College Football Playoff Rankings/Seeding REACTION | CFP Committee Right? | The BEST Natty Path?

[@ericdraven7857]

AL didn't just lose a shot at the SEC title, they also lost the playoff chances after getting beat bad against OU.

[@dougdoris8622]

Vandy loss was bad too.

[@linkismygod]

it's quite a bit harder to beat lesser teams after playing the best teams and getting beat up by the likes of ga tennessee sc lsu. it's quite easy to play all unranked cupcakes all year and not get beat up at all.

[@linkismygod]

@@AlexanderWinterborn-r6p i'm not even a bama fan i'm a penn state fan this is actually good for my team clemson took their foot off the gas that let smu even in the game it was 24-7 at half and clemson is pretty bad got destroyed by s.c and g.a smu got destroyed in the first half they have zero ranked wins not one maybe ranked at the time they beat them but at the end of the season not one and that's the standard. we will find out when penn state smokes smu watch and see i'll be coming back here after that game 😁

[@skylarmedlin4908]

@@ericdraven7857 exactly you can’t get totally dominated by that Oklahoma team and legit expect a playoff spot lmao.

[@aaronsmith6388]

​@@linkismygodstop making excuses for bama

[@nwedge4]

Bama exactly where they should be.

[@AlexanderWinterborn-r6p]

Shocking, isn't it? I suppose even the Committee couldn't stomach the thought of a three-loss national champion. Sometimes, you should simply step back and appreciate how the world keeps turning.

[@ravenellcantley4839]

@@nwedge4 we won’t be there for long. You probably a damn Indiana fan. Another team taking up space for SC gamecocks

[@Jonmt155]

Right back in the gutter 😂😂😂

[@christophergrillo410]

Alabama sucks they deserve to be out

[@greenwave819]

Not sure why UT didn't get to host a home game, they deserve it more than OSU... Vols didn't lose at home this year... to a 3 TD underdog with 5 losses

[@iexist14]

@@greenwave819 no they just lost to an Arkansas team

[@skylarmedlin4908]

@@greenwave819 as an Ohio state fan. We shouldn’t be hosting it. I think the only weight we had on that loss is the fact it was a rivalry game. Side bar. Idgaf if one is the best team in the nation and the other the worst that game should never be a 20pt spread. as much as the loss sucked. Biggest lock of the year was Michigan covering.

[@robyclark574]

You win against any Top 5 teams? Didn’t think so

[@ilovemyplayfulcat320]

@greenwave819 I'm a Georgia fan, and I was thinking the same thing 🤔 it's like some of them are special teams for some reason or another 🤔

[@MattBuild4]

No they just to Arkansas (a 6 loss team) thats arguably worse than losing to Michigan.....

[@gendoikari281]

The hardest path to the championship will be OSU or TENN.

[@christian_m2020]

I think Indiana has it pretty tough too

[@TheMCJ2011]

Man this bracket looks AMAZING. Literally all of the 1st round matchups are pretty exciting. Rare W from the committee. Can’t wait to watch OSU/Tenn, ND/Indiana, and Clemson/Texas in particular. As a fan of college football you just gotta love how fun these matchups are.

[@jagofleming]

As a Georgia fan I do think ND Indiana is gonna be a ND win. I’m prepared to eat these words. I would have liked indiana smu a little better, with psu notre dame being a better matchup. Just happy we don’t have to play osu or texas unless we all make it to the semi finals or championship.

[@daveallen9950]

Yes I do agree

[@GideonRosa-ee6sn]

ND is gonna have revenge on their minds for 2019 and 2017 if they beat IU

[@richardransome4943]

Please playoffs are garbage.

[@Trill_Tour]

Of course you agree, Georgia got a cakewalk to the championship while Oregon will have to beat Ohio State and Texas

[@sahilthedisciple]

Committee did the right thing. Alabama is better than SMU, but we play these games for a reason. Alabama didn’t perform, so SMU gets the nod over them

[@smithart73]

If smu played bamas schedule they would be 6-6 or 5-7

[@JohnMayernich]

@@smithart73 Bama shouldn't have lost to vandy and oklahoma

[@Aart.Vandelay]

@@smithart73If your aunt had balls she'd be your uncle but that's not the case now is it? Hopefully not 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@richardransome4943]

SMU is dog shit

[@smithart73]

@@JohnMayernich Oklahoma is better than any team smu beat and better than the team that beat smu in regular season

[@Dez-cj2tl]

Tennessee at Ohio State will be the most entertaining game of the entire playoffs

[@ethangreen8831]

I absolutely agree

[@a_goblue2023]

And if they win you get a OSU v Oregon traditional Rose Bowl matchup. As much as I hate OSU that game would be iconic

[@Tabird10]

My Tigers will win against Texas​

[@deiradinn]

Gonna be a ton of running

[@bri-manhunter2654]

TN will win.

