Did SMU, Indiana deserve to be in the College Football Playoff? | The Wrap-Up 🏈

[@colldoug1]

Only SMU and Indiana ? What about Tennessee getting blown out by a bigger margin?

[@ak102986]

The difference is that SMU and Indiana look like they belong on a different level of junior variety, but Tenn play poorly against a superior team

[@aaronlampkin284]

@@ak102986SMU played fine tbh but that QB took their chances away in the first Qtr. He choked

[@eric36518708]

Right I hope the selection committee don’t take these games and change up the way they pick next year

[@ak102986]

@@aaronlampkin284 it was 27 to 3 at one point, that is not playing fine. Same for Tennessee.

[@RDWhite151]

Facts!

[@thescrantonfiles]

Huh - no mention of Tennessee being blown out even worse than Indiana? What a surprise...

[@cashxx_x]

by an osu team that lost to mich too thats insane

[@ak102986]

It is because it was by Ohio State, who some feel is the second best team.

[@ak102986]

@cashxx_x 1) rival game 2) ever team can have an off day or any given Saturday

[@cashxx_x]

@@ak102986 who lost to davis warren without his only recieving threat. he is also a walk on qb (and quite possibly the worst qb of all time) who beat osu at home as 20 point favorites.

[@RobertJohnson-sd5vs]

This game was embarrassing to the SEC first happel was crying about being left out now he's crying because his team didn't preform

[@J-Bravo416]

How much is the SEC paying you guys not to talk about how bad Tennessee looked?

[@dannyv934]

“Specifically Indiana and smu”. Why? Tennessee was hyped up and played just as bad, and you say nothing.

[@joeydaglio7655]

What else would you expect from these sec homies

[@Mahlonw]

They played an Ohio state team who is considered by many an ACTUAL championship contender

[@daRealB-Rex]

@@MahlonwNot even Vandy could move the goalposts that far

[@jtriece1]

Ratings

[@petemagyar1445]

More than Tennessee deserved

[@karldergrosse-333]

Nah

[@brianclemons5375]

Yes.

[@Mahlonw]

No. It would’ve been the same maybe worse if smu played Ohio state

[@knockout9446]

@@karldergrosse-333yah

[@wupapi39]

Tennessee got curbed stomped

[@Rivs5117]

Indiana and SMU were competitive in the first quarter meanwhile Tennessee was looking like an FCS team as soon as the ball was kicked off lmao.

[@lamar310]

Tennessee only 108 yards passing and their defense was the WORST giving up 42 points. The SEC got exposed...108 yards passing is embarrassing

[@xmositoxc147]

IS TENNESEE WORTHY? A B10 team that didn't even make their own championship ripped the 3rd Place team a new hole. Bama and South Carolina are happy they didn't get in to get embarrassed by Notre Dame and Penn State

[@piggyback1445]

No one can deny that Ohio State is a Top team. Ohio state is much better than Notre Dame and Penn State. If Ohio state plays against SMU, it would be 63 - 7 kind of score. SMU and Indiana just don't belong.

[@xmositoxc147]

@piggyback1445 Ohio State 38 - 15 Indiana Ohio State 42 - 17 Tennessee Seems like the SEC doesn't belong.... Learn to add and subtract LOW IQ folks.

[@whydoineedachanneltocommen8755]

@@piggyback1445 Penn State played Ohio State to a one-score game. Notre Dame would do the same, and likely win. We need to stop holding teams to a higher standard when they don't have a big enough name.

[@sportsplug7578]

I stopped listening after bro said get rid of conference championships

[@Saltheart1302]

Your record gives you the chance to try. If you don't win, at least you had the chance that you EARNED. Do not try to turn this back into a popularity contest.

[@chrisoakley5830]

Thank you, very well said.

[@TJ-dg2ff]

That sounds dumb af might as well put army in and see how they play against Ohio State it’s not ab “ most deserving “ it’s ab putting the best cfb teams in the playoffs otherwise u get another Penn state Vs SMU result

[@joshbazon2764]

Tennessee didn't belong, like Ole Miss, South Carolina, and Alabama, in the College Football Playoffs! Besides, the SEC needs to go to 9 conference games without a Sunbelt squad.

[@mattp2035]

How about the product ole Rocky Top laid out? Tenn got blown out just like SMU and worse than Indiana. At least Indy v ND was a 10 point game. Tennessee never got off the bus.

