College Football Playoff Rankings - Josh Pate REACTION

[@JoshPateCFB]

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[@1coachoogs]

Josh, can you explain why old miss and Bama 3 losses are better than A&M if they beat Texas.

[@FearlessFlier7994]

We all know they’re just licking their chops to put a 3 loss Bama in

[@petermarshall7352]

Nah, they just put Bama at 13 to annoy dumb conspiracy theorists!

[@hector8491]

​@@petermarshall7352Notre Dame is losing this weekend to USC. Bama is getting in

[@mm47_O76]

Or maybe ALA will lose to AUB in iron bowl, too.

[@NDiddy]

​@mm47_O76 it's certainly not what I would call "unlikely"

[@evocativ]

@@hector8491 they said that about army and navy

[@manwhosayf]

As a CFB fan if South Carolina wins @ Clemson with possible playoffs on the line, I would like to see them in the Playoffs. As a UGA fan, the less SEC teams the better for me.

[@ryanburns3921]

There's a small chance that, provided SC beats Clemson. And Syracuse beats Miami. Then Clemson beats SMU for the championship. Both could go to the CFP and possibly get a rematch.

[@user-kw7rt9zl4e]

You funny af assuming yall beat tech

[@ryanburns3921]

@@user-kw7rt9zl4e What?

[@Grae2079]

@@user-kw7rt9zl4ewin or lose to tech we still go to the SECCCG and win there were in. 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@douglasbrittain7018]

@@ryanburns3921if sc and Clemson played another game against one another I would love that. It would be so cool to see two South Carolina teams make the playoffs.

[@joeyartk]

As an Alabama fan, I don't care if they make the playoff or not. If there is a question if you are in the top 12, then you didn't play good enough to complain.

[@Flanxxed]

Well I trust bama playing and winning against top 12 teams more then unranked temas

[@joeyartk]

@Flanxxed Me too, but I can't complain if we don't get in. We made our own bed.

[@michaelpuglio2494]

I would hope that most Alabama fans agree with this statement. As an Alabama myself I will have no complaints if we do not make it because we failed to handle business against a poor Oklahoma team.

[@travisn346]

​@@michaelpuglio2494agreed. This coaching staff is uninspired, no power run game, zero discipline and a liability at QB. I've had enough this year and wouldn't be surprised with a 4th L to the Barn.

[@Maal7432]

Alabama falling only 6 spots and IU dropped 5 by losing on the road to the #2 team is just crazy.

[@wealthyfuture999]

womp womp

[@jimmyjam5453]

SEC bias is still real

[@goatpower321]

@@jimmyjam5453Indiana is worse

[@Donny_DeVito]

Body of work. Use your eyes and maybe more of your brain, if you can

[@Riyboyhgaufjrbskxj6]

Alabama has a win over Georgia, Indiana has beat 1 team with a winning record and got bent over by Ohio state. Both drops are justified

[@thebroker01]

Josh, I truly hope the committee members listen to your show. While I don’t always agree with you 100%, I have mad respect for your explanations and logic at how you arrive there. Continue keeping it real man cuz this sport needs more sound, reasonable takes on all the chaos! Appreciate your show immensely!!

[@JJWestmoreland84]

College football- the only sport that refuses to give every team a clear standard to meet to win a title

[@KingJon513]

All cfp fans want to see big 10 vs SEC instead of then play each other.

[@dirtyhiggins5484]

Big 10 would hate that because SEC teams would sweep

[@Jimmy-o2g3m]

​@@dirtyhiggins5484 Which is why Bama beat Michigan last year... Oh wait.

[@larrylane7822]

@@Jimmy-o2g3m Big Ten semifinals record: 3-6, SEC semifinals record: 10-2. I think I know which conferences teams I’d pick to win big games

[@mspionage1743]

Never ceases to amaze me how ridiculous an SEC loss is treated. In this case, Bama gets crushed by an unranked .500 team and move down as much as a team who lost to the second best team in the nation, at their house. It's so ridiculous.

[@jimmyburton3594]

An unranked .500 SEC team is better than every team Indiana has beaten.

