Rich Eisen Breaks Down the Controversy Surrounding the Latest College Football Playoff Rankings

[@Thedog9]

Having a committee pick the teams is a stupid idea that makes no sense. Just have set parameters and we won’t have to deal with this

[@zplapplap]

It’s hard to say that it makes no sense. The subjectivity of humans on a selection committee choosing teams was purposefully instituted to replace the BCS championship that preceded it. To the extent that it’s a stupid idea, I agree.

[@linkismygod]

bama has beat the number 1 team in the country (georgia) twice in the last year the second time after they got a new head coach no one has a tiebreaker over them its pretty easy to put them in they may play down to their competition this year vs bad teams but that first half vs Georgia 30-7 before they let their foot off the gas and the blowout vs lsu and head to head vs sc shows they are the better team and have a history of being so.

[@b00biejingles]

@@linkismygod Stop it...those losses to Vandy and OU trump those wins. Fact of the matter is South Carolina or Miami should be in over bama all day

[@CorePathway]

Follow the money

[@JoRa-rb9kz]

I think the question college football fans should as themselves is: if opinion is the correct way to run a league, why doesnt the NFL or NBA use the same system? If selecrion committees, the eye test, opinions & feelings are the correct method, why dont other leagues implement the same for their league?​@@zplapplap

[@chrisburrelljr9270]

I love watching the game but I will never understand college football and the rankings

[@johaw105]

Just have to appease their conference and corporate masters is the truth behind the rankings

[@ericchester9828]

Rankings are easy to understand!! Just figure out how much money a school is paying a committee of rich people, and you'll get your rankings!!

[@gingram2]

​@@ericchester9828Or join the SEC so you're guaranteed a spot despite losing 3 games.

[@CorePathway]

Wins/losses/money. Sometimes in that order

[@JoRa-rb9kz]

If you look into college football's history, its even sillier than it is today. Prior to the 1992 season, a national champion was selected by journalist working for the Associated Press & a group of coaches working with the USAToday paper 🫨🙃🤪

[@mattpoppell280]

If SMU gets completely knocked out of the playoff with a loss to Clemson, it would set a horrible precedent of punishing teams that play that extra championship game. Opens the argument of “why play an extra game if we are already in the playoff?” If SMU loses a competitive game this weekend, they should still be in at 11, and knock Bama out.

[@shmeve91]

👏🏽👏🏽totally agree. An 11-2 SMU squad that made it to the ACC champ game and loses should 10000% get in over a 9-3 Alabama team that sat at home this week. Wild to think SMU gets dinged because they lost a championship game

[@btross89]

True but this format sets up a scenario where that could happen without voting.

[@btross89]

Imagine if SMU was 11 and they lose to Clemson Clemson would get the automatic seat it has some you would get put out anyways.

[@ugadawgs831]

YES! Why aren’t more podcast arguing about this? 11-1 SMU should go in 9-3 Bama

[@shmeve91]

@@btross89 but SMU isn’t 11th - they’re ranked 9th, already ahead of Alabama, have 2 less losses, and made it to a conference championship. Even with a loss to Clemson in the champ game, they’re still more impressive than Alabama. They’re playing for the opportunity to land a first round bye, not playing for a chance to get in to the playoffs. So what, they and their stellar season get rewarded with a chance at an ACC title game but then suddenly get completely pushed out from the field entirely because they didn’t win it? At 11-2? I can’t get down with that lol

[@ricardoleonor1647]

Alabama being in this is a travesty. 3 losses no conf champ game??? Really.... what have they done to earn a spot...other than name recognition.

[@MrCrisisZ]

And yet if they were to match up against a team you think is more deserving they would be the favorite.. shouldnt that be how rankings work. Which team is favored over the other... Yes they have one more loss they have better wins and I'm a Texas fan I can admit that. I think Texas may not even be really ranked #2 if they win this weekend then it solidifies the ranking for me, but I have no problem with Alabama being where they are. Miami lost 2 of 3 that's enough to let a 3 loss team jump you when that same team has better wins

[@alostcause4035]

3-1 vs the current cfp top 25. Who should be in over them? It was between them and miami apparently and miami has 0 current cfp top 25 wins all year.

[@MrCrisisZ]

@@alostcause4035 exactly, Miami's schedule is terrible.. they aren't worthy of the playoff.