[@karldergrosse-333]

Anyone who watched the ND game knew Indiana never had a shot. They always get in garbage last minute scores.

[@chrisoakley5830]

Tennessee never had a shot either.

[@kryer981]

With all due respect, determining the "best teams" is entirely subjective. The "most deserving" teams is a much more objective process.

[@33corsaire]

ESPN showing their bias…

[@bbkyjohnson]

SMU actually had a much better chance than Tennessee had. They had two horrible interceptions but moved the ball pretty well and had a couple chances to keep that game close early.

[@rileyfair5]

This logic people have is what's actually wrong with college football

[@MovieFanZ89]

So it’s funny. People wanna talk about SMU and Indiana not deserving to be in the playoff because they got blown out but Tennessee lost by an even bigger merchant than the other two. They deserve to not be in the playoff

[@crazyirish209]

Not one coherent thought from these clowns esp that arrogant tween on the right

[@jpe5047]

Just ignoring the fact that Tennessee had the worst loss of the weekend. ESPN is a flat out joke. I wish this network nothing but the worst.

[@cynfulsmokersbbq]

Bama would have got blown out up North. ND beats them by 40.

[@TheMCJ2011]

Oh wow… so you’re telling me they expanded the playoffs just to make us watch MORE BLOWOUTS??? Who could’ve possibly predicted this would happen? 🤔 It’s almost as if there were never 12 teams who are worthy of the playoffs to begin with. And THIS is why we wanted it to stop at 8 teams, not freaking 12. But the funniest part is they’re about to dilute the product even more in a couple years when it expands to 16 teams 😂😂

[@gaoneal02]

This is why doing an 8 team playoff system would work better, along with not making an automatic bid just because you won your conference. It also solidifies my suggestion of the power 4 conferences not playing outside of the 4 conferences and getting rid of the non-conference games like Alabama vs Middle Tennessee State!

[@TheMCJ2011]

@@gaoneal02 exactly. That 1st round was completely unnecessary lol. The top 8 seeds are still left regardless so all we did was waste a weekend watching a bunch of uncompetitive football. All 4 games were blowouts. Eight was always the perfect amount, which is why them rushing it from 4 CFP teams to 12 CFP teams made zero sense and was always just a cheap money grab. What happened to the game I love.

[@OHGBOY71]

At the same time you will never see a undefeated or one loss team feel like they are not good enough......also most of the best programs were two loss teams which made the selection tougher this year.

[@TheMCJ2011]

@@OHGBOY71 very true

[@gaoneal02]

@@TheMCJ2011 *Big 12, SEC, ACC & Big 10 are your only 4 viable power conferences right now. *Big 12 has 16 teams *Big 10 has 18 teams *ACC has 16 teams *SEC has 16 teams *Each conference plays only teams from its own conference and no more blowout September games against D2 teams and easy warm-up type games. *At the end of the regular season schedule, the top 2 teams in each conference play each other in the first-round playoff game as follows: Big 12 #1 vs Big 12 #2, Big 10 #1 vs Big 10 #2, ACC #1 vs ACC #2, SEC #1 vs SEC #2. The winners will be Conference Champions and ranked #1 - #4 by CFP Committee according to existing guidelines. *Semi Final Playoff #1 vs #4 *Semi Final Playoff #2 vs #3 *The losers will be ranked #3 & #4 by CFP Committee according to existing guidelines. * The winners will be ranked #1 & #2 by CFP Committee according to existing guidelines. *The CFP Super-Duper Bowl #1 vs #2, the winner is National Champions. *The Notre Dame dilemma of being an Independent solution, should they continue to want to stay Independent. UND should agree to play 3 games from each of the power conferences and to continue with their commitment to play Navy every year giving them a 13-game season as the other CFP teams. Notre Dame would have to be ranked above one of the conference teams that is the lowest ranked #2 to be selected to the 8 team CFP. #1. Alabama has nothing to complain about missing the CFP after losses to unranked Vanderbilt and OK, so shut up AL, you are the FSU team this year! #2. Miami lost to an unranked Syracuse & GA Tech, so no way Jose! No way in the world should Boise State be in the top 4, they have played no one in the top 25, but Oregon and lost. Weakest schedule out of all the CFP teams. And how did BSU jump over ASU when ASU had a huge blowout in their conference championship game? Since Clemson won SMU for the ACC Championship, I have Clemson #11 an SMU #12. How in the far world of rankings does Clemson not get ranked above SMU after winning them in the ACC Championship, this has got to be a mistake. Everyone was complaining about the 4-team playoff and the mess it created, now it's even worse with people making these ranking doing stupid stuff. The only way to deal with this is get rid of the scheduling on teams outside the power 4 conferences and anyone on the outside of the power 4 conferences don't play in the CFP primarily because of a totally weak schedule! Then have only and 8 team CFP with conference champions in the top 4 and the runner ups ranked in 5-8. We need to discuss how the committee is selected!