[@jbura_]

I think that's a function of Alabama having wins over 7, 15, and 21 vs Indiana having no ranked wins. Also, Ole Miss and Texas A&M lost so Alabama didn't have as far to fall as they otherwise would've.

[@FLA813BMO]

@@jimmyburton3594no it’s not

[@stevenbrozynski5555]

@@jimmyburton3594 Not even close

[@stevenbrozynski5555]

Everyone wants to talk about wins. Gotta look at the losses if you want to know how good a team really is.

[@Crankinstien]

They will try like hell to get Alabama in.

[@WhitneyGadison1]

It’s all about brand and money at this point. That’s why. They could be a 7 loss team and they will still try to put them in

[@brettjern3264]

It's absolutely insane that teams get punished for making it to their conference championship and losing but Notre Dame gets a bye week and is automatically in after losing to NIU

[@ThatPlantGuy9311]

Notre dame won’t get a bye week. The bye week is only for conference champions

[@brettjern3264]

@ThatPlantGuy9311 I'm not talking about a bye week in the playoffs, I'm talking about a bye week while other teams are playing for their conference championship games

[@Oregonmanpart2]

How is that insane? All it means is that they can't get 2 Byes they'll never be ranked any higher than 5

[@brettjern3264]

@Oregonmanpart2 it's insane that they are automatically in after playing no one during the season and losing to NIU where some teams will be eliminated because they lose in their conference championship games. It's not fair at all. Does anyone believe that if ole Miss or Bama had Notre Dame's schedule they wouldn't be unbeaten?

[@Oregonmanpart2]

@@brettjern3264 not really. If Texas A&M wins against Texas and then losses and finishes 9-4 and have a loss to Notre Dame they really don't have any business in the playoffs

[@DubReed00]

Let’s go South Carolina 🐓

[@stephendowell3008]

People saying there's an SEC bias: it's more that there is an Alabama bias.

[@jimjason5146]

No because Texas doesn't get scrutinized for playing nobody and losing to the only good team they played like they scrutinize Indiana.

[@HustlerT101]

@@jimjason5146ehh Texas brings a lot of money to college football so they’re gonna be favorited. They wanted a Cinderella story with Texas, first year in the SEC, win it and make it to the natty? In what world does the committee not want that to happen? Same with Bama. 3 losses but committee is still saying “there’s a chance”. Like it’s turning into a Hollywood movie almost. Sad

[@Grae2079]

@@jimjason5146neither has Penn state but there still up there in rankings too.

[@ltzJB]

Just kinda thinking out loud here, but what if during conference championship week, any team in the top 12 that isn't playing, has to play an extra game against a bubble team. Playing in a championship is currently a disadvantage not only because it affects your record but its another week of wear and tear that the other teams dont have.

[@kevinriley1208]

The committee already said they aren’t really going to count loosing in a conference championship. We who’ll see what that looks like in action but to my knowledge this has already been somewhat addressed

[@ltzJB]

@kevinriley1208 that's good if they don't count it, but it's still unfair to have to play an extra game.

[@ryanlarsen9235]

Regarding rematches and conf matchups in round 1- If they are debating two teams the committee will absolutely avoid a rematch. Without a doubt. Of course publicly they have to say they won’t. But deep down, they know they can swap 9 and 10 if is makes a more interesting round 1 game vs a rematch. Take that to the bank.

[@John_Hoover]

So a two loss Notre Dame losing close to USC would drop them AT LEAST SEVEN SPOTS and out of the playoffs, but an Alabama with THREE losses (two of those to unranked teams) after betting blown out by Oklahoma makes them a "bubble team"? Got it. No bias here...

[@nathanjm000]

Notre Dame has an albatross for a loss

[@evocativ]

@@nathanjm000 niu has a positive record , wether you could nag us about losing to a mac team or not that doesn't change anything.

[@John_Hoover]

@@nathanjm000 Notre Dame doesn't have a three point game. Notre Dame never lost by three touchdowns... at the end of the season. Notre Dame isn't sitting on three losses. Don't miss the forest for the trees. In no sane world should Alabama not be hurt more after Oklahoma. They should NOT be a bubble team.

