One might be tempted to say, "man, MSU in with a 19-14 record wtf?" To which many people would reply, "yeah, but metrics..."
So I'd ask, with what record would metrics not matter? I mean, theoretically, MSU could have the same efficiency numbers as they do now even with a worse record, right? (As in, if a couple two-tree of their wins were more efficient and a few of their losses were less inefficient, they could have lost more games but ended up with same-ish efficiency numbers, I think.)
Like, is a team ever gonna get in at 17-16? And if not, why should a team at 19-14 or 18-15? That just doesn't make sense lookin' at it IMO.