[@loki_224]

The only thing that was learned in the first round was how valuable home games are - that's it. Why they spend 4+ minutes talking about bye teams that haven't even played yet is beyond me. The funniest part is that every team that was "supposed" to win, won. Yet these three are adamant that the bracket isn't working the way it should.

[@chrisoakley5830]

And it's all because one team didn't make the playoffs and I think we all know who that one team was.

[@cfb1743]

Do these guys deserve a show?

[@jasonlewis9326]

Tennessee had NO business being there

[@Bobweiser19]

What about a "barnstorming" game? Where these teams all play 10-11 games and then either challenge another school or a committee schedules a game to iron some things out...do away with conference championships. Or don't. But I would've loved to see Alabama-SMU if those were the 2 bubble teams. Or Colorado vs Ole Miss. Notre Dame vs SOuth Carolina.

[@Boopty]

As Bama fan, I’m well aware that we shot ourselves in the foot and likely didn’t deserve to be in but anyone who has watched football all year and understands the talent disparity saw these blowouts coming from a mile away.

[@Jn90974]

You mean like Ohio State blowing out a Tennessee team that handily beat bama? Bama would have got embarrassed just as bad. So would Ole Miss and South Carolina who barely beat a bad Clemson team the last week of the season.

[@jesuslover8]

Handily? We lost by 7 while at Knoxville having the lead for over half the game. Now, doesn't excuse us because offense choked against UT and Oklahoma, but handily? Nah.

[@Jn90974]

@@jesuslover8 yes getting outscored by two touchdowns in the second half is getting beat handely. It was a close game, but Tennessee was clearly the better team and even when bama was up in the first half it felt like it was just a matter of time until Tennessee took over.

[@bskolvek]

@@Jn90974sorry to tell you, but Jalen choking aside, Tennessee legitimately did nothing when they beat Alabama. Jalen gave Tennessee that game. Nico threw 3 interceptions, sampson fumbled in the first half. We start anyone else and we win it by 2 touchdowns. Lets not say handily in incorrect context, they escaped rocky top with a 7 point win.

[@kingkid8906]

Tennessee did not deserve to be there. They lost against Georgia did not play Texas or South Carolina and they got by Bama because bad Jalen instead of good Jalen decide to show up

[@vernonholliday8632]

Yea, they worthy, they won when it was necessary, but got beat by a better team.

[@chrisoakley5830]

Yes these teams deserved to be there, it takes time and experience to work your way up to being a championship team, this year was a start towards that for teams like SMU and Indiana.

[@TJ-dg2ff]

😂 no they didn’t bc it’s not about “ most deserving “

[@nathanstruble2177]

Lol dudes getting roasted for not mentioning Tennessee, absolute joke, not giving it even a second of watch time

[@joynwako689]

Yes i believe SMU deserved to be in the playoffs, If not for out 4 TURNOVERS FOR 28 POINTS THEY NEED TO MAKE FAIR IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN SMU VS INDIANA AND PENN ST VS NOTRE DAME THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN GOOD AND EXCITING!!!

[@jamiegunter7016]

You are a fool smu did not belong the acc did not belong. Every one knew they didn't belong. Let them play a lesser team in the playoffs so it would be interesting foolish male Karen's

[@coreywagner1889]

In about a week these people will be advocating for next year’s first round to be played in “neutral territory”. You know, places like Florida, Georgia, and Texas

[@bruceseals584]

Clemson 0-3 vs sec

[@knockout9446]

Yes they did. If Miami had a decent coach and went undefeated, or had only one loss, they would have made it and most likely gotten smoked, too.

[@maikeruxo9569]

Alabama and Ole Miss and USC should’ve made it

[@jls1237]

How do we know the other SEC teams would put up a fight? They had some BAD losses. Look at Tennessee getting blown out too. I think it’s more about the higher seeds just being that much more superior in this case. And on the point of strength of schedule yes it should matter but don’t act like these teams purposely went for weak schedules. They had some big programs on the schedule that just had an awful year. Specifically SMU, who would’ve guessed Louisville and FSU would’ve underperformed so poorly when the schedule was drawn up? SMU had decent wins against teams that were ranked at the time. The issue is we will never know. If Alabama got in over SMU and got blown out we probably wouldn’t even be talking about it which is part of the problem.