[@nathanjm000]

@ they would pick up a second loss in this hypothetical

[@John_Hoover]

@@nathanjm000 Of course they would. It’s still one less than Alabama. But the question is, why isn’t Alabama dropping more? What more do they need to fail to do to no longer be considered a bubble team? Cause losing by three touchdowns in week 11 and losing to Vanderbilt (and Tennessee) isn’t enough. How many more chances do they get?

[@Pledgeman]

I’m surprised the SEC doesn’t have all their teams in the top 25. This is a joke! Always positioning Alabama so they can get in.

[@BillyColeII-dr6dk]

Last week a 2 loss TN team was first team out, needing help. This week the CFP committee is trying to assist a 3 loss Bama team into the playoffs.....

[@ryanl.luttrell8042]

Stinks of Mularky!

[@GDoggy-em2xc]

If Alabama gets in the playoff then I believe that the NCAA is going to have to get rid of the committee. Gonna have to go with a computer/ mathematical method of ranking the teams from now on. Actually they should do that anyway. I’ve never been a fan of a committee.

[@brucetucker4847]

I don't think the NCAA has the authority to dictate a playoff format for football. Wasn't it the conferences that hashed out the current format?

[@bryantb2000]

You’re right Josh. The SEC is so much deeper. That’s why the middle of the road SEC teams have losses to the powerhouses of… Oklahoma State, USC, and the mighty Georgia State Panthers.

[@litedawg]

He’s talking about schedules , not individual games , you simpleton

[@EricC7676]

That's fine and all but if you put those teams up against the team at the same conference rank in the big 10, acc, etc. Who would be the favorite? That's what he means. Being the favorite doesn't mean you win but they win more than half the time

[@thisisthetarter]

3:50 why is this a surprise? They dropped Georgia out of the 4 team playoffs last year, committee could screw them again and make it 2 years in a row. Before anyone missed my point, it's simply, the committee has and will do whatever they want. So we shouldn't get too surprised about anything

[@TballAllStar]

Im a Dawgs fan so believe me, I definitely dont agree with leaving them out last year. However, every single team that got in either had a better record and/or was a conference champion so I get the committee’s decision even if i didnt like it. The difference this year is there’s a big difference between missing out on a 4 team playoff and a 12 team playoff if you lose your conference championship (specifically the SECCG)

[@thisisthetarter]

@TballAllStar agreed. However last year we (I'm also dawgs fan) dropped from 1 to 6 after losing on a neutral site to the #8 team. I just can't say for sure if Texas was to beat Georgia, they would drop us outside the top 12 after playing an extra game/rematch. If we lost to A&M, I'd assume we were out

[@matthewsharpe393]

​@@TballAllStarputting Texas in over Georgia last year was a shame. Proven by the fact Texas lost to a Washington team that got blown out by Michigan

[@SurferRC]

@@matthewsharpe393and fsu had the best dline in the country that year. Look who leads the nfl in sacks for rookies…

[@Mav0011]

@@matthewsharpe393Georgia didn’t even win their conference. Everyone knew they weren’t in it was between Texas, Bama, and Florida state.

[@jonathanross149]

The CFP committee should move teams in the 1st round to avoid rematches, but only for the 1st round

[@wmrat1969]

NFL teams know exactly the formula for making the playoff and their seeding and no one argues comes playoff time, wish college football could do the same, example: there are 10 conferences and we all know there are 4 big ones, expand to 16 and allow the top 3 teams for the 4 bigs in that would make 12 and the last 4 come from the 6 conferences whoever is ranked the highest out of those 6 and spread them out for great matchups. Def not a perfect way but maybe a way to help take the human factor out and you kind of know what you have to do to get in. I am sure you guys have better ideas than this one and maybe someday it will get better on how to get in. I am a SEC fan but I am a college football fan as well and would like the system to be better as well. Good luck to all your fav teams. Happy Thanksgiving.

[@bryanrichardson6401]

The committee sent a clear message, better be a 2 loss team or better or you’re out unless you’re Alabama.

[@coolcool0079]

I feel like it’s not talked about enough that Clemson is basically a two loss Indiana. Got blown out away versus a top ten team, but also got blown out at home versus an unranked team. They have no ranked wins and yet because of what I can only assume is brand bias, they’re still in the top 12.

