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WHAT: ESPN Is Predicting THREE Big 12 Teams in College Football Playoff, Utah, TCU, Arizona Over BYU
In the world of advanced analytics, Bill Connelly's SP+ model is one of the most respected, and its resume rankings often provide a different perspective than traditional polls. While there's no record of a specific tweet by Bill Connelly claiming the Big 12 has three playoff teams based on resume alone, the SP+ rankings themselves do show that the Big 12 has a legitimate case for multiple teams to make the expanded College Football Playoff.
Connelly's SP+ is a predictive system that measures a team's efficiency on a play-by-play basis, adjusting for tempo and opponent. The "resume" aspect of…
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