[@PassportBrosPodcast]

I agree that the top 3 to 5 teams every year will always be able to compete for a title, while the bottom 7 are just put in a playoff to appease the fans.

[@SomeDudeInTheChat]

The committee is “to” blame; not “at” blame. Dummies.

[@chrisoakley5830]

The committee got the right teams, SMU and Indiana aren't going to win the title in their first year of getting into the playoffs, but they gotta have a chance to start sometime, this was their year to start working towards becoming championship programs.

[@TJ-dg2ff]

@@chrisoakley5830tf? They can make it 10 years straight they still not gonna win 💀

[@EMc71]

How do you determine strength of schedule without being dependent on biased rankings?

[@surelythiswasnotused]

SMU game is deceptive. Penn State got a 28 point turnaround from one player’s incredibly stupid decision making in the first half. Saban called it in the pregame when they interviewed Jennings. Saban said that kid is way too overconfident going into the circumstances he’s going into.

[@AlabamaPoe]

Nooooo don't talk about bama now... yall dog'd us and dog'd us when we told everyone about our resume... true enough we hurt ourselves for losing 3 games.. that's unacceptable but hey we told yall.. Roll Tide!!!

[@BrandoeBrandMusic]

All I got to say is ROLL TIDE 🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘

[@Redscfbreview]

Roll Tide 🌊

[@soarinskies1105]

🤮 nice blowout loss to mediocre Oklahoma🤮 cope and seathe

[@ColonelCarnage]

It always annoyed me when Notre Dame got compared to Indiana when watching them play it was easy to tell who was better. Indiana’s best win by far was against Michigan who was missing their best corner and only lose by 5.

[@normantucker9247]

What a clown act you guys are.

[@Chrispd2005]

The dude just said, "Add games and get rid conference champs." They trying diminish the southeast conference. Espn playoff system needs to go back to the ap and computers.

[@brianclemons5375]

They are trying to get more sec teams in

[@gaoneal02]

This solidifies my suggestion of the power 4 conferences not playing outside of the 4 conferences and getting rid of the non-conference games like Alabama vs Middle Tennessee State!

[@MattBuild4]

You need to put teams that should be in the P4 into the P4 then.....

[@quinnbill]

Ole Miss and Alabama may be better, but their losses created their own problems. The Kentucky and Oklahoma losses dragged them down.

[@marcuswestcott]

Easy way to fix this is to make the conference title games play in games. The playoff over complicated this whole situation. With 4 conferences, the championship games would be the quarter finals.

[@soboredrn-v8e]

Thoughts on this: 14 team playoff. 4 highest ranked conference champions get auto bids. The 2 highest ranked conference champions get 1st round byes. Now go back and apply that to the week 15 cfp rankings. Everyones happy now right?

[@Chupacabra_4]

Crazy how they just ignore Tennessee who made Ohio state look like world beaters. Michigan literally just beat them the week before

[@chiefearnest1450]

Should have been Miami and Alabama in place of SMU & Indiana.

[@DmanNIKE]

Agree

[@Aart.Vandelay]

Stfu. Indiana played OSU way better compared to Tennessee which beat Bama. You've no leg to stand on with that logic. SEC teams sucked this year and deal with it.

[@xandercrews4729]

Michigan should’ve been in Tennessee’s place

[@OHGBOY71]

getting rewarded for losing is not what we're doing here..... maybe next time they'll remember this before taking that 3RD L.

[@chiefearnest1450]

@ You have to take Strength of Schedule into account not just W/L. SMU is 11-1 but they are not better than Alabama.

[@Ecc586]

Alabama 💯💯💯💯 weekend waste of time

[@justdoit8four3]

Learning lesson for next year cfp committee. South Carolina deserved those spots.

