“They ain’t played nobody.”
The funny quip that’s often interjected, usually sarcastically, into college football discussion has old roots in the sport. A fan of a one-loss team from the SEC is sure to believe that the undefeated team from some other league doesn’t pass the smell, er, eyeball test, while the fans of the undefeated team shout “scoreboard!”
Fortunately for all fans of the sport, some very intelligent people have created formulas that consider strength of schedule and game play, to give us some idea of who has consistently performed at a high level in the games, that go deeper than wins and losses.