[@JohnnyEla]

College football playoffs is gonna look insane, someone’s gonna get their feelings hurt.

[@tysonkrehnke2835]

Someone who is not Alabama or Georgia 😅

[@petermarshall7352]

How do playoffs look mentally ill? Someone needs help themself.

[@WeAre044]

He is right about state college being cold, everywhere in PA is cold and I, heading out to the psu vs Maryland game and it’s gonna be 🥶 freezing

[@brucetucker4847]

State College is colder than most of PA, it's the wind that roars down the valley. Blacksburg is similar but not quite as cold. I'm originally from Virginia and my first Penn State winter was a rude awakening.

[@mglaid1989]

Per ESPN analysis, ND has the easiest schedule among the current top 25 except for Boise State who is barely behind ND in SoS. Boise State barely lost to Oregon, while ND lost to NIU. How is ND ranked ahead of Boise State, let alone being ranked fifth?

[@chucksgrace3225]

I live in Boise and am a huge BSU fan. I get what you're saying. I'm guessing its due to them winning at A&M. We beat UNLV and Wash St and should have won at #1 Oregon. Who knows man.

[@mglaid1989]

@ Same can be said about Indiana and SMU. Both should be ranked ahead of notre dame.

[@fanman71]

Rematches SUCK !!! They should be able to move some teams up/down a slot for competitive balance.

[@cisco1dog]

They will manipulate the bracket to earn ESPN the most money. Nothing else matters.

[@bryanrichardson6401]

The committee is praying Alabama blows out Auburn, that’s why they’re ranked where they are

[@BillyColeII-dr6dk]

Yet a 2 loss TN last week was out , now a 3 loss Bama team is being pushed up the ladder...

[@nathanjm000]

They don’t have to jump one spot they have to jump three

[@Travis-vl7sg]

No 3 loss team should be in the playoffs

[@bryanrichardson6401]

@ so tell every team that when u lose a 3d game to end their season on the spot? Do you know how bad that would be for college football?

[@Travis-vl7sg]

@bryanrichardson6401 how would it change anything? Currently, no top 12 programs have 3 losses.

[@donwilson1307]

Maybe make the top 12 playoff spots based on the regular season only. The conference champ game is to determine that conferences champ and no more.

[@TravelinOn-tb9hy]

My understanding is that the power 4 conference champions, and the highest ranked non-power 4 conference champion, are guaranteed spots in the playoffs. Then how can the Big 12 champion possibly be left out? Am I misinformed, or are the rules changing in midflight?

[@desertduck4177]

As a Duck fan, tell me what happens to us, if we lose to Buckeyes in a conference championship game… are we doomed? I don’t like this playoff format. It needs to change to a more level playing field. I just don’t have the vision to know what that looks like. Sco Ducks!

[@dr.craigmiller262]

It’s time that the large divisions go to 10 conference games so we can avoid these third and fourth level tiebreaker bullshit

[@jonathanross149]

The bracket part of the show is only useful to show where the probable Champs will take up slots and how your 12th ranked team is on the outside looking in.

[@brokenreactions9974]

think about this could happen. what if South Carolina beat Clemson. Clemson goes on to win the ACC. They beat a TxA&M team that could beat Tx for the SEC. Which means SC could be 9-3 with wins over the ACC & SEC Champions. And still not make it in.

[@tampabong5055]

A quick fix to the CFP. Top 4 Conference champions get auto bids and a guaranteed homegame instead of top 4 auto bye. The best 4 teams get auto byes even if one or more lost the conference's championship game.

[@bryantb2000]

As a Clemson fan… South Carolina is just hurting from media bias. Georgia lost to Bama and Ole Miss too but they have no problem putting them way higher than Bama or Ole Miss

[@litedawg]

Hey dum dum, they also beat #1 Texas at Austin , Tennessee and Clemson at a neutral site.

[@lyndalamb3221]

@@litedawg And they beat all three of them by at least 2 TD

[@melt3215]

Bryan, could you tell us how many losses bama and ole miss have. Also, one more favor- point out the teams that Bama and Ole Miss lost to. Then maybe.. you’ll understand why Georgia is ranked higher than bama and ole miss.

