Why CFB Insider Bruce Feldman Has Big Issues with the Latest CFP Rankings | The Rich Eisen Show

[@GBU61]

This is one of those years where there is no dominant team. There are a few that look better than the rest, but after that a lot of teams can make a case. This is a great year for a 12 team playoff.

[@ethanschoebinger6838]

Thats the impact of NIL. cant horde talent anymore with the ease of transfering.

[@GoatedAtNFS]

@@ethanschoebinger6838but you can. just give it time. Oregon will outbid every single team on the west coast and hold all the 5 stars from california. Miami will outbid all the teams on the east coast except maybe Florida at times. Texas will outbid everyone in the midwest AND south and hold all the 5 stars from Texas. Ohio State will outbid everyone in the north and hold all the 5 stars from the rural areas. NIL will make things lopsided. we are just in a transition period. just give it time

[@ThreadAndCircuses1]

No it is not, you'll see teams like Ohio State separate because of superior depth. You do understand the champion has 7 or 8 games left still to play? These teams will be shells of themselves at the end.

[@smitty810]

Yes! It's about getting in and being hot at the right time, like every other sport in the history of sports.

[@matttfoster]

Is Bruce actually arguing for Boise State to be ranked higher than Texas??

[@SurfCityBill]

Pretty sure Boise State would beat Texas.

[@tylermckenzie7603]

Boise loses to 20 of the 25 teams in the top 25. They'll get slaughtered in the playoff ​@SurfCityBill

[@SurfCityBill]

@tylermckenzie7603 No, that's a poor take.

[@tylermckenzie7603]

@@SurfCityBill its not even close. boise wouldn't be a .500 team in the SEC. pretending they would is hilarious

[@SurfCityBill]

@tylermckenzie7603 11-1 in the SEC, year one

[@brandoncorrales7564]

These same two were talking about how Texas can realistically win a National Championship with Arch Manning. The inconsistency baffles me.

[@xspindrift8737]

Next week they will flip flop.

[@keruetz]

Its the nature of the sport and entertainment. It’s a week to week league//conference/division. I don’t think anyone thought Georgia and Texas would play so bad in their game; both teams were horrible. Texas was just horrible-er.

[@chrism6880]

It's not "inconsistency." It's reacting to new data. That was like 6 weeks ago.

[@brandoncorrales7564]

@@chrism6880 6 weeks ago everyone was talking about how good Texas' O Line was, how good their receivers were, how good their defense is. Aside from the hiccup against Georgia and the close win against Vandy, this is still the same roster.

[@chrism6880]

@@brandoncorrales7564 and they'll be in the national title game

[@bentheo]

I like this guy. Hard to find someone without a huge bias toward their favorite conference.

[@Korczak-j7y]

These teams don't deserve their ranking. But, there's no team worthy of replacing them.... Got it😂

[@Paso2k1]

Why does he keep saying Texas doesn't have any ranked wins. They beat a ranked Michigan on the road, a ranked Oklahoma team on the road, and a ranked Vanderbilt team on the road. Regardless where those teams are ranked now, those teams were ranked when Texas played them.

[@InitiallyJayKay]

"Ranked" wins don't matter when those teams are barely .500 now

[@lanem4304]

Yea, early season rankings are generally made up of brand recognition, and last year's results; those mean nothing this year tbh. You need to look at the resume as the season is today; A team that was ranked top 10 at the beginning of the year, but at the end is 6-6 really wasn't a top 10 caliber win, so a team who played them at the beginning of the season shouldn't get credit for a top 10 win at the end of the season, makes no sense. Likewise, if you beat a team at the beginning of the season who isn't ranked, and turns out to be a 1-loss team at the end and ranked in the top 10, then that turns out to be a MUCH better win overall.

[@lulusloungetamu7824]

@@InitiallyJayKay question does a "ranked" team mean now or is ranked at the time played, because Michigan was likely ranked because of last season....I am just trying to get an understanding as if it matters to CFP folks thanks

[@JohnScott-JacobiteBee]

Copium.

