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31ocdavis

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ncfootball_17 said:
While I get the frustration and Trinity isn't really a football school, you never know who is going to have a good year or not. Sure you have the Shelby's, Reidsville's, Mount Airy's, etc that normally will have a 8+ win season, but just last year Thomasville was a .500 team and some could say you were bringing down other's RPIs.

Other thing to point out, Thomasville played four non-conference games this year against teams that are 0-8, 3-5, 2-6, and 1-7. That is a combined 6-26! Looks like it isn't just Trinity and the conference to blame.
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You left out playing Andrews, but you make a good point. And scheduling Lexington is a must in Thomasville because of the rivalry and tradition. Most people thought Lexington was on the way up.
I truly believe that most of Thomasville’s previous coaches would have been 8-2 each of the last two years. And, with a brand new coach coming in this year, I also understand being conservative on scheduling.
I do, however, stand by my statement about the weakness of Thomasville’s conference.
 
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ncfootball_17

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31ocdavis said:
You left out playing Andrews, but you make a good point. And scheduling Lexington is a must in Thomasville because of the rivalry and tradition. Most people thought Lexington was on the way up.
I truly believe that most of Thomasville’s previous coaches would have been 8-2 each of the last two years. And, with a brand new coach coming in this year, I also understand being conservative on scheduling.
I do, however, stand by my statement about the weakness of Thomasville’s conference.
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I should have specified that I was only talking about the wins Thomasville had. Yes, playing Andrews helps the RPI in the OWP, as they are 7-1 and should finish 9-1. However, Andrews was the only good team OOC this year that Thomasville played. Everyone else was down. Western Guilford should also be swapped for someone better if possible.

I agree that the conference top to bottom is not good. Each conference, however has a bottom feeder or two. There's just no way around that as someone has to lose. Hopefully for Thomasville, West Davidson continues to improve and PG continues to win the 7 - 8 games that they have in most recent years.

Like you said, Lexington looked like they were on the rise based on last few years being at least .500+ during the regular season. Cummings has a rough year last year, but the previous four years before that they had 8+ win seasons. Same with North Moore, last year was rough but before that they were 7-6, 10-3, 13-1, 10-2.

Not sure the best way to ensure a decent OOC schedule to boost RPI as we never know how good teams are going to be in the next few years.
 
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31ocdavis

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ncfootball_17 said:
I should have specified that I was only talking about the wins Thomasville had. Yes, playing Andrews helps the RPI in the OWP, as they are 7-1 and should finish 9-1. However, Andrews was the only good team OOC this year that Thomasville played. Everyone else was down. Western Guilford should also be swapped for someone better if possible.

I agree that the conference top to bottom is not good. Each conference, however has a bottom feeder or two. There's just no way around that as someone has to lose. Hopefully for Thomasville, West Davidson continues to improve and PG continues to win the 7 - 8 games that they have in most recent years.

Like you said, Lexington looked like they were on the rise based on last few years being at least .500+ during the regular season. Cummings has a rough year last year, but the previous four years before that they had 8+ win seasons. Same with North Moore, last year was rough but before that they were 7-6, 10-3, 13-1, 10-2.

Not sure the best way to ensure a decent OOC schedule to boost RPI as we never know how good teams are going to be in the next few years.
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I agree completely. That’s why I believe the opponent’s opponent factor should be deleted from the formula. Hard enough to predict the strength of your opponent.
I’m not one of those fans who thinks my team should win a state championship every year. And no system is foolproof. But I do believe that the path to the championship plays a huge role in who wins, or how far a team advances. And that home field advantage is big in the playoffs.
 
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Hoeyman

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Wonder what it might show to make a play off bracket using each of the rpi values for three bracket total. See how the rpi values compares with the actual playoff bracket. Using the current formula would the accuracy be 40,40,20 for the three? I oowp more a measure of conference strength or and individual teams strength.
 
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Oldway44

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Just keep talking and overlooking ED. Didn't work out so well last time for you.
 
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Stormsurge1 said:
neusenewssports.com

2026 NCHSAA Football Playoff Projections: 1A–8A | NNS

Explore NNS's 2026 NCHSAA football playoff projections for all eight classes, including predicted records, East and West seeds, first-round matchups and byes.
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This is interesting as it has projections based off of how they think the remaining two weeks will go and how that would reflect on RPI.
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This has Maiden playing Newton Conover 2 weeks in a row!

UGH!!!
 
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