[@raygowan1968]

South Carolina fan here. I have to say I don't think they have a path to the playoffs (give us one of the pick 6's called back against LSU and there is no question) but I do have an interesting scenario that could cause some conversation amongst fans. Let's say USC beats Clemson, dog walks Clemson 38-17ish. A&M beats Texas, Syracuse beats Miami. Clemson then beats SMU in the ACC championship & A&M beats GA in the SEC championship game. You then have 2 confernce champions who most likely get automatic bids into the playoffs, both of whom got boat raced by South Carolina who is left just outside the playoff picture. A bit of a stretch for all of that to happen and a pretty fair chance none of it happens, but it could make things interesting.

[@SteveMartinShort]

I hope the committee realizes that if there is this much thought about a team being in the top 12, they probably shouldn't be there.

[@bbkyjohnson]

I’m a firm believer that the playoffs should stack it so that conference teams play each before the finals. I’d hate for OSU and UM to match up in the finals.

[@brianclarkson5300]

South Carolina has a better record than Alabama and Ole Miss. I don’t care what you say, anyone who watched that LSU game knows they were robbed. The Committee should act as if they won

[@Idkwhatsupwithyou]

Shoulda beat them when u played.

[@brianclarkson5300]

@ I’m not a USC or even an SEC guy. Just an unbiased observer

[@maverickbragwell]

They lost both head to head matchups and have the same record. Bama and Ole Miss also have better wins.

[@1I1IIII1I1]

​@@Idkwhatsupwithyou How do you beat the refs? 😂

[@douglasbrittain7018]

@@1I1IIII1I1Watch the LSU/SC game and you will see why

[@nathanjm000]

We needed an 8 team playoff not 12 We needed more than four because the very discussion of an unbeaten power conference champion FSU even possibly being left out never mind actually being left out shows that four is too few but this is a very typical 9-12 and they aren’t playoff worthy at all (honestly a bit more worthy than usual though)

[@danny.daveto]

Alabama should not be in the top 20

[@synitarthrax5618]

What they should do is freeze the win-loss records with the final game of the regular season. At this point, the 2 teams who play for the conference championship won't have their record changed ... which means a loss won't hurt the loser ... but instead would play for a guaranteed playoff spot as the conference champs.

[@jesupdaniel2752]

Bama and Ole Miss also have wins against UGA which really helps them. It also doesn’t help that UGA killed Clemson to start the year

[@jpDragna]

I know you're just wanting to hate on the format, particularly auto bids, but I mean the reality is, in the scenario you listed out a true rankings also wouldn't matter. If Texas and Georgia both lost to A&M, do they really deserve to be a top 4 team, or a top 10 team even? We think A&M after their loss to unranked Auburn is the #20 team. The chances of them winning both games is incredibly low, so the current seeding and bracketing matter. Yeah if they won they'd probably snag...I wanna say the 3rd spot because it's the SEC. But if they won those games and we just had a strict rankings system, guess what they probably also move way the hell up because (as evidenced by Alabama's current ranking) the committee cares about the SEC just that little bit more. As for three ACC teams. Give me the team by team breakdown of why Duke and Syracuse are unranked, but Illinois and Mizzou are? How about UNLV? They literally lost to Syracuse. Why are they in the top 25? Texas A&M for that matter, a three loss team. Why are they in? Because they beat LSU and Mizzou? The former is now 7-4 and spiraling, and the latter is the worst 3 loss team in the country right now. You did at least touch on the disrespect to the Big 12, because my god how are Alabama, Ole Miss, and South Carolina all ahead of every 2 loss Big 12 team. You could convince me of South Carolina (pretty easily based on their recent play), but Bama just lost in embarrassing fashion to a 5-5 Oklahoma that hasn't been able to produce a single ounce of offense this season. Ole Miss...they're just a waste of talent. I don't know what's going on there, but losing to the Gators the way they did....they should probably asked to be ranked lower.

[@0mn0mable]

I'm biased (Go Gamecocks! 🤙🤙🤙) but if S Carolina wins well, and the other teams we've lost to head-to-head lose or dont win emphatically....Carolina has the hot hand no? (the answer is yes our QB has grown by leaps annd bounds this season, game-to game). I feel like The Gamecocks would be a pro-CFB fan pick in that scenario.