[@GoatedAtNFS]

@@Paso2k1 and preseason rankings means nothing. so Texas has 0 ranked wins

[@stretch141000]

Boise State outgained Oregon lmao, crazy how they are only 13, that's insane.

[@WrongedSports]

Wait how does BYU not have a better resume than Penn State, Indiana, or Texas?! BYU beat SMU out of conference and are undefeated

[@lordrayden3045]

Really?

[@mastod0n1]

BYU was a ticky tack penalty call away from losing to Utah

[@TWellington]

​@@mastod0n1unless the bad facemask call against BYU didn't get called in the 2nd which led to Utah scoring. If that bad call wasn't made BYU would have gotten the ball back and it arguably wouldn't have been as close. Plus it's a massive robust rivalry game, good rivalries will always be close especially if the better team is the away team.

[@JWCFB]

So you forgot to add that BYU demolished 16th ranked Kansas State 38-9 too. If you add that maybe you won’t get quite as much pushback.

[@blahdblah0007]

Texas may be overrated but the argument against them based on the (current) ranking of the teams they beat is kind of flawed. Part of the reason that Michigan and Oklahoma dropped in the rankings is that Texas beat them on the road and on a neutral field. Also, I suspect that Michigan became pretty demoralized after that game and it kind of wrecked them. They expected to win and were instead blown out, at home.

[@Just_Some_Dude_Geez]

Good take. One way to find out. Win.

[@thebrianmiddleton3278]

This weekend will be TX toughest road game of the season. Vandy isn't Arkansas and ARKY hates their guts. TRAP GAME

[@Just_Some_Dude_Geez]

It's fun to speculate. That's what keeps you guys employed.

[@austinlawrence3071]

The inconsistency is astounding - at the end of the day the CFP committee’s supposed to factor 100 things in, resume i.e. who have you beaten is only one part - it’s incredibly strange how we all are harsher on some teams like Texas then act like Boise and Indiana aren’t in the exact same boat - the only team on this list that should have a genuine gripe is Tennessee, no one loss team has beaten a team as good as Bama and the Arkansas loss isn’t some horrendous loss to a bottom tier team - it’s trendy to rip on Texas for some reason and it doesn’t make a lot of sense given that they’ve handled their business and very much look the part of a contender as of late

[@Jalreal]

Its all for TV ratings so if your team has an audience welcome to the show and if not good luck.

[@PokeFodder]

I hate that at least 4 teams are going to benefit from not making their conference championship. There is no reason that earning the right to play for your conference title and losing should be held against you.

[@WT-Sherman]

This system needs a Wildcard face off for teams like Army or any other undefeated team.

[@DD-sr9xm]

The 12 team format will be great but there will still be lots of consternation over teams that just missed qualifying. Probably more so than in the 4 team because it’s easier to pick the top 4 than it is the top 12.

[@qghjuy]

still having a hard time understanding how playing for the bye is nice? still have to play an extra game. and if you go and lose, you still have to play an extra game...1 more game than those who dont go. this system is still odd to me

[@danielgc1970]

Next thing you know, the CFP will have 64 teams in it.

[@willmiddleton9199]

Let me propose this: Right now, South Carolina would very likely beat 8 of the top 12 teams, the other 4 would be close contests.... I understand that their record is 6-3 (until this weekend, then they -will be 7-3). But I still stand behind my statement. If strength of schedule matters AT ALL, South Carolina should be rated much higher. At least as high as 15 where A&M is currently ranked, because they beat the stuffing out of the Aggies 2 weeks ago. Just sayin'...

[@stevencraven4897]

NOTRE DAME LOST TO NORTHERN ILLINOIS. They can not run away from that. Yes, they beat Navy. There is much more case that the committee and commentators are fair consistent in their excuses based on eyeball test THAT THEY DO NOT APPLY EQUALLY TO TEAMS NOT FROM THE SEC AND B1G. That is the problem we see going on here

[@jimscanlon342]

ND beat A&M in Texas by 10. And beat Louisville at Louisville.

[@JohnScott-JacobiteBee]

Notre Dame has consistently been the most over ranked and over hyped team over the last decade and more. They are not a good team and they don't play good teams. I still cannot believe they are ranked that high after that NIU loss. What a joke.