[@markkostka6897]

@@MrCrisisZ No, betting odds are not the criteria no matter how much you want them to be so.

[@remihayes3579]

How many ranked teams Miami beat?

[@chucknorris2353]

3 loss teams should not be able to play in the Playoff. Especially 3 loss teams who lose to unranked Vandy and OU

[@RNS3479]

They continue to overlook how bad those losses are. Oklahoma blew them out. Lost 2 games to under .500 teams

[@btross89]

What team are you referring to?

[@chucknorris2353]

@btross89 lol certainly not Alabama.

[@MrCrisisZ]

Alabama wins are much better than any of the other teams you are comparing them too.. the de facto argument here that points to which team is more deserving is simple. If two teams faced each that are trying to get the final at large spot which team would be favored in the betting line. SMU or Alabama? Alabama prob has them by a touchdown... That's all you need to know that they are the better team. If SMU doesn't get that automatic bid then unfortunately they are out.. it doesn't matter if it seems like well if they didn't have to play the extra game and Bama doesn't it's part of the reason they are projected as high in the rankings as they are.. because they are in the championship game

[@michaelautrey6641]

@@MrCrisisZ that completely dismisses the losses. they lost to two unranked teams and that should count for something but apparently it does not.

[@edtraywick2832]

I'm not much of a college football fan and I do live in Ohio, but I always find it entertaining when Rich has the high-ground and twists the knife on the Ohio State fans after a Michigan loss.

[@benavich8]

Well, he did go to Michigan, what do you expect, especially after a loss like that?

[@markkostka6897]

Meh. It was slightly funny the first time he reacted to it, but he's beaten that dead horse bloody. He can't help himself, he has to go to Ohio State everytime he hears about the Jets or A A Ron.

[@stevenferguson6845]

There's no justification for Alabama being in the playoffs besides hey they're Alabama got to have them

[@svartahaxa4263]

It's not like Alabama lost to an unranked team. Twice. ....... oh wait

[@scruffd0g193]

Well yeah.

[@stevenferguson6845]

​@@svartahaxa4263that's what I'm saying

[@queretaro300]

SEC brings in money. CFP bows down to Bama every year lol

[@rmorgan1988]

I want to see Georgia or Alabama go up to ND and play in 20 degree and snow. I wish all the playoff games were home games for the higher seeds

[@LakeFX]

Let's be real... if this were a 16-team playoff, the committee would have Bama at 15. This is just to cover their asses either way, and this could have been seen coming from miles away.

[@CorePathway]

…but if they end up playing Notre Dame, who would you bet on?

[@DRFOP]

That just confirms that other teams were more deserving (SC and Miami). At least they would be seeded properly.🤷‍♂

[@ShimmyD-u7g]

If Bama had an 8-4 record, they would still find an excuse to put them in. Oh well, there is always going to be drama, but at least a lot more schools get a chance now.

[@titusconn8072]

@@DRFOPwho has Miami played

[@markkostka6897]

@@CorePathway .....but that has nothing to do with seeding. Fictitious wins mean nothing. I wouldn't bet on sports ever, it's very foolish and costs billions to families.

[@davidcanizares4598]

As a Miami fan, im not upset about us not getting in, our offense is great, but our defense is atrocious. But having bama in over South Carolina is a serious crime. Sellers was missing a crucial part of the game they played

[@kyndread71]

90s: Have the top 2 teams play each other for the Nat'l Championship -- "But what about #3? They're a better team!" 2000s: The top 4 teams in the rankings play a bracket for the Nat'l Championship -- "But what about #5? They're a better team!" 2024: We now have a 12-team format for the Nat'l Championship -- "Why is Alabama 11th? There's better teams!" This will continue, ad nauseum.

[@Banzai51]

NCAA Basketball has a 32+ team tournament, and every year they talk about who was snubbed. Always controversy at the edge.

[@TigerWon]

Doesn't matter, those top few teams will wipe the floor of all the others anyways. Oregon winning it all

[@zingbangpow]

Exact. They got folks arguing over "Who's the most 12th ranked team" and then potentially giving SMU and Boise 1st round byes. This playoff is 6-8 teams too many. At least we finally got Stanford into the ACC.. amiright?