[@kaldrazadrim]

All Texas wins this year are currently unranked teams.

[@unclejuan2274]

Michigan beat OSU, OU beat bama and vandy beat bama to

[@harlanseago4876]

But A&M, for example, would be ranked had they won, so it’s a lose-lose scenario for Texas.

[@alonsoccruz]

@@unclejuan2274 the transitive property works in mathematics, doesn’t work in football

[@unclejuan2274]

@@alonsoccruz nah you can’t say bama Had tougher schedule when they couldn’t even beat a Vanderbilt or a OU school

[@alonsoccruz]

@@unclejuan2274 I didn’t say that. I just said the transitive property doesn’t work in football. Your logic assumes that bc Michigan beat OSU, that means that Texas has also beaten OSU bc Texas beat Michigan, which is very flawed and lazy analysis. For the record, I’m an Oregon fan, I have no agenda with Alabama, just trying my best to be objective.

[@Trill_Tour]

Oregon got absolutely hosed while Georgia gets a cakewalk to the championship and Texas/Penn State get cakewalks to the semifnals

[@GMS8201]

100% Ohio state and Oregon beat Penn State and control the game yet PSU gets the best path. Unbelievable. I honestly hate that program for many reasons.

[@nsme6942]

Penn State could of easily won both games ​@GMS8201

[@Slow-Roller24]

I thought your power 4 conferences got an auto bid?

[@Trill_Tour]

​@@Slow-Roller24They get a bye for the first round. Still have to play quarterfinals

[@lukeroberts8868]

uga has wins against 3 of those 5 teams oregon may potentially face. they earned a break

[@INFAMOUSfrontRunn3r]

A top 12 team with all the hype cannot get blown out by OU by 3 tds. Bama scored 3pts...3pts in 60 minutes!

[@Christian-e5n1e]

Oregon has the hardest path as the 1. It’s a joke

[@alexsandul5631]

100%

[@AmosHayes-vw5ot]

Yeah they got a rough draw. Georgia has a much desirable play off bracket because they avoid almost all the powerhouses like tennessee, Ohio state, Oregon and a hot team like Arizona State and Texas

[@nomad7734]

Agreed… Georgia the easiest …

[@HustlerT101]

It’s about time Oregon steps up and plays someone. They have had an easy schedule in terms of competition, not their fault, but it’s just true. They are a very good team but you put them on UGA’s schedule, they’re sitting right there with everyone else with 2-3 losses. Oregon has to start proving it now, UGA did their work this season and now get a chance to go far in the playoffs.

[@SithGod]

Georgia deserves it. They had the hardest schedule in the league and still made it with a bye week and won the conference. That’s all to it.

[@kalinchildress1260]

Bama fan, I think they got it right. Not being in sucks but it doesn’t take away how fun it is going to be watching these games.

[@RayW....]

​@@AlexanderWinterborn-r6p and SMU is a way better team...right

[@jamieharper1051]

I agree with SMU just playing Clemson. That should definitely helped SMU learn what it takes to win in the Playoffs.

[@bri-manhunter2654]

Let’s also celebrate a win in the fact that Alabama is not in the playoffs, lol.

[@NadotheVet]

This is JUSTICE for Florida State. The committee got it right. 11-2 vs 9-3 debate me please lol.

[@mikaylagreen1116]

Georgia 63- Florida State 3. This isn’t justice for Florida State the committee got it right last year. It’s just very unfortunate what happened to FSU, but they weren’t the same team after their QB went down

[@NadotheVet]

@@mikaylagreen1116 and the committee got it right this year. Alabama lost to Oklahoma and Vanderbilt. Should not be in the playoffs over SMU 11-2 is a better record than 9-3. Stop with the strength of schedule crap. You play to win the game that is in front of you. It's called consistency!!!

[@NiceOne-jb6hc]

Let's go I love this Tennessee can prove there orange is better and can get my dream natty Georgia Tennessee go vols

[@bencarter8423]

Just FYI, Bloomington to South Bend is about 3 1/2 hours.

[@5tillmidnight]

They got it right! Bama had it's own scrub game with an injury plagued Oklahoma and got destroyed. Imagine if OU had it's 5 injured receivers on the field...Bama be in the ER on life support after that one...

[@enriqulee94]

Bama lives rent free in your head.

[@TheMasterSgt-l7t]

It’s going to be a great playoff! Lot of meaningful games coming up…what more could you ask for! Go Bucks!

[@williambrown5662]

Regardless of how many teams they put in the playoffs, somebody is always going to be unhappy

[@orincoon5585]

Let's Go Fighting Irish and beat Indiana!☘☘☘

[@Tabird10]

Notre Dame Please beat Georgia if you win against Indiana I'm a Clemson fan BTW And Clemson and Georgia are rivals

[@AndTheRoadGoesEverOn]

Go Irish!☘️

[@basscat2107]

If you lose a home game to a nonranked team, the last game before the selection is wrong. Tennessee should be the home team, but Ryan Day knows how to over think and lose

[@Eaa-jz2wj]

I am hoping that exactly happens!