[@Rjb0224]

@@JohnScott-JacobiteBeeactually, over the last decade…they’ve finished higher than their preseason ranking every year so they haven’t been been overrated and have shown that they were accurately ranked. Sure, over the last 40 years, I will agree that there were periods where they were overrated, but no one was really calling them elite or grouping them OSU, Bama, and UGA the last decade. Yes, the loss to NIU isn’t good, but the committee has always looked at how you’re playing right now. Yes, the schedule is weak, but they’re doing what a playoff caliber team should be doing to that weak schedule, which is crush everyone. If they played NIU this weekend, it would be a 50 pt win. Riley Leonard, while not an elite passing QB, has improved his passing and has farrrr more command of that offense. Keep regurgitating your tired ND talking points with your biased douche bag hate.

[@ryan2744]

@@Rjb0224you’ll never get through to these people. They legit have ND derangement syndrome. The last ten years they’ve had one year where they finished unranked, they had another year where they started unranked and finished 11th. Aside from those two years they had an average preseason rank of 10 and average finish of 11.

[@John_Hoover]

Since when have we judged a team based on ONE GAME? You’re talking about a matchup in week two with an O-line who had a COMBINED eleven starts…. And five of those were from the week prior. Since week two they’ve gone 7-0 beating 3 more ranked teams, developed a top 10 defense in multiple categories, and led the entire FBS in margin of victory. They hung more points on Purdue (66) than ANYONE has in their 138 year history. When do you stop focusing solely on one loss and look at the entire picture?

[@CompetitionSportsNetwork]

You can win your conference and not be a top 10 team, they need to think about this more

[@ld4974]

A championship is a championship. I have no issue with the automatic bid. There are 12 spots.

[@arizwebfoot]

Did he really say that Alabama has beat more top25 teams then the first five combined? They have the same top25 record as Texas for pete's sake. With comments like that, it's not wonder why you aren't on the committee.

[@editorrbr2107]

Feldman is regurgitating the same crap the CFP cmte did - a team with a close loss and then a weak rest of the schedule, maybe one ranked win, is somehow very good.

[@djswaglightyear2193]

Texas should be ranked 3rd. In response to Bruce’s assessment of Texas: Texas may not have had the toughest schedule, but they’ve blown out and dominated everyone they played except Georgia. Neither Oregon or Ohio State can beat Texas. Plus, 2-loss SEC teams are still better than other teams ahead of them. The SEC is by far the best/toughest conference.

[@davidwilliams3285]

"Neither Oregon or Ohio State can beat Texas", ha ha, good one. Worry about your next three games and then we'll talk. Go Ducks!

[@hbvcsa...]

With people saying Boise only lost by tgree to Oregon in Eugene, it isn't a good defense. It was Oregons second game of the season where Ducks were still adjusting their O line. And tgeir QB was still getting adjusted to new system and receivers. Same reason Ducks struggled beating U of Iad the week before

[@ld4974]

Army will not beat Notre Dame. Stop it.

[@matthewhuszarik4173]

Why is LSU ranked? They lost to USC.

[@chrissnape9537]

The best thing that could have happened for Ewers. Arch steals the starting job by beating Georgia. Ewers is not over drafterd. He sits two or three years and learns football. He then might succeed at the next level. He is a fifth round QB.

[@killamindedmusic4220]

😂 🤡

[@OHBettys]

Where’s the discourse about Boise State and ND being above SMU? Heck, SMU has a better resume than Texas. SMU also leads the ACC and not a single comment about them. Still no respect for my Mustangs!

[@lordrayden3045]

LOL Ok sure

[@Atx512fool]

Smu is playing in the ACC…. Get real dude

[@OHBettys]

@@Atx512fool and? Texas has 0 top 25 wins, SMU has 1. I’m not saying SMU is better than Texas but the lack of respect is silly. Double standard when it comes to non-SEC and big 10.