[@Myrrden]

Alabama lost 3 games in the regular season. 2 to UNRANKED teams and 1 to a top 10 team. Georgia ONLY lost to 2 top 10 ranked teams, a loss in the SEC championship SHOULDN'T keep Georgia out!

[@Whatever-cz3gl]

Not out, but they should drop into the bottom 4.

[@tracyisbest]

Way to spin UGA. They beat UK 13-12. GT road grated them and some convenient flags allowed them to win that 10th game you all seem to think was so important. UT will clock them this weekend because they're just going to so deal with it but they're still in because it's the ESSS--EEEEEE-CEEEEEE, right? That's all that matters.

[@txbaca4861]

Oh, it absolutely should...because it proves they aren't consistent against top tier teams. You are what your record says you are...no three loss non-conference winner should be in.

[@nickgeorgiou7770]

Amazing how they can screw up a 12 team playoff system vs. a 4 team system.

[@joemckim1183]

Making a 4 team playoff bracket in a way is a lot easier since there's really only about that many teams with truly stellar records. But when you get down to a 12 team bracket there is far more teams that can make a case for being able to make a case for being the #12 team in the country.

[@nickgeorgiou7770]

@ Exactly. look at Miami, I mean I’m biased but 2 losses vs. Alabama with 3 seems pretty much like a con job

[@davidmontgomery8820]

Alabama should be spectators this year

[@ChuckDeez-v1r]

Wrong. We have the best resume. And everyone knows we can beat anyone. Line them up hama is the most talented team every year

[@nickshearer2606]

@@ChuckDeez-v1r The last statement is irrelevant. It should be based on the best 12 teams right now. I do not care what happened before this year. Losses to Vanderbilt and OU should have eliminated any team.

[@SINGULAR-L]

Notre dame should handle them no problem then.

[@jhank0cean]

⁠​⁠@@ChuckDeez-v1r “We” got slapped by Oklahoma

[@ChuckDeez-v1r]

@@nickshearer2606 we are the best 12 teams goof ball. we did get beat by Oklahoma but senior night and 5 star players

[@johnmcho]

Alabama didn’t score a touchdown against OU.

[@noelramirez1551]

The committee has contradicted itself several times. They said SOS matters, but obviously that's not the case. Then they said head to head mattered, but when both BYU and SMU had one loss, they had SMU over BYU. The next thing they're going to flip on is teams supposedly not being punished for making their conference championship.

[@zacharyfett2491]

So the regular season basically doesn’t matter. When they come out with the rankings at the beginning of the season, just skip to the playoffs. Absolutely ridiculous.

[@catherinewilliams9680]

I miss the days when bowl games were the big deal. I remember when College Football ended on Jan 1st with the Orange Bowl, then either the Cotton Bowl, then the Sugar Bowl and ending with the Grand Daddy of them all- The Rose Bowl. I even loved watching the Parades that took place before the Games.

[@chriskelly6559]

You're as old as me!

[@tysonsutton9621]

I say this while acknowledging that the Notre Dame loss was a very bad look: Army could beat Tulane and Navy, be the AAC champion at 12-1, and not receive a bid to the CFP. How does that make any sense?

[@SenorHomeslice]

The level of competition just isn’t enough to justify it. The top two or three AAC teams are good, but there’s a huge drop off that one or two good wins can’t paper over.

[@joemckim1183]

@Zbehdnrhcjrben And Army still will play like 3 more time this year. They got Tulane in the AAC championship game, Army vs. Navy game next week and whatever bowl game they play next week. Honestly it would probably make the Army vs. Navy game feel less important when they're the only team playing a game between the confererence championship game and the playoffs.

[@utcotxcomnco]

Someone get the committee a tape of Bama vs OU as clearly none of them have seen that game.

[@tristanriley1694]

Get them glasses to watch that game.

[@jayboogie1295]

The Alabama bias in the playoff is an absolute joke. You can’t lose to two 6-6 teams with losing conference records and have 3 losses and jump several teams with better records

[@garygemmell3488]

These rankings ha e nothing to do with merit and everything to do with money. Alabama loses to an unranked doormat in Vanderbilt early and then scores 3 measly points in losing to .500 Oklahoma late? The only reason they are in is that their fan base will spend a fortune to follow them, as will every SEC's team.