[@daymonperkins7452]

ASU should be ahead of Boise just by strength of schedule.

[@michaelfloyd1127]

If that was the case, Alabama would be ahead of both Boise St and ASU in the playoffs. ASU shouldn't have started 2-2. Not being Ranked for the First 2 weeks of the CFP Ranking didn't help either. Take that up the Committee not Boise St.

[@MattBuild4]

Imaging getting a bye and still complaining about Boise State.....

[@mikaylagreen1116]

Tbh it really doesn’t matter cuz neither are actual playoff contenders. they’re just fillers and have to be in cuz they won their divisions. No one is actually taking them seriously lol.

[@MattBuild4]

@@mikaylagreen1116 Well see this isnt a championship caliber Boise State team by any stretch, just hoping we pick up a game. PSU is a pretty bad matchup scheme vs scheme for BSU so hope SMU pulls through, but defensively we could probably get torched by them. The whole time BSU fans just wish they had this system 20 years ago when we were in our prime. 2010 we wouldve loved the 12th seed just to prove a point.

[@davidpeterjameson7937]

Here's an interesting fact about ASU: Playoff team records vs ranked opponents: Oregon has played 3 ranked teams and is 3-0 Georgia has played 6 ranked teams and is 4-2 Boise St. has played 2 ranked teams and is 1-1 **ASU has played 4 ranked teams and is 4-0** Texas has played 6 ranked teams and is 4-2 (both losses to Georgia) Penn St. has played 3 ranked teams and is 2-1 Notre Dame has played 4 ranked teams and is 4-0 Ohio St. has played 3 ranked teams and is 2-1 Tennessee has played 4 ranked teams and is 3-1 Indiana has played 1 ranked team and is 0-1 SMU has played 3 ranked teams and is 2-1 Clemson has played 3 ranked teams and is 1-2 Games are played week-to-week. Who stands in front of you is your opponent, not their preseason ranking or postseason ranking. For example, when you prepare for #18 ranked Oklahoma and win, you should get credit for that win, not wait until the end of the season and then dismiss that win because Oklahoma ended outside of the rankings. SOS only matters at the end of the season, but ranked teams are who you play week over week. For example, when Texas beat Oklahoma, Oklahoma was ranked and that increases Texas win value. When Oklahoma beat Alabama, Oklahoma was unranked, and that has a significant impact on Alabama's playoff case. ASU has consistently beaten ranked opponents, and all but one (Iowa State) were ranked ABOVE ASU. ASU will get up for any opponent, and will be a problem for Clemson or Texas.

[@GMS8201]

Does the committee not ever punish Penn State for losing?? I am baffled by this

[@roome58]

Why should they move down for losing a close game to the no 1 team in the country, not to mention that they had to earn their way into that game

[@profgc9140]

I’m baffled why you don’t say the same thing about Texas.

[@bri-manhunter2654]

It was a good game, where they barely lost, Penn State is exactly where they should be.

[@RSeaker]

​@bri-manhunter2654 yep. Lost to OSU by seven and to UO by eight. Never got blown out by any team, ranked or unranked.

[@christopherjoniak9120]

Penn state is lucky they’re playing a team outside the top 10 They should be able to actually beat them

[@collegebro85]

I TOLD Y’ALL a 3-loss team would not make it unless you were in your conference title game…giving the nod to Bama would not only scream SEC Bias, but prove it really doesn’t matter about playing these games, cuz teams like Bama will ALWAYS get in over you…thankful this committee did the right thing! 🤘🏼🤨🤘🏼 Also, the seeding is the absolute best, because no one wanted to see inter-conference matchups before the semifinal…bring on the parity!!!

[@SurferRC]

Ohio st oregon could be in the quarters

[@nashvegas4476]

OSU not dropping after a humiliating loss at home is complete garbage.

[@ilovemyplayfulcat320]

Georgia dropped about 9 spots 👀 but not ohio state

[@AlexanderWinterborn-r6p]

They dropped four spots after losing in a rivalry game. Your intellectual dishonesty is telling.

[@343Films]

​@@AlexanderWinterborn-r6p"losing in a rivalry game" *where they were favored by 23.5 points at home and facing a Michigan team with a walk-on qb* * 😂😂 your projection is delicious btw

[@nashvegas4476]

@@AlexanderWinterborn-r6p Georgia dropped 9 spots losing to a ranked team, OSU dropped 4 losing to chumps at home. You have zero common sense or intelligence after your statement.

