Also, what about a team who loses 2 early games then closes the year with 3 top 5 wins including a conference championship? Is it full body of work or what you're doing at the end of the season? Because we’ve seen 2 teams sneak in and win the whole thing (Ohio State in 2014 and Bama 2017). Were they not the best team? Losses happen, especially when you play quality opponents week in and week out. If you want to punish a team for losing 2 games, ok. But never reward a team for winning all their games against teams who wouldn’t crack the top 50
Not disagreeing with that. But the CFP committees considers that the 4 most deserving, they’re shooting for the 4 best. Reality is, it’s still a beauty constest. It’s still a vote controlled by man and that won’t change because the playing field is too uneven.
What if, we had an 8 team playoff and the season ended yesterday, what teams are in/out Coaches Poll 1 Alabama(61) 7-0 2 Ohio State(1) 7-0 3 Clemson(2) 6-0 4 Notre Dame 7-0 5 LSU 6-1 6 Georgia 6-1 7 Michigan 6-1 8 Texas 6-1 9 UCF 6-0 10 Oklahoma 5-1 11 Oregon 5-1 12 Florida 6-1 13 West Virginia 5-1 14 Washington 5-2 15 NC State 5-0 16 Penn State 4-2 17 Kentucky 5-1 SEC- Alabama Big- Ohio State ACC- Clemson Big- Texas PAC- Oregon with 3 spots to fill, I'd choose Notre Dame LSU Michigan Georgia, Oklahoma, WV, would be next, UCF with maybe the 20th spot. Playoff Michigan vs Alabama Notre Dame vs Ohio State LSU vs Clemson Oregon vs Texas
G5 schools can’t just join a P5 conference or schedule murders row. 1. Alabama (SEC) 2. Ohio St (B10) 3. ACC - Clemson 4. Notre Dame 5. B12 - Texas 6. AAC - UCF 7. P12 - Oregon 8. LSU Michigan can go cry me a river.
Top 12 UCF if undefeated (rated higher than Oregon) should have its shot against the 1 seed. If no UCF, no Oregon. We aren’t determining #8, we’re determining #1. UCF, given limitations outside of their control, took care of business. Michigan did not but had every opportunity to.