[@OHBettys]

​@@lordrayden3045 pretty rich coming from a fan of the team that thought Chad “5-7” Morris was the answer

[@lordrayden3045]

@@OHBettys Ok? Doesn’t change the fact the ACC isn’t really important

[@danielgc1970]

This the same old argument every year. Look, teams have schedules set years in advance. This isn't the NFL where most teams are fairly comparable. College is college. Get over it.

[@Shadow-jw1kt]

If army wins out (beating ND) and wins the AAC championship game against whoever it is they play, they deserve to be in the CFP over Boise State as the 12 seed.

[@elmerrodriguez-adame6331]

At least Penn State would finally get a night game

[@MrRjsnowden]

The BIG 12 is terrible this year. BYU is the only stand-out.

[@parkerspence5754]

Army could win their conference and get in over the ACC champ if they’re ranked higher

[@michaelmartinez622]

Army should just take NDs spot

[@mrsullivan1709]

If Indiana loses they should be out. They have nothing on their resume that justifies them staying in period.

[@mikechandler8608]

Bruce Feldman has a problem with something and here I am not giving a you know what about his thoughts on anything

[@jay____l]

So Texas hasn't played anyone, yet all last season Oregon didn't play anyone and everybody got on their knees for them. GTFO!

[@ChrisMo16]

Outside of an on the field conference title these opinions are boring and biased to me.

[@teddyj5187]

They have to keep Penn St at 4 because they have to legitimize OSU at 2. OSU has lost one of two meaningful games but also struggled vs Nebraska. Texas lost its only meaningful game. Penn St lost its only meaningful game. Then we have Boise state that lost by 3 to Oregon way down at 3. In looking at it Boise state should be technically top 5. There only loss is to the supposed greatest college team that ever played football. The only way to make the current 1st round competitive is to have cold weather teams hosting sec teams. Still a month left have to see how it shakes out.

[@marcusclemons9551]

Texas plays who’s on the schedule not our fault that Michigan and other teams turned out to be not so good !!!! Let me guess Georgia , Alabama, and Tennessee should be 1-2-3? 😂

[@sunnigriffin7537]

Everyone talking down on Texas but the numbers say otherwise

[@michaelcso2400]

I can’t believe to love Indiana is getting for playing one of the weakest schedules. Their competition is a combined 40-53 they haven’t played a ranked team this season. Assuming they lose to OSU they shouldn’t sniff the playoffs

[@InitiallyJayKay]

Texas fans in here talking about a "ranked" win against a currently 5-5 Michigan

[@JJ-yx6jy]

Who's your team?

[@Klugg-mo7fm]

Sorry beating the reigning national champions, who were ranked #10 in week 2, isn't impressive to you. It is to the CFP committee, so who cares what @InitiallyJayKay thinks?

[@ronniemoore2756]

Can't wait until this is over 😩, so when we look back at all the trash teams that make this playoff get dawg walked and the teams that deserves to be in by playing a strong schedule are complaining 😒, it's really the same thing we've been doing every year smh ,i digress 💯

[@jabbahursty]

is a&m wins, they get into the sec championship.

[@Bond007fan]

What if... BYU loses to Colorado, SMU beats Miami, Ohio St wins out & Penn St & Indiana only has 1 loss. Navy beat ND and is undefeated, Boise St wins out, Texas loses to Texas A& M Tennessee loses 2nd to Georgia. Who's in? ha!

[@ld4974]

Navy already has 2 losses. I assume you mean Army.

[@keithhudson1358]

Conference and college FB bias is this guy is talking. that is his premise.

[@comillib5175]

This guy just said Texas hasn’t beaten anybody and then goes on to say Boise State should be ranked higher smh

[@andyinoregon]

Boise State beat CFP #18-ranked Washington State by 21 points, and joins Ohio State for best-quality loss at Oregon.

[@SurfCityBill]

Makes sense to me. Boise State over Texas.

[@sarkattack9968]

EMBRACE THE HATE!!!🤠🤘🏼

[@staubach1979rt]

There is no “at large,” Rich.

[@sunnigriffin7537]

Who has Oregon & Ohio State played against? Besides each other? Penn state not that good, Quinn was coming off an injury.