[@robyclark574]

They beat two top 5 teams this year when they played them, and lost to the only undefeated team in the country by one…yeah I think that deserves that spot

[@CalvinFrerichs]

How shocking it would be if SMU or Boise or even AZS won the whole thing

[@TheGreatWestExpedition]

Joel klatt and herbstreet on the committee? That’s a horrible idea. They’re going to only look out for the best interest of the companies they work for.

[@deiradinn]

The Tide receded, good.

[@RayW....]

Just like your hairline...

[@cfbnd]

@@RayW.... salty

[@Later_Doober]

Yes the committee got it right.

[@dirtyhiggins5484]

To be the man, you have to beat the man. There has been enough talk, it's time to see on the field who is the best. GB🍊

[@nwedge4]

PSU has a nice draw.

[@Trill_Tour]

Nice is being generous. It's a fckn cakewalk

[@emekambulu2352]

​@@DrStoned-t8z 2016 I think😂

[@dgyoutube2405]

1982 ?

[@bobbyheylmun]

2023 against top 10 Utah

[@AlexanderWinterborn-r6p]

@@dgyoutube2405 So, close. But they were national champions again in 1986 and the undefeated Big Ten and Rose Bowl champs in 1994/5. Better luck next time. And you do realize Franklin wasn't the coach then, right? =/

[@kaldrazadrim]

The Indiana Bowl. Determines the best team in Indiana.

[@dustinwagner1776]

Indiana beat Purdue 66-0 Norte Dame beat them 66-7. I'm a fan of both teams. Should be closer than people think.

[@prouddaddy72]

So they have pretty much just come out and said that strength of schedule no longer matters.

[@EPTRotorsports]

Cry more. Maybe they shouldn't have made a shitty conference were texas's best win was A&M but played for the conference championship.

[@kennethhamby9811]

@@EPTRotorsportsno one in these other baby conferences ,want to face SEC schedules.

[@jessejackson5585]

I think what they said is, at a certain point the amount of losses matter more than SOS. Heck, Clemson beat SMU and are still ranked behind them because of 3 losses. Alabama didn't deserve to be in the playoffs. Don't forget in addition to their 3 losses, they were down at halftime to UW, the worst Badger team in 23 years.

[@MattBuild4]

Im pretty sure the committee made that apparent in 2017 when they took Alabama over Ohio State.....

[@rbra9611]

UGA played 4 victories of teams in the playoff and were definitely rewarded.

[@deuce515]

I doesn't matter where the team is in the playoff bracket. I am an Alabama fan and I agree Bama shouldn't be in the best teams got in. If your the best run the tables don't matter where you are in the bracket or your path. If your best face the best and beat em.

[@chopper5477]

That’s why you are sitting where you’re at and Boise State sitting at 3.

[@jofi4580]

Disney definitely wants a Texas UGA rematch for the finals. No real surprise. Mickey rules the CFP with an iron fist.

[@CurtisOrlando]

Naw if Disney own CFB then we’re cooked😂

[@CurtisOrlando]

Watch Disney expand the cfb games to 15😂

[@Wss1992]

This is how it should be. They got this one right this year.

[@RayW....]

Losers always hate winners...

[@katarh]

Georgia NEEDED that bye week. Holy hell, we broke two QBs and our punter in that game. We've got to spend our next 15 practices frantically trying to train the backups. And the backups to the backups.

[@mikaylagreen1116]

Georgia and Oregon are the only deserving teams with first round byes

[@HistoricallyRomantic]

Who the hell wants a 4 team playoff? That's ridiculous.

[@phillippeery2577]

Twelve (12) is better than Four (4). ❤ It will need to be tweaked a little bit before the next season. 😊

[@bobsacamano7653]

I have been following you since week 6 and you have been pretty accurate.

[@thebigwagyu]

Alabama’s ranking was purely there as insurance for SMU winning. Say what you want to about ‘Bama, but it was the least amount of hoops the committee had to go through to put a three loss team in, and with a SMU win, they were going to have to put a three loss team in.

[@travisn346]

Clemson is a 3 loss team and Bama beat 2 of the teams Clemson lost to. Alabama is better than both Clemson and SMU.

[@RD-wg9em]

@@travisn346the models the committee uses to rank the teams don’t account for those transitive results. Only direct head to heads will matter if two teams model to a similar grade.

[@travisn346]

​@@RD-wg9emI understand that. I'm a proponent of the BCS. Bama edges Clemson on every metric I can think of. SOS, SOR, FPI, top 25 wins, opponents SOR, etc. Clemson just happened to be in a favorable conference and benefitted from that fact alone.

[@SurferRC]

@@travisn346by your logic georgia st is better than bama 😂😂

[@travisn346]

​@@SurferRCif Vandy or OU had 3 losses, I'd have them ahead of Bama...but they don't. I compared teams that were on the bubble.

[@ericgarcia3640]

That bottom half of the bracket is an absolute joke. If Oregon wins the title, you can't say they didn't earn it

[@Nemesis12601]

Oregon fan here, I personally love the fact that Oregon has the hardest path to a title, so when Oregon wins it, shut all the haters and doubters up. GO DUCKS!!!!!!!!!

