12-Team College Football Playoff Set
The College Football Playoff Committee released their official rankings on Sunday at noon announcing the first ever 12-team College Football playoff bracket. No matter what the results are no fan base or team is happy.
Each week, the narrative changes regarding the College Football Playoff. Full Press Media has reported that this is the made-for-TV playoff, not the college football one. The question are these the best teams or are these the most deserving teams.
Let’s take a look at the College Football Playoff.
College Football Playoff Revealed
The biggest question and teams everyone were watching were SMU, Miami, Alabama, Ole Miss, Clemson, and South Carolina. Well the Crimson Tide and the Hurricanes are out with the Mustangs who lost by three points in the ACC Championship are in.
The top four seeds are (1) Oregon, (2) Georgia, (3) Boise State, and (4) Arizona State. Clemson who won the ACC Championship were ranked so low the previous week that a win just got them the 12th seed.
While all the talk is who didn’t get in. Sorry Alabama, Miami, and others. As Oregon Coach Dan Lanning said, “We and you are in.” If you are one the best teams, you leave no doubt. Never put it in the referees or a committee’s hands. Perform to your standards.
The bigger question is should teams be punished for losing championship games. Let’s look at Penn State. Zero big wins during the season. Lost to the Big Ten Champion and lost to Ohio State.
They are ranked higher than Ohio State. Yes, the Buckeyes lost to Michigan and Oregon in a closer game, so you would think head to head matters. But it does not as Penn State is ranked sixth and will get a home game.
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Notre Dame (7) will be seventh and play Indiana (10), while Tennessee (9) will go on the road and play Ohio State (8). Texas (5) and ranked third will play the 12 seed Clemson. Meanwhile, the last team in who seeded 11th SMU will go on the road and play the Nittany Lions (6)
Interesting to see that Boise State and Arizona State got byes and the Sun Devils get the winner of the 5 vs. 12 while Boise State gets the winner of (6) vs. (11).
As we stated last week, this thing was set.
Now it is time to settle the debate on the field.