Kirby Good isn’t proud of how the School Soccer Playoff rankings have been dealing with his Georgia Bulldogs.
Final week, Georgia was ranked No. 12 by the CFP committee and would have been out of the 12-team area had the playoff started final weekend. Because of a victory over SEC East squad Tennessee, the Bulldogs moved as much as No. 10 on this week’s ballot.
Nonetheless, Good doesn’t perceive why his 8-2 Bulldogs usually are not ranked increased — and what goes into the rankings.
“It’s a tough one as a result of I don’t know what they’re in search of,” Smart said on Wednesday, through On3. “They’ll’t outline that. It’s not easy, both. I imply, anyone could be on that committee and say, ‘That is what we’re in search of. That is our standards,’ and there’s a lot that it overlaps issues and all people debates it and I don’t have time to essentially waste vitality on it.”
Good additionally looks like Georgia’s power of schedule is being neglected. The Bulldogs have the third-strongest schedule out of 134 groups, in line with School Soccer Reference. Good believes that enjoying such a tough schedule impacts Georgia’s file, level differential and offensive and defensive stats. He’s proper.
“It simply appears unjust to me if you consider any person’s received a third-ranked protection or any person’s received a fifth-ranked protection,” Good mentioned. “Properly, do not you suppose that third- or fifth-ranked protection (rating) is dictated by who they’ve performed on offense and what number of high offenses they’ve performed?
“As a result of final time I checked, our offense and our protection have performed the highest offenses and defenses throughout the nation. Properly, you are not going to be ranked as excessive if you happen to play high ones than if you happen to play lower-ranked ones, and that is what will get me is that they speak in regards to the eye take a look at.”
Georgia has misplaced to Alabama and Ole Miss this season and is ranked behind each groups within the CFP ballot. The Bulldogs have two video games left on their schedule — dwelling video games towards UMass and Georgia Tech. Not solely can they end 10-2, however Georgia additionally has accomplished its convention schedule and went 6-2. The Bulldogs are unlikely to make it to the convention championship recreation, which may assist stop them from incurring a detrimental third loss.
Whereas Good isn’t comfortable together with his group’s present rating, if Georgia takes care of enterprise the subsequent two video games, it ought to make the playoff.