[@tjcloar1913]

The issue with rankings in CFB is that the variance in SOS is so massive that there is a lot of subjectiveness required and people will always have a basis towards specific teams and conferences

[@shawnhenderson2091]

Alabama getting in is total bullsh*t

[@PopsSoda]

Wait, so the rankings don’t drive the bracket?? wtf is this sorcery

[@HeyImGeorge]

I don’t agree with comments that argue that 3 loss teams should be out. What I do believe is that there should be no scenario where a team loses to 2 UNRANKED teams and makes the playoffs. That’s crazy.

[@gwynnblade9160]

I'm sorry, not even a fan of any SEC team, but Alabama being in over SC is an absolute joke. Vandy loss, and the Oklahoma loss should have been completely disqualifying. Not to mention if Auburn wasn't so expert at beating itself, they were in serious trouble in that game as well. Just a joke

[@kannon0216]

While I agree, South Carolina did lose to Alabama, LSU, and Ole Miss.

[@jahvedcole]

Also non SEC fan here…SC should absolutely not be in over Bama

[@iamjacquesbarjon]

SC is playing better now, but the committee clearly valued Alabama's Georgia win and when SC & Bama are comparable teams (which they are), you have to value head-to-head. I don't like it, but I think that they made the right choices.

[@Pavona03]

If Clemson beats SMU, you're telling me SMU won't get in but Bama would? EFf that, Bama out.

[@tyrieksmith5051]

We beat sc

[@Jviotr]

This is total BS. They shouldn’t do ANY rankings until AFTER all the championships are completed. Setting teams and saying their positions are “fixed” when they didn’t even make their conference championships is insane!!

[@TOUGHBOY_Ruffian]

Man two years in a row Alabama gets a handout from the committee. Screw Alabama that poverty franchise that’s needs hand outs and help to get into a playoff that they have no right being in. I hope they get bounced round 1 like last year

[@kristopherjoy8992]

Love to see Rich happy! Good times, love the show. 💖

[@williamwhite5799]

i think your misunderstanding what the head of the cfpc said, he said teams that are not playing wont be able to jump teams that do this weekend. If UNLV wins the Mnt west, i think boise st @ 11-2 (1 loss to oregon by a single score, and then a loss in the conf champ game) should push alabama out of the playoff.

[@keruetz]

Did anyone on that committee see the ‘bama v OU game? Did they really think Alabama passed the “eye test” in that game?

[@kinggrantking]

Just assign every team an Elo rating and top 12 rankings go. We're arguing over a system that has a perfect alternative that's already been in use for years.

[@rad608]

If there wasn't so much SEC bias, it would be easy! After the conference championships, rank all 0 loss teams, 1 loss teams, 2 loss teams, and so on. No 3-loss teams should get in unless you need a 3 loss team to fill the 12 spots!

[@stingrey1571]

what is the point of even playing games if the committee only cares about name recognition?

[@seanl1164]

He said that the evaluation of teams who are not playing next week can’t change “relative to other teams who are not playing” next week. He didn’t say that the rankings of teams who are not playing next week, could not change based on the outcomes of the championship games.

[@Ozmatazbuckshank076]

The seeding is even janked. No reseeding after the first round is awful. They should bring back the old BCS computer formulas to rank teams and remove the bias of the committee.

[@hawx_23]

Anyone else love when Rich talks with his chest?

[@elijahcastonguay9069]

Might be a cold take (and you can call me a hater GBO): but I’d rather see Army in the CFB playoffs than Alabama this year.

[@tristanriley1694]

I would love that. University of Alabama has never served our country!!!!

[@lazywallstreetnews7234]

As a lifelong Miami Hurricanes fan, we did this to ourselves. We blew games against Georgia Tech and Syracuse to closeout the year. This fall-off in the last month is just, SO on brand for Miami the last 20 years it's not even funny. 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@DD-sr9xm]

Why would anyone think a 12 team playoff would be LESS complicated than a 4 team playoff?

[@DeAngeloBertDavis]

Two straight years the ACC has gotten screwed by the committee.

[@PokeFodder]

Notre Dame gets this week off. And honestly, this is the better week to have off. No chance of losing in a conference championship game and falling out of the CFP. Hopefully the Big 12 and ACC will take note and drop their conference championship game and drop one league game so they can do what the SEC does and pile up extra wins for all of the conference teams.