[@jilewis683]

So smaller schools basically have no chance at getting in? SOS = Big 10 & SEC. Might as well just create a separate 2 conference league

[@alanbrooke3237]

IU vs Ohio State 2nd Quarter 26 seconds left in first half score 7 to 7 last seconds Ohio State scored 7 more. Tennessee vs Ohio State 1st Quarter Ohio State 21 to 0! Half 21 to 0!! Oh more out of Conference play? Like Notre Dame has done forever? They have played Texas, Oklahoma, Oregon, USC, NEVADA, FSU, MIAMI, ALABAMA

[@MattBuild4]

Yall play Boise State next year too

[@alanbrooke3237]

@MattBuild4 Notre Dame has a History of playing everyone and anyone teams from EVERY CONFERENCE. WHEN NICK SABAN WAS MICHIGAN STATES COACH, MICHIGAN, OREGON, STANFORD, USC, TULANE, VANDERBILT, FSU, MIAMI PITT,DUKE, NOEW SHOW EVERYONE THE SEC BEING DIVERSE IN THEIR TEAMS SCHESULES.

[@OHGBOY71]

i wonder how many people here thought bama was more deserving than Ohio State.

[@J-Bravo416]

SMU deserved it more than Tennessee. The SEC isnt good enough to have 3 teams in the playoffs.

[@gaoneal02]

I keep hearing this argument about South Carolina which is not a valid way to select. Who is the best all year, not just half of the year! Strength of schedule gets eliminated when you get the power 4 conferences playing within the 4 conferences and getting rid of the non-conference games like Alabama vs Middle Tennessee State!

[@ballroomdru]

Strength of Record would have given us much better seeding with Strength of schedule making a difference.

[@lilkloud]

If we being honest, the ACC is a basketball conference I don’t think no ACC team should make the playoffs imo 😂😂😂😂

[@Toney5825]

It's time to shut the committee down and bring back the Bcs computer

[@iraxks0341]

Tennessee earned their spot. They didn’t steal someone else’s.

[@shiestydemon9616]

Everyone knew Alabama should have been in. The whole country hates Alabama because they win so much that's why the committee left them out. I blame Dabo too. They barely beat SMU then he's says SMU deserves to be in. Clemson never should have been in either.

[@daRealB-Rex]

Alabama had 3 losses and didn’t win their conference. They did not deserve to be in.

[@christiankofi9996]

@@daRealB-Rex it aint about deserving they made the playoffs and in the criteria its states that it should be the 12 best teams they just twist it around every year to get whomever they want in thats all

[@OHGBOY71]

bama gets the benefit of the doubt every year.... even last yr. they were put in over a undefeated team. THEY DID NOT DESEVRE TO BE IN LAST YR. AND THEY GOT BEAT.

[@Redscfbreview]

I wouldn't be surprised if they let SMU come back, so both teams could get in. Clemson is 0-3 vs. the SEC this year. The ACC was weak this year.

[@christiankofi9996]

@@OHGBOY71 they did deserve to be in they beat the number 1 team

[@RobertJohnson-sd5vs]

Well at first they were crying about INDIAN getting in to the playoffs and now they are crying about them losing in the playoffs 😂😂😅

[@thatguybill34]

*Colorado, Miami, Ole Miss, & South Carolina should of been in the CFP. These first 4 games were terrible.*

[@TheShedHuntingDogs]

You want divisions, but you want to eliminate conference championships? That’s incredibly stupid. No offense to the big ten, but before they started playing a conference championship game the whole “co conference” champion thing they had going between 2 teams for a few years that had the same record but never played each other was one of the stupidest things I’ve seen in sports Conference championships need to stay ,but I do agree to bringing Divisions back rather then the giant group we have now

[@jasonhernandez5008]

So basically on your reasoning, the team can lose f4-5 games and still be worthy of getting into the playoffs as long as y’all think they really good? Then why have a season at all and not just start off with the playoff system from the first game? The current system might not be right barefoot but we know at the end whoever wins the championship is no doubt the champion best team of the season you could never say that before

[@brianpawlowski6498]

It is what it is. There is no "perfect" scenario for what you are looking for. Everyone can not play a top 30 or 40 schedule if you are going to keep the power conferences in their current form. Furthermore, you can't have it both ways, which inevitably is the goal. If Bama had gotten in and won in the 1st round against, let's say, ND, they would argue ND had no business being there. But if they had lost, they would argue ND is not that good, Bama just played bad. What is going to be the argument when an 8-4 conference champion gets an automatic bid? The future is what the CFP didn't think about, and the conferences and fans only want to think about the here and now. That's why there is no perfect scenario for any of this.

[@alienasoul]

They're dragging out the season for advertising revenue!! Duh. I cannot stand the 10-15 minutes of TV commercials...per break!!

