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ESPN Just Put TWO Big 12 Teams In the Playoff... but one is NOT BYU/Utah?!
When ESPN’s Strength of Record metrics plant both West Virginia and Texas Tech firmly inside the national top ten, it deals a devastating blow to the lazy narrative that Big 12 programs can’t compile elite, resume-backed credentials against punishing schedules.
While traditional pollsters still lean on regional bias and preseason brand inflation, Strength of Record strips away the fluff. It measures how difficult it would be for an average top-25 team to navigate the exact slate those squads have faced—and right now, the metrics show that what Morgantown and Lubbock are achieving on the field…
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