[@johnmakelliii3947]

I really like what the committee did. If we go to a 16-team playoff there will still be bubble teams with gripes that make sense. When it was only two or four teams selected, elite teams with great resumes got left out. Not the case now. SEC can't have it both ways, welcome great teams into your conference, suck up the money, but whine when more Ls for your top teams come with the deal. Besides, there is a slight over-rated aspect in regard to the SEC. In the mid 2000s with Florida blowing out Ohio state and LSU also winning pretty comfortably, the SEC started separating itself, then Alabama re-started its dynasty. How many times though during the season do we see these supposedly vastly superior opponents pushed to the brink by supposedly inferior opponents. Look how many games Georgia had go down to the wire, and they are the #2 seed and justifiably so. I'm fine with conferences from all over the country being represented in the playoffs, and even have byes. Let's see if the supposedly inferior teams get outclassed. Plus, like Greg McElroy said, it's as much about matchups as anything, so let's sit back and enjoy this, as this is about entertainment!

[@SurferRC]

If you go to 16 gotta do top 3 from p4 and 4 at large

[@iexist14]

They don’t value head to head obviously.

[@iexist14]

@ you don’t even know what I’m talking about. I’m talking about Ohio State Penn State. I could care less about Alabama.

[@TechWaltMD]

They should get rid of guaranteed byes regardless of conference. Boise is ranked too high and skews the other seeds. ND needs to quit messing around and join a conference

[@Field_Marshall]

Strength of schedule well the Florida Gators had the hardest schedule so let’s go ahead and put the gators in the dance. If talk like Alabama let’s put Florida in based on strength of schedule

[@JBPVFL]

I know some teams that didn't make it in will be upset, but the best takeaway for it is that its best to control your own destiny rather than rely on other teams messing up and hoping the committee picks your team over another team. Alabama has a good enough team to probably beat any team in the top 10, but they can also lose to every one of them. As a Tennessee fan, I was worried up until a lot of late season losses by other teams and with 1 of our 2 losses being to UGA. So SEC schools going forward will know they got about 2 losses to spare.

[@asuhdude6668]

Army deserved to be ranked higher. 11-1, just beat Tulane 35-14 whom Talking Heads were saying had a shot for the playoff 2 weeks ago. #22 overall? That’s an insult to the West Point Black Knights.

[@AndTheRoadGoesEverOn]

Preach. Doesn’t the AP have Army at #19?

[@asuhdude6668]

@@AndTheRoadGoesEverOn Yes. Boise State is #8 in the AP, Army #19 in the AP…. But the CFP decided Boise should bump up 5 spots to #3 while Army gets demoted to #22. Army got shafted, & hopefully they take it out on the Boat School

[@jamesw22185]

Didn’t army get mauled by ND.

[@davidpeterjameson7937]

@@jamesw22185 They DID. And it was the ONLY ranked team that Army played all year. Army has an 11-1 record, but 0-1 against ranked teams, and they're 82nd on SOS. Army did well, but not in NCAA Playoffs for a reason.

[@kenwright5410]

Yes they got it right. Should be a great playoff!

[@waynebrown3791]

Oregon should be switched with Arizona! Screwed.

[@larico8244]

yall sleeping on smu quarteback dude low key be flicking the rock kenny jennings underrated

[@joyis9638]

Totally agree with you about reseeding each round. Why does Oregon have a tougher path than Georgia? Ridiculous.

[@kylekyle5438]

Oregon already played and beat 4 ranked teams with 3 out of 4 being top ten teams (Ohio State, Penn State, Boise State) plus Illinois. Now Oregon has to play either Ohio State or Tennessee in the semifinals and if they win then they play in the championship game. If they make it there they would have played 6 ranked teams with all of them being top ten besides Illinois. Oregon has the toughest road and played the toughest schedule. Meanwhile Georgia gets to play either Illinois or Notre Dame like seriously? 😒

[@SithGod]

Georgia had to beat Tennessee, Clemson, Georgia Tech, and Texas (TWICE). Literally had the hardest schedule in the entire league. It’s no comparison. No excuses . Win or shut up. Play Ball

[@AndTheRoadGoesEverOn]

@SithGod True. And Notre Dame steamrolled Georgia Tech who took Georgia to 8OT. If ND makes it to the Sugar Bowl, it won’t be an automatic cakewalk for Georgia. I think that matchup is a close game that could go either way.

[@AlexanderWinterborn-r6p]

(chuckle) Welcome to the playoff, newb. Be thankful for that pick-six and those penalties, because Penn State could've just as easily won that game -- thereby depriving Oregon of that first-round bye.