[@Kenjayfan55]

Not an Ohio State or Big 10 fan by any stretch. But so grateful the Buckeyes threw cold water on ESPN's tiresome pro-SEC rant that would have escaped the lab if Tennessee didn't get routed. All Friday and Saturday proved is that the better teams got home games (not sure about the byes). It in no way indicated that teams that lost to Kentucky, Vanderbilt, Ga. Tech and Oklahoma in the fall and Syracuse in a dome were going to fare any better than Tennessee playing in freezing weather at South Bend or State College in December.

[@lamar310]

Tennessee only had 108 yards passing and gave up 42 points...both the WORST of any team. SEC got exposed

[@kelleymunnerlyn7110]

So are you saying that … Tennessee and Clemson didn’t belong either? All of that stuff is subjective, when you’re saying one team belongs and one team doesn’t - look at the results from the playoffs! Are you willing to admit that you were completely wrong , when you said that neither SMU or Indiana should not have been in the playoffs?

[@TJ-dg2ff]

They didn’t belong lol look at the score

[@MichaelCottle]

So when Notre Dame beats Georgia should the SEC even be considered for the playoffs next year?

[@TJ-dg2ff]

Why ? So u can have the whole Mountain west conference in the playoffs?

[@OHGBOY71]

there's going to be a huge drop off in talent between the 12th best team up to the top 4 teams. this playoff is to simply shut up maybe 4 to 6 teams that felt they deserved a spot. So expect to see blowouts in the 1st round, and also a couple in the 2nd until they fix the seeding.

[@ironmantran]

worthy, but it their first - give them a chance

[@chrisoakley5830]

Exactly, these people forget that before Saban came to town, Alabama wasn't really all that great, they had to work their way up to being a champion and now these new teams in the playoffs this year deserve the same opportunity to work their way up to a title.

[@brewc11]

Seems tenn and every 3 loss SEC team were the mlst ovwr rated. In one night it becamw clear Saban is gone and beating bamma means nothing. The SEC was humiliated last night.

[@mikejohnson9586]

Well, Indiana and SMU were exposed because of weak schedules. They got smoke by the big dogs. But, what about Tennessee? Their only big win was Alabama and weak Florida took them to overtime. Then Georgia blew them away. So technically, Tennessee sux as bad as SMU and Indiana when playing the big dogs.

[@DavidRaymer-yx1tx]

Your never gonna have a perfect CFPs

[@jamesswords6425]

Why is Tennessee not discussed as well?

[@richardkermode8833]

12 teams is just too many..8 teams is more than enough

[@Druhhhhh9905]

@@richardkermode8833 Agreed

[@daggerkettenring]

8 is perfect, but they had to do 12 to get the "make a wish" teams in.

[@warseabee0361]

After seeing how tenn played against Ohio state I would say they did not deserve to be there if you want to say Indiana and smu should not be there. We get it you at espn want your team Alabama in there but let’s be honest Ohio state would have stepped on them just like they did tenn!

[@chrisoakley5830]

Exactly, if Alabama had been good enough to make the playoffs, we wouldn't be hearing any of this.

[@lightingbolt8148]

So no mention of Tenn? Gee I wonder why

[@WaldoHaraldoFaldo]

All those SEC those would have been Dogwalked in the cold even worse

[@MusicCityCANE]

This trio of goofys is whats wrong with college football. Also, best teams is extremely subjective. Most deserving needs to be the standard. College football is in such disarray, its so sad smh.

[@supablack]

Why people trying to use a loss to Michigan to ignore a $20 million dollar roster.. Ohio state should be 2nd best team in the country.. don’t fake on Tennessee because they don’t have near the talent as OSU.. just SEC hate

[@MichaelCottle]

So what you’re saying is if Notre Dame beats Georgia the SEC should only get their champion in next season? I agree what a weak conference this year.

[@TJ-dg2ff]

Didn’t Georgia have the hardest schedule?

[@joefuentes4041]

What about Tennessee? At least Indiana lead 7-0 at Ohio State, the Vols barely scored a field goal! 🤣

[@1980jeremiahT]

Like boxing and wrestling there are weight classes for a reason.

[@rogerburton4880]

Yes they most definitely did. Their damm win record this year was better than ESPN’s beloved Alabama’s so stop with all the nonsense belittling of these teams. They earned that right to be there by winning more games than some other teams. I do believe that it’s called The college football playoffs, and to me that means all college teams not just because the smaller teams doesn’t measure up to the big money draw teams that ESPN thinks should be there just to make them more money. I would love to see these little teams figure out some way to be able to just tell ESPN we don’t need you anymore so just stay away from us.