[@douglasbrittain7018]

South Carolina if they beat Clemson shows they are not the same team as they were in the 1st half of the season. That Gamecock team is really good now

[@bitwise2832]

None of these ratings or brackets matter until after the conference championships.

[@trenton7]

9-3 South Carolina has every right to be in it. South Carolina is 10-2 LSU game was stolen from them and I think the committee is factoring that in.

[@lsuchiha1652]

Nah LSU just better. Won fair & square Geaux Tigers 🐯

[@douglasbrittain7018]

@@lsuchiha1652Out of all due respect, do you really think that both of those pick 6 plays should have been called?

[@dougburgner7058]

How does the 1 seed play the 8,9 teams? Should be 1 and 5,12 teams

[@bradleycogdill4208]

That’s not how bracketing works… 1 seed always plays the lowest ranked team that “should” win. So the 5 team “should” beat the 12 and the 8 team should beat the 9 so the 1 team will always play the lower ranked team in that scenario

[@mattcox5294]

I haven't looked at SOS or anything like that but my immediate thought is any group of 5 school with 2 losses shouldnt be in the top 25

[@Champ75A]

Only A&M would rightfully be left out if they lose the SEC Championship Game. Georgia may if they lose to Georgia Tech in addition to the Championship.

[@CalebGrace-gw7gu]

Yall dont understand. Alabama has better WINS than other teams. Ole miss has had the exact mirror season to Alabama but no one is saying Ole miss is getting special treatment.

[@johnpierson4696]

Why would a G5 school be given a bye? This goes back to the people who used to dog the old Big East for getting into the BCS. "Their schedule isn't tough enough!' now all of a sudden Boise gets a bye?! C'mon!!

[@andrewk2.718]

Your graphic is busted at the beginning of the video, it says smu is 9-1, they are 10-1

[@buckeyeintexas4709]

There os a reason why there should have not been any auto qualified teams. Not leftovers 12 team deserves a spot in the playoffs, when the best 2 conferences are beating each other up. Nobody can believe BYU, Arizona St or Colorado is a playoff team!!! As we speak, Nebraska just scored again in that Colorado rout

[@Comicbookyoutubersrock]

Sorry but conference title game can’t just work one way. It’s an extra game a team earned to get to. It can’t just be a beneficial thing, and not something that can penalize you. If it can affect you positively, then adversely it should affect you negatively. Teams should feel the ramifications of getting to a conference title and losing. Maybe not quite as much as a regular season game, but to think you can lose and it shouldn’t matter is ridiculous.

[@Donald_the_Potholer]

Here is how I'd do it: Final CFP rankings would be posted on "Giving Tuesday": 1-7 are in, regardless of what happens. 8-12 are "on the Bubble" depending on the results of the Championship games. No further rankings. Conference champs earn byes based on their pre-championship ranking. In practical terms, #8 would usually be in, while #12's only shot is a conference title game. We could add a caveat that if a Conference Champ isn't on that final ranking, regardless of Conference, it's ineligible for the CFP. And, if 3 or fewer Champs are on the final CFP rankings, then the remaining Byes fall to the highest at-larges in order.

[@jacoblangdon7333]

I've subbed only because it's Christmas

[@coburgerj1993]

South Carolina is playing like a top 12 team if they beat Clemson. They played better than Bama in the 2nd half and haven't looked back., They're going to be dangerous next year is they keep their core and get another pass rusher like Kennard

[@JRake32]

Coaching is part of the formula. Some of you are forgetting when teams are evaluated. Indiana is one of the best coached teams. Alabama has been poorly coached. Those things are measured.

[@markblankenship6233]

Deep down, the real answer to who are the best teams is scary to most. This will hit the football world like a freight train when a 3 loss team wins the national championship. They will end this argument that all schedules are the same, and that a good record means more than who you play or who you beat. Are we putting the best teams in, or the teams with the best record. Best we start ranking teams like we do basketball teams with RPI. But the world of college football doesn’t want that, because it would rather believe a fiction that a 3 loss team can’t win the championship.