[@antmc84]

Speaking of Notre Dame, The Logic is EVEN IF they were Undefeated, Which they SHOULD'VE BEEN, The Highest they can ONLY get to is 5😤😤

[@SmittyAZ]

For the ones complaining now, were you complaining when the top 5-6 teams were all in the SEC, but we just can't have an all SEC playoff? Their losses came from within the SEC, but the ratings would suck.

[@alsmith5860]

This is why the playoffs are no different than before. why is it the FCS,DIV 3, THE NFL can run a ploff system where the decision is made on the field, not with the good ole boy commitee decides. Its a money racket for the committee and their schools instead of earning on it the field.

[@Permiate]

BREAK IT DOWN RICH WE KNOW YOU BE TRUE

[@mattmeagher365]

None of the 9-3 teams should be ranked over the 10-2 teams.

[@h00ded0ne4]

Until they get rid of preseason rankings, the SEC will always get more credit than it is due. The SEC gets 8 teams ranked top 25 before a game is played and they just trade losses but continue to stay high.

[@tompunch]

I simply do not believe that conference championship results will not change the standings. It just doesn't make sense to not consider the results of those games.

[@matthewhuszarik4173]

All two loss teams should be in before three loss teams get in.

[@tristanriley1694]

Agreed

[@GuitarJawn]

Money talks and Bullshiet walks

[@ringostarrBestBeatle]

personally think ole miss is better than bama and miami is below both

[@MRHEEL-ys2rq]

Ole Miss is 9-3 Miami is 10-2 .....stop

[@GRITBONE]

​@@MRHEEL-ys2rq LMFAO name all 10 teams Miami beat and then YOU stop.

[@iamjacquesbarjon]

On their best day, yes, Ole Miss is too but on their worst day they're also worse. The Kentucky loss is horrific. Kentucky won 1 Power 5 game all year and it was against Ole Miss.

[@jahvedcole]

@@MRHEEL-ys2rqMiami are a fraud team, but Ole Miss also aren’t good enough to be called better than Bama

[@bootsnframes7626]

What we're seeing is that 12 teams is too many. You end up with 3 loss non-conference winning teams getting in. Should be no more than 8 teams.

[@tristanriley1694]

I said from the start.

[@chumpers4828]

Either SOS is important and Iowa St is in, or wins are important and Alabama is out

[@davidreyna7712]

Having Alabama is about one thing. Making money! Not like this has never been done before.

[@RodmanTackleAdvisor]

How Miami is behind Bama is beyond me.

[@Ozmatazbuckshank076]

"That is their rankings GOING INTO THE FINAL WEEK". That doesn't mean Alabama is definitely in. The committee already said they wouldn't punish teams playing in their respective Conference Championships harshly. Bama really need Clemson to LOSE. If SMU loses they could drop to 11.

[@Trabunkle]

TJ. I thought expanding it would make it easier! 😂😂😂😂

[@abirdie4me]

Anybody losing to an Oklahoma team that had 68 yards passing on 11 attempts should be automatically banned from post season play.

[@qmac6494]

Including Boise State with IU and SMU is not fair at all. Boise State scheduled a non-conference away game with Oregon and took them to the brink.

[@SenorHomeslice]

But the rest of their schedule is weak. Back 15 years ago when the MWC had BYU, TCU, and Utah at the top, that was competition that would rival most major conferences. But it was the Wyomings and Colorado States and San Diego States that always held the top teams back from greater consideration. UNLV is… fine… but the rest of the league just doesn’t have the competition. It really is a one-team league, so BSU’S SOS will never catch up, no matter how high quality their out-of-conference schedule is.

[@qmac6494]

@ I’m just saying that Boise State decided to schedule non-conference top team rather than trying to schedule non-conference cupcakes like a lot of other teams. BSU would have gotten in undefeated easy without Oregon on their schedule, but they chose to add Oregon anyway

[@SenorHomeslice]

@@qmac6494 In that case, it is fair to include them with SMU. They didn’t know at the time that BYU would be good and the Cougars aren’t as good as the Ducks, but it turned out to be a quality noncon for them. Couple that with a schedule that dodged the other top teams in their conference and I would say BSU and SMU are very comparable.