[@kylekyle5438]

@SithGod GT is really bad and Texas is a nobody. They have a cupcake schedule besides facing Georgia. Ohio State and Penn State are far superior to the schools you mentioned even Boise is better 🤣

[@brodyabel7300]

Alabama beat the SEC champ who beat the ACC champ who beat SMU 😂

[@jackasswhiskyandpintobeans9344]

NO BAMA! NO BAMA!

[@AlexanderWinterborn-r6p]

Ah, I love it when what goes around comes around. The 2000s, 1990s, and 1980s are coming back to Alabama. Tick, tock.

[@travisn346]

​​@@AlexanderWinterborn-r6pBama won a title in 1992 and in 2009. What's your point? They've been relevant in almost every decade since the 50s. Who by comparison has been more dominant in the last 75 years?

[@sailorjoe1816]

Byes are scary…momentum would help you just power through! But also a time period where you let momentum carry for whoever wins the first round is gonna be a scary team. Texas is on a mission to make a statement…Clemson would have the momentum of beating SMU and Texas…plus PLAY OFF DABO. This will be an interesting seed story.

[@scottgillespie3655]

Yes, byes are scary. Three weeks off can really hurt a team, even if those weeks give them time to heal.

[@LocalFoe]

Congrats to ND on playing a high-school schedule, a championship weekend bye, and now you get Indiana. Absolute joke.

[@AndTheRoadGoesEverOn]

How can you see to type with all that salt in your eyes?

[@Powerflmale]

Agreed. Indiana played 1 ranked team and got hosed. Boise played 1 ranked team and lost. Guess SOS doesn't matter and reschedule all of those future tough games. Doesn't help.

[@MattBuild4]

​@@Powerflmale Check your rankings again buddy - UNLV is ranked - that gives Boise State 3 ranked games. And in all seriousness in comparing OOC schedules who in the world are you suggesting played a tougher non-conference than at Oregon, at GSU, vs Wazzu, at Oregon State and vs FCS PSU? First of all thats 5 non-conference games, road games at the #1 in the nation, road games vs a runner up G5 team, and 2 games vs previous P5 teams. What in the world does Boise possibly owe you? In the last 4 seasons they have played 3 different P5 conference champions all on the road. Next year they play ND, USF, Washington and App State. In 2026 they play Oregon, Louisville, Memphis and Western Michigan. What team are you that youre scheduling tougher OOC?

[@brandonwilson1249]

I’ve solved College football: +16 team playoff, no one gets a bye +SEC and Big10 both get 4 auto bids with a chance to steal a 5th +Big12 and ACC with 2 auto bids with the chance to steal a 3rd +G5 with two auto bids (picked by CFB committee) + Commissioner of conference (or committee from conf.) decides which teams to send +CFP committee decides seeding of teams that conference sends +During conference championship week CFP matches up ACC vs SEC/ Big10 vs Big12 or ACC vs Big10/ Big12 vs SEC and commissioner of conference (or assigned conference committee) picks team for match up, whichever conference wins gets the extra bid +Win Conference in P4 is auto bid

[@johnhardin-boy]

I am done with college football after this year. I quit watching for 3 years and decided to give it one more chance. I have been watching since Johnny Unitas and Joe Namath days but this mess is sickening and they are very bias and everyone needs to say we are not standing for all this mess. When they started paying all these young guys millions of dollars I knew it was not good. Good luck, give everyone trophies!!!!!!!

[@cjcurtis8944]

Oregon has a harder path than it should as the one seed. That’s not right. No issue with the teams they chose, ie glad they left out Bama. But the one seed should have some advantages over the other top 4 seeds. Specifically Boise St. has an easier path than Oregon for sure.

[@AlexanderWinterborn-r6p]

=/ Wouldn't Boise have to beat Oregon (or the team that beat Oregon)? Champions win. They handle whatever business comes their way. Period.

[@cjcurtis8944]

@ I get that, and generally in playoffs the one seed is rewarded more than the 4 seed…

[@kenwright5410]

Now people are actually complaining about their path? First of all,just be thankful you are in. Secondly, if you are truly the best team - you will be the national champions no matter who is in your path.

[@markblankenship6233]

We learned to make sure we get all contenders that could win it, you need 16. That would put in South Carolina, Miami, Ol Miss and Alabama, four teams which, on a given day, could win it all in a playoff. This would also allow the great record/weak schedule teams in. Suggestion for next year: 1) no conference champs get byes. Only the top 4 ranked teams get a bye; 2) After determining the four teams with byes, bracket teams ranked # 5-8; then, 3) the next 8 teams (ranked 9-16) play for the last four spots in the playoff. That gives you probably all the teams that can actually win it.

[@bigmac1495]

You don’t want Joel Klatt on the committee. I like watching him but he’s such a glazer

[@commonabond]

I kind of wish texas clemson and Ohio state tennessee were switched because Ohio State and Oregon already played. Sure they could still meet up the next week, but then we could see more possible games that didn't already occur.