[@davidwilliams3285]

Oregon has beaten #2 Ohio St, #13 Boise St, at the time #20 Illinois and beat Michigan 38-17 at Michigan. That's who.

[@sunnigriffin7537]

@ Boise state not even in a good conference & barely winning

[@sunnigriffin7537]

@ it’s funny you didn’t bring up the other scores they barely won

[@williamwinner4234]

Let's just say Ohio State loses to Indiana... Sure Ohio State stay in with only a win over Penn State and a close loss to Oregon?

[@2-1inffwa97]

How is Colorado not ranked number 1 inconceivable

[@mastod0n1]

.....lol

[@ramiromontoya9357]

That dude is a Texas hater….

[@danielbalboa4537]

Hookem Horns 🤘

[@Ozeki_Negima]

Not wanting undefeated Army in the new CFP is tantamount to treason! 🤣

[@keruetz]

So by the logic I’m hearing here, Big 10 gets 4, SEC gets 5, Big 12 and ACC each get 1 and then the Group of 5 school? I don’t think this was what was foreseen.

[@geekcultureguy]

The SEC is literally beating the hell out of each other. The top 6 or so teams could beat any other team in the country

[@lordrayden3045]

LOL Yeah no

[@TWellington]

Um, I think you've been drinking too much SEC kool-aid.

[@joeresch8772]

The bias makes you think that, the top 6 in the SEC wouldn't beat Oregon or OSU

[@litedawg]

@@joeresch8772 lol

[@socalsportsfan9710]

Dude wishes he went to Texas I guess lmao

[@chrism6880]

Why can't Army and Boise State get in?

[@SomeChink]

Because it is ultimately a TV product and there are bigger attractions

[@FrostTyler]

Feldman is an idiot. The committee bases ranked wins on whether the team was ranked when they played them. Not if they're currently ranked. Texas has 3 top 25 wins as far as the committee is concerned.

[@InitiallyJayKay]

Ranked win week 2 shouldn't matter if that "ranked" team is now .500 ten weeks in

[@Klugg-mo7fm]

@@InitiallyJayKay Stupid take. The committee doesn't agree with you. They make the rankings, not internet trolls.

[@JohnScott-JacobiteBee]

Copium.

[@John_Hoover]

@@Klugg-mo7fmHow is that a stupid take? Should teams really be flexing that they beat a “ranked” 1-9 FSU? There’s a limitation to how big of a deal these “ranked wins” are.

[@kylem6370]

Notre Dame should not be in the playoffs.. the toughest opponent they played is A&M who isn’t even a top 5 SEC team.. and then who they play? USC, Navy, and Army.. a bad team and 2 teams who don’t throw the football and don’t play top teams in the nation.. but ND has a loss to a team they were 28 point favorites against. Georgia lost to 2 SEC teams who are both top 12 in the nation and they have to play a gauntlet of the SEC.. same goes for Penn state they’ll probably make it and not play anyone all year except Ohio state who they can never beat but make it.. the best 12 teams in the country will not make the playoffs and there will be a few who make it who aren’t that good and should not be there.

[@JohnScott-JacobiteBee]

Notre Dame should not be in the playoffs.

[@joeresch8772]

Agree on ND, the SEC being a gauntlet, disagree only for this reason. I think the SEC is having a down year with their typical top teams & everyone is beating each other cause they're average teams. I think the same could be said for the other conferences. LSU is not a top 25 team, Vandy is not as good as most think. The SEC should get 4 teams in cause they're a good conference, just not as good as they have been in the past. I think we'll see that this year and years to come w the 12 team playoffs, cause the wait between regular season and playoffs will be shorter

[@MintNisher]

smokers voice

[@bryanhatcher5281]

Put BYU, Indiana, or Penn State in the SEC and they each have at least 3 losses.

[@thenationdad]

Texas beat a ranked Michigan (at that time) and ranked Oklahoma (at the time). They beat Vandy that beat Alabama that beat Georgia. BYU, Indiana, and Penn State would get pulverized by the Longhorns. I love Bruce but he's way off on his assessment.

