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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t get it. ND was ranked ahead of Alabama. Alabama lost and suddenly jumped ND and Miami then slides into its slot. Very sleezy moves by the committee considering neither Miami nor ND played this week. ND was slotted in the top ten for 5 weeks. CFP can no longer have any credibility. [/quote]

[b]Rankings are not standings.[/b] This is the weirdness of the CFP. Rankings are only ever a subjective guess on how teams compare based on a variety of factors that never line up perfectly between teams.

The embarrassment for the CFP is that they ever ranked ND of Alabama, a team that had a better or equal record to ND all season while beating tougher teams and playing a much more grueling schedule. It's a reflection of the CFP's fondness for ND's television ratings.[/quote]

This is the issue.  As a big college football fan who is decidedly NOT a fan of Alabama or Notre Dame, it is clear to the rest of us that both of those teams get a lot of extra votes in the AP and Coaches polls due to bias or nostalgia or possibly even habit.  So to have the edge come down to which team that is used to having an unearned advantage in these polls getting a playoff spot over the other is both ridiculous and kind of fun to watch.

Personally I'd like to see more undefeated teams from the far reaches of nowhere get a chance at a Cinderella story than a 2-conference loss Alabama that is going nowhere in the playoffs but needs to be included every year no matter what because . . . something something SEC.[/quote]

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