I don't disagree on that. When you discuss record, clearly SOS and all of this matters. All I am saying is, the overall record STILL by itself alone DOES matter. SOS is a variable as is RPI as is home wins, road wins, any bad losses, top 50 and too 100 wins, etc. All of these are looked at, but added to this category is your overall record. We sometimes forget about that by getting lost with all the other variables. Is VT a better team than UVA this year? I don't think so. Have I said or put that on this board? Nope, I haven't.
One example here, take a team that is 15 and 13 with an RPI of 49 and a SOS of 10 and several other top 50 road wins and top 50 wins. Bottom line, they very likely aren't getting in and u know why they likely aren't getting in? They don't have enough Ws in that column, and they have to many Ls in the other column. Your overall record can be one of the variables that gets you in or out when all of the other variables may look pretty good.
To your point about not being able to discuss your overall record without discussing SOS and who you played, RPI, top 50 wins and all of these factors, this is true. My point is.....the INVERSE is also true. Last point, do not be surprised if VT gets a 25 spot on Monday if we beat Wake. College Hoops is different than college football in that it's not so much a "wait until the team ahead if you loses, then you move up." College Hoops polling has historically had wide jumps or drops by teams week to week. It would not be out if the real. Of unlikeliness for a 36th ranked VT team to jumo to 25th.
Last thing, in the last 4 weeks of this season, VT has dramatically closed the gap on UVA regarding who is the better team down the stretch. It's still UVA in my opinion as they are better than VT, but not nearly by the margin it was 2 months into the season. VT has improved far more since game one than UVA has. Still, not a better team in my opinion, but it is much closer right now.