[@qmac6494]

@@SenorHomeslice I would actually agree with that take. IU on the other hand is the odd man out in this

[@liftme225]

so teams could lose in conference championship before playoff and wont affect seeding?

[@Sjtbk23]

Making a playoff bracket shouldn't be this confusing or difficult 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@cactusloaf]

I overheard a guy at work (I live in Ohio) say “You know, the Buckeyes just struggle to figure out how to play against lower tier teams.” Like what the hell are you talking about

[@giangutierrez4989]

Still don’t understand why Miami isn’t on there

[@Bork19]

The most controversial thing about this playoff system now is that every conference winner should get an automatic birth. Make every conference championship game mean something, after that the remaining top teams should be in which is always debatable no matter how many teams the playoff is.

[@wingzero1372]

The only reason it is this complicated is because this committee won’t let Alabama die…they should be out, Miami should be in

[@JAaronMattox]

Bama would still be in with the BCS system, not just the committee. If you go by computers Bama would be ranked even higher

[@bungsana]

bama got blown out by 3 TDs to OU. how are they still in? this is complete madness and disgusting behavior.

[@ayrton42]

I understand not wanting to punish teams that play an extra week, but I hate the argument of we can't factor this week into the equation when looking at matchups like how strength of records stack up. Why not? We already compare results from week four when ranking teams in week 8, and we look at how one team played another in week five versus how they played a different team in week six. So why shouldn't this week's results factor into the equation. It's all the same season

[@markbrenner7804]

I think there are two or three teams that have been unlucky but all respect to the committees decisions. They made a similar tough decision last year with Florida and were proven correct. Few can argue that SEC is the strongest conference but it’s great to have Cinderella stories such as Boise and Indiana. However they will find it very tough to progress.

[@Skyvernius]

why is the playoff committee setting the playoff field in stone when there is still championship games to be played?

[@rice_frying_shrimp]

As a European following CFB: This is why we don't mess with collegiate athletics. Just do it in our spare time instead.

[@ThatGuy-cb3yv]

Golly, im suprised Bama isnt the one seed

[@ScottFountain-o4o]

As long as Alabama is bowl eligable (6 wins), they will be in. Live with it

[@SnarlyCharly]

It doesn't matter how many teams they expand the playoff field to, there will ALWAYS be controversy about the final spots and the seeding. Even if they made it 64 teams, you know #65 and #66 would be raising a stink. It's just the nature of a committee-based system, combined with how wide the range of talent is amongst college football players and teams and conferences.

[@ohiopigeon]

This is complete nonsense. I miss the bowl system and regional conferences. CFB is a joke now.

[@Bringmethehorizondude]

I don’t have a dog in this fight, but how the hell is Alabama in?!

[@beauburgess9705]

It’s good to be the King! RTR ❤

[@TheLumpyOne]

The main reason I've never taken College Football seriously, is that they've never had a legitimate championship tournament, like the NFL, MLB, NBA, etc. Amazingly, even with a 12 team playoff bracket, that continues. What a load of crap.

[@CdGrifter]

Because college football has so many different teams. The level of skill between players is night and day. Whereas in the NFL, there are only 32 teams, and the disparity in talent isn’t nearly as high. Alabama getting in is an absolute joke however.

[@TheLumpyOne]

@CdGrifter Still not an excuse. Ensure each conference has a championship game. Take the the top finisher (or top 2 for a larger field of teams) for the playoffs field. Easy-peasy. No popularity contests.

[@kenanddawnpyko-wf8le]

What if team has quarterbacks injury? Like last year??

[@SurferRC]

That was a one time rule because they hate fsu

[@Spareparts33]

NO FREAKING WAY should Alabama be in. Miami should be in and I hate Miami! If SMU loses, they should be in and Alabama should be out. NO WAY IN ANY SCENARIO SHOULD ALABAMA SHOULD BE IN.....NONE!