[@SurferRC]

Yes 100% agreed!

[@SurferRC]

Also you will see the committee keep b12/acc/g5/ND in the same brackets as much as possible to ensure they knock each other out before the semis…

[@TheRealUncensoredTravelGuide]

12 vs 5 should be playing Oregon or 7 vs 10. Indiana shouldn't be here. As UofO fan, i think Ole Miss is more deserving than SMU. Prefer TN have home field. OSU has the brand but they lost to Michigan.

[@johnthoreson8775]

So Oregon beat four contenders in the Big ten and the three that are still alive. Get home games in the playoffs. Oregon had to go on the road for the Big ten championship and have to go on the road for every other game and play a tougher opponent than the people who didn't win every game like they did. This makes sense

[@MattBuild4]

Fyi Penn State does not reside in Indiana..... thats a neutral site game.

[@ciscokid703]

4 teams can win the title. Oregon, Ohio State, Texas, Georgia. Oregon will likely have to play all three consecutively.

[@brianpoole7581]

Dan Lanning from the Smart coaching tree

[@JohnMayernich]

Georgia will not win it all. sorry. Tennessee is beating ohio st. Texas is awful. Oregon is for real.

[@RG-o8zxxx]

Those four teams definitely have the best talent. But Georgia probably lost their qb. And Ohio State has Ryan Day as their coach. Regardless, should be fun games to watch

[@DriveForShow]

Oregon got screwed for being #1 seed… They have the toughest road…Penn State has the easiest path… SMU then Boise… Oregon would have been better off losing last night.

[@pjjohnson1036]

12 teams can win.

[@seanm3684]

Oregon should of lost the championship to have a better bracket.

[@SithGod]

Yeah. I’ll put up money that Georgia wins the National Championship this year.

[@AlexanderWinterborn-r6p]

They barely beat Texas AND they lost to a team that lost to a program's worst team in 30 years, so, perhaps, you shouldn't put up too much money.

[@rbra9611]

They’ve obviously played the hardest schedule.

[@RSeaker]

It helps to have a QB

[@rbra9611]

@ Not when the QB you lost is Carson Beck. UGA will be Natty Champs for the 3rd year out of 4

[@SolomonSupps]

It wasn't this week that the committee messed up, it was last week. SMU should have never been ranked top 10 in my opinion, maybe 11 or 12 because they are definitely not one of the best 12 teams in the country

[@iamjacquesbarjon]

NO MORE COMMITTEES AND NO MORE BYES. 16 team playoff. No more. No less. Determined by BCS poll. Settle it on the field.

[@MattBuild4]

As bad as you think the committee is I guarantee you the BCS was 100 times worse...... yall dont seem to remember that era very clearly

[@jon7508]

As a Tennessee fan, it was a fun year guys 😂

[@Kiki-j2u6t]

We need to stop messing around and go to a full 32-team playoff bracket. College basketball gives us March Madness. College footbale should give us "Winter Wildness"! A full 32-team bracket, no byes, everyon plays. All we have to do is exchange the power 5 conference championship games for the first round of "Winter Wildness"! 16 meaningful games! Not only 5 games while lower ranked teams get a bye week. How WILD would it be to see more teams in the playoffs? Ole Miss, South Caroline, Alabama, BYU, Army Colorado, Syracuse, ...

[@8twstonestone614]

I agree w/ JD on Boise

[@ZC1993]

There are still fixes needed to be made with this 12 team CFP. One I can think of is re-seeding after every round. 1 seed gets the toughest route, that makes no sense.

[@OnlyMissed2K]

I’m excited about how easy ugas path is we can maybe potentially get Beck back for the natty unless Stockton is balling out

[@xuexxiong]

If someone has NCAA Football 25, can they make the season play out just like in real life and see how the CFP bracket looks

[@yagot2luvit]

Gonna be Alotta blowouts in this playoff.

[@SurferRC]

Which games?

[@SwampFox-m8v]

I warned my friends two weeks ago the brackets would be unbalanced. When #1 and the best at large are set from the get go to be in the same bracket, it skews everything else. This has ONLY to due with seeding not who is in Result: Bracket A 6 playoff team wins 3 conference champions #1 at large At large Big 10 team that beat BOTH conference teams on the other side of the bracket Next best SEC team 6-4 playoff team wins counting 0-2 Texas spread out amongst the bracket Bracket B: 4 PO team wins ONLY GA 2 conference champions including non Power 4 MWC Notre Dame zero games against playoff teams 1-1 in MAC, weak schedule Indiana 1 playoff team, lost weak schedule Penn State lost only two difficult games who happen to be on the other side of the bracket SMU weak schedule no playoff teams until last night 0-5 outside GA playoff team wins Objectively it isn’t close top to bottom within the brackets A. I think auto bids are fine but teams need to be seeded 1-12 regardless of conference championship result (factor yes but not definitive) A #3 seed if truly a # 3 seed would not be playing for its playoff life just to get in, rather it would be playing for seeding B. Re seed like NFL to reward success Btw do a fun exercise before you weigh in seed them 1-12 by reality and also how you would do it by just taking these 12 Trust me, in this exercise you will pleasantly be surprised you will come up with a much more balanced result This needs to be fixed ASAP