[@pestyoverlord]

BYU, Indiana and Miami would all get trashed by South Carolina. Meanwhile Feldman "is Texas actually good?". what a weird convo.

[@clumsysmurf8109]

I think there is a strong argument to be made there is a higher probability that South Carolina fires Beamer to hire Cignetti than trashing Indiana. I don't know if he stays at Indiana long, but he is for real.

[@bryancroley2667]

South carolia is not trashing Indiana

[@browneyedgirlgb]

Why? BYU has the number 2 strength of record OVERALL. They aren't the cupcake team that people think they are. You need not look any farther than their resume for evidence of this.

[@vtaylor21]

Do you know how old Cignetti is? I seriously doubt he will go anywhere. I will be shocked if South Carolina fires Beamer. South Carolina is not that bad.

[@ryanhohman1646]

@@clumsysmurf8109IU is already working on his extension, would be surprised if he leaves at this point

[@lulusloungetamu7824]

Does that guy know that if Aggies when the rest of their games and beat TU, they will only have 1 SEC loss so YES they will go to SEC Championship DUHHHHH

[@JohnScott-JacobiteBee]

The Texas copium in this chat...

[@theanthonyv]

I’m a Texas alumn and lifetime fan, and even I don’t think the Longhorns are anywhere near being the 3rd best team in the country. Ewers has many fundamental flaws, is very one-dimensional, and plays tentatively. The O line is mediocre. Special teams are not very good. And the entire team plays sloppy with way too many stupid penalties. They will lose to A&M, and I wouldn’t be surprised if Arkansas beats them this weekend. I’ve watched every Texas snap for decades. Sadly, this year’s squad is just not that good, other than the defense, which has outplayed pre-season expectations thus far.

[@vtaylor21]

How slow the Texas offense starts in almost every game, I am surprised they didn't lose more games. Florida could have beaten Texas if they didn't have a lot of injuries.

[@FrostTyler]

​@vtaylor21 because they have the #1 defense in the country. If the offense doesn't play well, as long as they don't turn the ball over on a short field, the defense will win the game for them. They lost to georgia because they couldn't stop turning the ball over in their own end. Georgia struggled to move the ball on Texas. They had under 300 yards of offense.

[@keruetz]

Ewer’s is inconsistent. But he is amazing at times. If he plays to potential Texas will be A&M by two touchdowns. If not, it’s hard to know.

[@LonghornsLegend]

So Indiana doesn't have flaws? Penn St? BYU? Georgia? Texas is the only tean with flaws? What are you even trying to argue here lmao. Look around the country. You can make these same arrangements for 9 of the top 10 teams it doesn't just apply to one school. And if you think Texas has a bad special teams and O line I'd love for you to evaluate the other teams in both those areas. Hint: nobody is excelling at all those areas either

[@LonghornsLegend]

​@@vtaylor21lmao what? Florida got dog walked by Miami fully healthy. They were down 42-0 in this game and all the starters came out. But now it was just a dew injuries that changes the game? 😂😂😂

[@TyForReal5]

People need to think that maybe the SEC just isnt that good. Alabama is not a powerhouse, georgia is not a powerhouse, ole miss is not a powerhouse and texas looks very beatable. Sick of the SEC bias when all they do is beat each other and then claim those as good wins. Id take the top 4 teams in the B10 over the top 4 in rhe SEC easily.

[@lordrayden3045]

Just like last year, Alabama had no business being in the playoffs, but ESpn was not gonna have that

[@jayhop2785]

@@lordrayden3045Alabama was the SEC champion that just beat the number 1 ranked team in the country.They went into the playoffs with a 12-1 record.If you hate Alabama just type the words…..there was no argument against them being in the playoffs last year.

[@lordrayden3045]

@ And the undefeated team deserved to be there Sorry they lost Alabama had no reason to be there other then ESPN demanded it and nick saban was crying and bitching

[@byronpayne4824]

The National Champions over the last what 10yrs or more would call you a liar

[@lordrayden3045]

@ That’s not this year Or last year

[@teddyj5187]

Byu beat Kansas st and smu and I careless if they are ranked still not amazing wins to be 6th.