[@itssupermandoe2434]

This was never gonna remove controversy, too many good but not great teams are out there. At least when it was 2 teams getting picked it only meant only a couple great teams were pissed, now theres a dozen good teams on the outside lookin in

[@HiHello-Opd]

Stupid strength of schedule debate will never leave 😡

[@r.e.gmenacechaosswitch5346]

Big 10 and Sec run the rankings.... enough said. They gonna get in no matter what

[@JAaronMattox]

Computers favor the SEC more than the committee does. Bama is 5th in one BCS computer. The committee actually gives other conferences a chance

[@murdog5253]

Big 12 has been disrespected severely! Not only do we only get one team, but we don't even get a HOME GAME!?!?!?!?!??!

[@evanharnett]

The way the conference games are played will affect some of the teams on the bubble. If there are lopsided scores, who knows how it will shake out. But already this 12 team system has holes in it.

[@gregorybriner9658]

South Carolina not getting in vs some of the others is a crime

[@gtf5392]

Can we add a rule that says if you get blown out by a team at the bottom of your conference after Nov. 15, then you are automatically disqualified?

[@tristanriley1694]

Well said.

[@tristanriley1694]

We can start with Alabama just tell them to go home.

[@fcon2002]

Having 8 teams in a 12 team playoff from the SEC and BIG10 seems anticlimactic to me. Give me the best from each conference. I'm all for two teams from one conference being the max.

[@SurferRC]

Yes

[@Halfhyde]

64 team tournament eventually. There will still be "controversy." Players will be employees. Transcript? What's a transcript?

[@609phillies]

The CFB Playoff and Rankings have been nothing but annoying. Every person in media feels the need to shove their opinion down your throat

[@queretaro300]

I'm with TJ. I thought expanding it would make it easier but now I'm more confused than last year haha Are conference title games throwing a wrench into all this? Maybe get rid of those and go based off rankings/record/strength of schedule? I'm lost haha

[@tristanriley1694]

Alabama should be out.

[@Pavona03]

College conferences shouldn't have divisions. Best 2 records play for Conf Champ. Clemson at 9-3 shouldn't get a 2,3,4 seed because of ACC champ. Also, use NFL bracketing. 1 seed gets worst 1st Rd winner, etc. March Madness bracket makes no sense in football.

[@hunterhey6808]

Limit the size of the conferences to like 10 have them all play each other and then only allow like 2 at large bids

[@DerekWatson-g2e]

"alabama has more wins against top 25 teams" they also have more losses against teams at .500 or worse (in conference play). Both Vandy and Oklahoma are at 500 rn and are below 500 in the SEC.Alabama got EMBARRASSED by Oklahoma a team sitting at 500. They only scored THREE POINTS against them! Atleast Miami has come from behind in a few games and both losses were within one score. Lets call a spade a spade and just admit the CFB has biases towards certain teams.

[@Deerjason]

This doesn’t make sense. Every team in the CFP is good, so Alabama is fine. If a team beats the good teams and loses to bad teams, they will win the CFP. Therefore, who you lose to doesn’t matter unless you lose to good teams.

[@boldnotbald3705]

A three loss team should NOT have made it into this playoff. Totally a joke.

[@templetonbob]

Imagine only putting up 3 points against a garbage Oklahoma team late in the year and making the playoff with two other losses.

[@onionhombre]

Rich has been covering football for 20+ years and still doesn't understand that college football rankings have always been biased towards the SEC?

[@philipmarette]

You misspelled Big 10

[@JAaronMattox]

Computers and NFL GMs have always been more biased towards the SEC than the rankings

[@llcoolbeard2922]

Miami is literally 12 but he said it was Arizona St. was….

[@avantesmith6442]

Because the 12th spot goes to the lowest ranked Confrence leader, which is ASU. Essentially, you’re not for sure in a “safe zone” to get an at large bid without being 11-10. Like if Boise has lost another game, and ended up lower than ASU, it would be them at 4 and Boise at 12.

[@kcsfunin-da-sun6432]

They just need to let the top 25 ranking just battle it out in a all out football tournament.

[@Chuck-g6m]

There's no way in hell Alabama should be in

[@stingrey1571]

i predicted a year ago when they expanded to 12 teams. an expanded playoff is an excuse to get legacy schools into the post season NO MATTER WHAT. alabama, ohio st, and notre dame arent top ten teams. due to the name on the front of the jersey, there is nothing they can do to get kicked out of the top 12.

[@VRKyurem]

I’ll be honest, been watching college football my whole life. Don’t understand why only care about the the records and want to sort rankings accordingly.