[@FootballWiseGuy]

Ashton❤️ is the best player and most dominant, and the only player in the country who could’ve lead Boise State past the conference championship game and doing national championship. If anyone can do it it’s him. 🏆 if he has half of his average game, he will break college football’s most yards for a player. He’s already broke in the yards after contact for single-season through eight games this year, that’s gotta be an on beatable record after he says this, especially as it is harder to do what he’s doing today than it was in decades past

[@jwVOLS]

Top half of the bracket is insane.

[@Jswagalot1]

I will say it again… That Indiana vs ND winner is a dark horse.

[@scottzenger2019]

Every, leagues are not the same. Who, Did SMU and Indiana play. Little, sisters of the poor

[@AlexanderWinterborn-r6p]

You're confused. This is the national championship, not the SEC championship.

[@ebeneben5472]

The meat riding for big time programs and alienating the smaller schools is crazy. Most of the CFB fans did not even go to college or a big time school.

[@adamcahill1929]

SMU should have stayed above Indiana and gotten the 10 seed but other than that I think they held to the rankings and did a good job not punishing championship losers.

[@stephenholbrook4391]

There’s a lot of football left, but what a travesty it would be if Georgia lost to Texas in the Natty after already beating them twice. I pray it doesn’t happen…

[@392kai4]

Texas not beating Oregon

[@rbra9611]

Georgia has the possibility of 3 rematches.

[@patman1505]

I worry that the bye maybe not that great of gift, how many times do we see bowl games where teams timing is all off for a half, bye teams get to play teams that got their timing back a week earlier in the first round. I will be interested to see how the bye teams fair

[@Peter.Young21]

They did get it right. But, I would prefer Ole Miss over SMU. Bama got blown out by OU and lost to Vandy. Their out of conference was also super weak.

[@EdD-it1zs]

No they didn't get it right. Georgia has no quarterback. Georgia should have been left out and the SEC should have to forfeit their first round bye because their conference champion has no quarterback. Based on the precedent the committee has set, Georgia shouldn't be in.

[@dentonyoung4314]

They got it just about exactly right. The *only* thing they got wrong was that Tennessee should be the 8 seed and Ohio State the 9 seed.

[@lsurebel96]

Ole miss & SCar have better wins & losses against ranked teams than bama. If you let a 3 loss bama in, what rationale do you provide to other 3 loss teams who have more credible wins & losses

[@AlexanderWinterborn-r6p]

And nobody really wants to imagine a three-loss national champion, do they?

[@FrankieLunn]

They got it right. Wish they would get rid of rankings. Rank teams just at the end of the regular season. Do it by record and the tape of how they played this year. Were the L’s blow outs or close. How did they do against mutual opponents. Rankings are always a guess until the season starts

[@Jz86az]

Oregon Already Beat The Whole Playoff Bracket - Quack Quack 🦆

[@aureliusthomasel7229]

They gave pen state the easy path frfr they got it wrong as we all knew they would .

[@drewdozerthaprophet9568]

The rankings make sense, the seeding absolutely does not.

[@BamaWig]

Now that we know strength of schedule has almost no value, to them record trumps everything else regardless of who you play. The SEC should as quickly as possible negotiate out of ALL those difficult non-conference games. They are simply too big of a liability now to keep them on the schedule.

[@JamesDatWork]

you're kidding .... SEC already plays one less conference game than others and already schedules mostly cupcake out of conference games. How much easier can SEC make it?

[@BamaWig]

@@JamesDatWork Look a the strength of schedule in the SEC its significantly more difficult that the other convergences. Only people who are fans of teams in really bad conferences try to make this unfounded argument,

[@JamesDatWork]

@@BamaWig hear this every year .. if ES(ec)PN constantly ranks you higher, you play mostly each other, and you play the weakest out of conference games .... sure, you're sooo great. How about we stop with ranking and just have everyone play to prove it? Pac12 was called weak for years ... yet now 2 of the conference champs are from Pac12? Betting right now than winner of Texas (no offense, hasn't beaten anybody of note) and Clemson (weakest power 4 conference winner) has a legit shot of losing to ASU.

[@BamaWig]

@ I think your missing my point entirely. Given what the committee did this year showing that strength of schedule has very little value all teams regardless of conference should endeavor to schedule the easiest teams possible. That is really bad for college football but is the best strategy to get into the playoffs.

[@SurferRC]

Lol sec is scared to play good teams out of conference agreed

[@gmanhirt8818]

top.12 should get in thats the most logical