in their favor as there isn't going to be much from the West represented.
 
Unfortunately for PSU, they were scheduled out of the playoffs from the get go. Seriously, scheduling a D-3/NAIA as OC games? If they do win out, they will be considered 6-3, not 8-3. ANY FCS team in the country could have won those 2 games PSU played, those were like pick-up games. I guess they can argue they played MSU/UM tough, which they did, for that I'd love to see them in, but they should have scheduled another FCS OC opponent and WON that game. IMO, they are done. Next time Nigel, step and and play the big boys, you have the team for the playoffs, just not the schedule.
 
LDopaPDX said:
Central Ark is in if, and only if, they win out. Liberty and Stony Brook each have 3 losses and still play each other... plus are coming out of the BIG SOUTH conference; no way two make it from there. Georgetown won't get in, period.

The worst case for Portland State is the 3 and 4 loss MVC teams (Youngstown, Indy State, Illinois State) all continue winning. The committee will need to look for Western teams, and they may consider teams from that conference Western *enough*. If Portland State was 7-4 with 6 D1 wins, it would be almost impossible for them to be in... but they would be 8-3, and that is different. Even the ridiculous East Coast voters know beating Campbell might count as a D1 win, but it's no more impressive than beating Southern Oregon.
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Good pick up on the Liberty/Stony Brook situation. My point is that I think the committee will look strongly at giving an at-large to a weaker conference versus a 6 DI win from a power conference. But the lack of viable candidates lends credence to your thought that PSU might have a chance. But I also don't think the western geography of the situation amounts to a hill of beans to them. We shall see.
 
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