[@bruceseals584]

The sec hate is real and especially Bama hate but all 3 sec teams left out are playoff team and Miami should have been in

[@xandercrews4729]

Based on what? Absolutely nothing.

[@bruceseals584]

@xandercrews4729 based on the sec being snubbed for your trash teams that don't belong in the playoffs and would have been a miss st in the sec.

[@daRealB-Rex]

@@bruceseals584Then how come Tennessee got the worst thrashing of all of them?

[@bruceseals584]

@xandercrews4729 we play playoff football all year in the sec that is why we have won 16 of the last 20 national championship only other conference that come close is big 10 the acc (all cupcake conference)and big 12 (mickey mouse) leagues are not close and don't belong with the others

[@daRealB-Rex]

@@bruceseals584 So Vandy, Mississippi State, Oklahoma, and Kentucky are all playoff teams?

[@RSeaker]

Clemson and Tennessee don't belong. The final four will be accurate.

[@NoDatePlease]

Absolutely not and EVERYONE involved knew it beforehand

[@WaldoHaraldoFaldo]

espn you idiots. How are you leaving Tennessee out. They got completely destroyed

[@fn-dylonistheman7341]

Nah go look at the scores then we will talk because IU didn’t get there teeth caved in like other losing teams

[@Jn90974]

How about Tennessee? Indiana played way better than them.

[@matthewstewart2377]

these people are dumb and have no idea how any of this works. first of all the sec and big ten are not going to let someone else schedule their games, just not going to happen. second, conference championship games make a ton of money and are not going anywhere.

[@RobertJohnson-sd5vs]

Mabe you should have a play off for the playoffs 😂😂😂

[@joetouchedmykid]

Is you think Indy or smu looked bad should have seen bama vs Oklahoma

[@alphapapa9018]

Tennessee got blown out too 😂

[@justyncox8013]

Than talk about tennessee sucking and clemson holding there water for that game

[@daRealB-Rex]

Facts, people forget Clemson got close at the end but just couldn’t finish. Not to mention these are played at campus sites, so the home team is going to have an innate advantage.

[@terencew7716]

The committee needs to make some changes to this process also Indiana SMU and Tennessee were 🗑️🗑️🗑️

[@gaoneal02]

*Big 12, SEC, ACC & Big 10 are your only 4 viable power conferences right now. *Big 12 has 16 teams *Big 10 has 18 teams *ACC has 16 teams *SEC has 16 teams *Each conference plays only teams from its own conference and no more blowout September games against D2 teams and easy warm-up type games. *At the end of the regular season schedule, the top 2 teams in each conference play each other in the first-round playoff game as follows: Big 12 #1 vs Big 12 #2, Big 10 #1 vs Big 10 #2, ACC #1 vs ACC #2, SEC #1 vs SEC #2. The winners will be Conference Champions and ranked #1 - #4 by CFP Committee according to existing guidelines. *Semi Final Playoff #1 vs #4 *Semi Final Playoff #2 vs #3 *The losers will be ranked #3 & #4 by CFP Committee according to existing guidelines. * The winners will be ranked #1 & #2 by CFP Committee according to existing guidelines. *The CFP Super-Duper Bowl #1 vs #2, the winner is National Champions. *The Notre Dame dilemma of being an Independent solution, should they continue to want to stay Independent. UND should agree to play 3 games from each of the power conferences and to continue with their commitment to play Navy every year giving them a 13-game season as the other CFP teams. Notre Dame would have to be ranked above one of the conference teams that is the lowest ranked #2 to be selected to the 8 team CFP. #1. Alabama has nothing to complain about missing the CFP after losses to unranked Vanderbilt and OK, so shut up AL, you are the FSU team this year! #2. Miami lost to an unranked Syracuse & GA Tech, so no way Jose! No way in the world should Boise State be in the top 4, they have played no one in the top 25, but Oregon and lost. Weakest schedule out of all the CFP teams. And how did BSU jump over ASU when ASU had a huge blowout in their conference championship game? Since Clemson won SMU for the ACC Championship, I have Clemson #11 an SMU #12. How in the far world of rankings does Clemson not get ranked above SMU after winning them in the ACC Championship, this has got to be a mistake. Everyone was complaining about the 4-team playoff and the mess it created, now it's even worse with people making these ranking doing stupid stuff. The only way to deal with this is get rid of the scheduling on teams outside the power 4 conferences and anyone on the outside of the power 4 conferences don't play in the CFP primarily because of a totally weak schedule! Then have only and 8 team CFP with conference champions in the top 4 and the runner ups ranked in 5-8. We need to discuss how the committee is selected!