[@rbowman368]

Put the SEC and Big 10 teams that do not have a bye against each other in the first round.

[@Grams7914]

Fans want good competetive football games, and fans love the style of every March Madness with its “Cinderella” opportunity. None of that fun & excitement has been the CFP history. Add the overriding econimic control by Media only wanting BIg TV market teams, and you get this kind of debate. Players opting out of bowl competition is another clear indicator of where college football stands on ECONOMICS FIRST. Just my opinion …

[@JacobHeileson]

An SEC conference runner up with 4 losses SHOULD miss out. Regardless of conference, ANY team with 4 losses SHOULD be left out.

[@colegreene2153]

Love the new set. Feels less tv like

[@tylerjc1000]

As long as there are championship games I think you need to keep autobids but not effect if you get a bye.

[@carolthompson6904]

...affect... not effect

[@greghodgson7917]

Sec plays a 9 game scedule, like the big ten, that's 8 more losses for the conference and no way the sec does'nt take a hit in the rankings.

[@camronking7947]

Everyone bugging about Alabama, when your team brings in the money that Alabama does, then voice your opinion lol. Georgia vs anyone else, will be big, Georgia vs bama, will be huge. Anyone against bama will be bigger, just how it is. We’re one of the states without a pro team, so we are literally die hard bama fans around here. I have family and friends almost in every state and they’re all Alabama fans mostly.

[@johnbigelow7861]

We trust Kirby to keep us focused.

[@jillmontague-long6271]

Needs to be the best 12 sucks about automatic bids

[@Mike-sp7zv]

0:42 mizzou is a fraud and you have said yourself they are

[@yuhmazz2161]

As a bama fan I dont think we will make it committee not gonna sneak them in after the backlash they faced last year and honestly dont think we deserve to make it either way

[@JWalk-j6v]

It's funny about being punished for losing the championship game and nobody else has had it happen to more than the SEC, particularly UGA. Three times they lost in championship game that eliminated them from the playoffs they were in before the game. Last year they were undefeated and #1 losing to Alabama and dropped to 6. Horse crap

[@rhettsumner5127]

South Carolina should jump ole piss and bama if they win handily at Clemson. And should get in playoffs over acc champ loser! And I’ll stand by that, SC didn’t lose to Kentucky or Vandy, or Oklahoma, in fact we beat all 3 by at least 3 TDs. Not to mention the fact they robbed us in the LSU game with 2 pick 6s called back and a phantom opi, and we lost our QB at half. If bama gets in over us I’m rioting and you better watch ur back if ur on that committee 🤬

[@MikeJones-ct6on]

But they did lose to both teams you want them to jump

[@rhettsumner5127]

@MikeJones-ct6on i cannot deny that. But if you ignore the LSU hosing that would make them a 2 loss team, and assuming the Clemson win, they would have a 6 game win streak and by far the best out of conference win out of the 3. The committee has shown a few weeks prior they don’t value h2h as the end all be all. So if #15 SC beats #12 Clemson handily, you think they should just move all 3 up 1 one instead of us jumping them?

[@MikeJones-ct6on]

@ idk bro it’s all gonna be a mess idk what I’d do

[@ThomasDudley-ew4xn]

Im a Clemson fan and I hate to admit it but south Carolina is definitely one of ten best teams and deserves a playoff spot

[@lloyddillon4537]

@@MikeJones-ct6onright now the better team out of the 3 is South Carolina. We are playing the best in the country right now

[@insertcolorherehawk3761]

IU/PSU probably stays, since they didn’t face each other in the regular season

[@johngetz8585]

They wont let an SEC come to State College.....such ridiculousness.

[@gabeshivers]

It doesn’t matter right now lol but this shit is hysterical and we knew it would be Not penalizing teams who have losses to unranked teams AND rewarding teams who have zero wins vs ranked opponents is just…..befuddling. I truly have zero idea what the committee discusses outside of pizza toppings

[@ihossain87]

Subscribed ✅

[@stephendowell3008]

The loser to a conference championship game really should make the playoffs. Otherwise, what incentive do you have? You're good enough to make it to the playoffs without the championship, but then get punished for playing an extra game? A bunch of teams will make the playoff without being forced to play that extra game- it would put great pressure for the Big Ten or SEC to drop that game in the future since their runner ups will never let the conference live it down. The conferences themselves would like put pressure on the NCAA and the committee should they do that.