[@MattBuild4]

1. Boise State beat UNLV twice who is #21 - thats 2 top 25 wins + the oregon loss. 2. ASU was always ranked behind Boise State largely for preseason ranking position of ASU, but ASU also lost to Texas Tech and Cincinatti - two not good teams. Even worse is that Texas Tech lost to Wazzu and Boise State blew out Wazzu. 3. Boise State consistently plays tougher OOC than most if not all of the league. Theyve literally play the most ranked OOC games in the nation the last 25 years. Even in the next 3 years they have games against Notre Dame, Washington, Oregon, Louisville, Iowa, NC State and Houston. 4. Boise State has been rejected by the P5 13 times in the last 25 years, so if OOC is not the schedule problem that only leaves in-conference schedule....... so what - youre gonna penalize BSU for playing the only conference schedule the P5 is allowing them to play? Not to mention the fact that history really harms any argument you wanna make against this program. So if boise State beat their schedule and beat oregon they would be deserving? Ok this is a perfect illustration of their 2008 season when they beat #10 Oregon on the road, beat a Top 25 Fresno State, went undefeated, ranked #9 in the nation and GOT NOTHING FOR IT.... From Boise's perspective we just want to make sure your rules are consistent and fair cuz historically they havent been either.

[@gaoneal02]

@@MattBuild4 THE MWC is NOT a power 4 conference is is a weak conference is equal to MAC or AAC and is not any where near being a top 5 team. I was cheering for BSU, but since you want to troll me with your idiocy about BS, I hope they get it like UT! Here is your proof in the pudding: How many national championships have come from the MWC? How many NFL players does the MWC produce every year, compared to the power conferences? How many Heisman Trophy winners has the MWC produced? How many 1st round draft choices has the MWC produced? How many teams from the MWC has played for a FNS Championship? How many times has a MWC team played in the CFP? You see, your argument for your MWC has no valid point or weight to it. Sure every century a tem comes up and has a great season, but the argument is ull and void and if you want to play with the big boys, quit playing in conferences that don't play the big boys and your UNLV argument is just down right idiocy!

[@MattBuild4]

It comes off as awfully rich to complain about Boise State being ranked above ASU and getting an auto-bid, when for 15 YEARS Boise State has been shafted by lower ranked P5 teams in the post season. Like youre complaining about the #9 ranked team getting a 3 seed? 2004 Boise State - 11-0 undefeated, ranked #9 in the nation - did not make a NY6 2008 Boise State - 12-0 undefeated, ranked #9 in the nation - did not make a NY6 2010 Boise State - 11-1, ranked #7 in the nation - did not make a NY6 2011 Boise State - 11-1 ranked #6 in the nation - did not make a NY6 Statistically BSU's best team of all time was 2010. That team played 5 top 25 teams, beat 4 of them including the ACC Champion in OOC. Ranked top 2 in offense and defense, highest MOV in the game at 37 per game, shutout 3 teams 161-0, ranked #1 in every efficiency stat in the game, had a Heisman finalist, and 14 future nfl drafted players. Not only did this team not make a NY6, but an UNRANKED P5 champion made one over them. 2010 Boise State beat ranked teams by a larger margin of victory than 2010 Uconn scored points per game! And yet youre complaining about auto-bids with Boise State?

[@MattBuild4]

@@gaoneal02 Cool story bro..... why dont you explain why the program with the 5th best winning percentage in the game cannot make a P4 conference? What part of Boise State has been rejected by the P5 13 times in the last 25 years did you not understand? See the real problem is you live in this fantasy where you think any program can just decide to be in a P4 conference if they want or that the P4 gives a single fk about competition....... Tell me when you wake up from your dream

[@gaoneal02]

@@MattBuild4 Here's the key factor here - Boise State from 1933-2024, doesn't play anybody and doesn't play in a conference that is known or respected for having teams that can compete with the power conferences and when they do, they lose and here comes the UNLV reference like UNLV is this power football team who wasn't ranked until the last weekend of the regular season.