[@jacoby1303]

Georgia is the only SEC that should get in with w/ 3 losses.

[@bakertron846]

I don’t understand the tie breaker that continues to keep tamu as the living dead

[@JohnnieWick77]

Carolina had the Bama and LSU game stolen. We all know this. They are better than most teams in that bracket. Get real. The best teams should go not focused on conference champs. So if you win all conference games and lose the rest they should go please.

[@davidcole2337]

If they have a chance to make 2 SEC play up North instead of Head to Head SEC Teams they will move them for those Cold Weather Games..

[@ericpollitt7910]

One can only hope

[@maisonray724]

Georgia if they beat by deserves a home playoff game

[@Troy2023-xc1zy]

Big 12 is deeper than Big 10

[@thetony5474]

There have been so many twists, turns, upsets etc this year that it’s almost guaranteed to happen one more time and give a team like Alabama a way back but the problem is…Auburn beating them is perfectly plausible and counts as a typical upset we’ve seen over the last few weeks.

[@SurferRC]

Auburn outplayed them last year too

[@spartanchirho]

How in the hell is A&M in the top 20??? They lost 3 games one being Auburn......

[@noeticjustice1535]

NO MORE COMMITTEES!

[@petermarshall7352]

What then? Should we just vote? We just realized Americans aren’t smart enough to do that right!

[@100rgroom]

Here, let me explain the whole problem, Jalen Cantthrow !

[@chaseroddy1944]

If any other team lost like Alabama did to Vanderbilt and Oklahoma. They would not be ranked in the top 20. The SEC bias plus inflation of putting Missouri at 21. Its CRAZY!

[@bryanrichardson6401]

You’re right except it’s not so much SEC bias as it is Alabama bias. It’s ridiculous that Bama has 2 bad losses to teams that SC blew out. The committee is bought and paid for. Such a joke.

[@johnbullseyetilton955]

Explain this to the committee. Leave UGA out last year for the only loss being in the conference championship. Championship stolen off the field.

[@brucetucker4847]

That's why they went to a larger playoff.

[@wi1dcard]

Of course they'd put TN against GA. Interesting. Oh, and look, what a surprise, TX is in the part of the bracket where they would not be playing Oregon, O. State, TN, or GA in the Qtr finals or the semis. HAHAHAHAHAHA!

[@slibertas1996]

Bloomington may still get to host

[@mr.obvious1000]

Gonna need 2-3 upsets ahead of us for it happen tho. If USC beats ND and Maryland beats Penn St., there’s a chance. Not very likely tho

[@lisajoplin6415]

The teams that are going to be in the CFP is horrific! There going to be massive blowouts by these teams that are in nothing leagues. Its going to be boring.

[@TKrakowski1]

Bama could lose to Auburn and the committee will find a way to sneak them in

[@mikegarris8742]

Why in gods name is OSU,Georgia & Oregon all in the same part of the bracket? 🤦‍♂️

[@malikrahim-ei1vd]

We went from BCS to this silly format. Where are the smart people in the room? There is a simple solution for all of this. All conferences will follow this format. Sec for example: There are 16 teams, 8 in each division. East and West. Never play the team in the other division. You can switch divisions based off of power rankings to keep conference balance every year. Every team in the division will play. That would be 7 games in this example. You have 5 games left for non-conference that you could schedule any team in college football. Ones that you never played to strengthen your playoff rankings if you should make it. In this example let's say that is Texas, they could schedule Oregon, pen state, UCLA, two small schools that would be 12 games leaving one game for sec title. Let's say Georgia have the best record in the other division who will do the same as far as their schedule. the two play each other for Sec championship. Winner moves on and all teams in that conference goes home! How silly is it to have a conference champion and send three to four teams to a playoff in that same conference, causing teams to play each other 2 and 3 times ridiculous! You don't even need a committee to put teams in a playoff, only seed them when a conference champion is crowned. No one can challenge me on this format.

[@jwismar11]

Michigan game is never a gimme. Ask John Cooper.