Tag: college football playoffs

Army, while ranked (#24), isn’t included in the CFP. It’s another snub like Florida State last year or Boise State in 2009. Army has one loss to Notre Dame.

Strength of schedule? That argument doesn’t hold when Indiana, 11-1, is placed at number 9 with three teams above it that have 2 losses on their records. And currently, Alabama is getting in with 3 losses. Army deserves a shot even if they would fail badly. Then again, they might surprise us and upset somebody . . . afterall, these are the men who are willing to fight for this Country. They are some of our best and brightest.

Source: ESPN College Football


Source: ESPN


Source: Wheels

So far, two of the top 4 teams have lost to their arch in-conference rival leaving the College Football Playoff picture is set to be a disastrous situation and uncertain at best. Because of TCU and USC’s losses, both Alabama and Ohio State will now feel thay have a case to be included into the playoff scenario. Well, both of those institutions were already making such claims. See below:


Source: Rich Eisen Show


Source: Alabama Crimson Tide Football on BamaInsider

As mentioned in the BamaInsider video, the CFP Selection Committee will consider the following criteria when circumstances at the margins indicate that teams are comparable:

Championships won
Strength of schedule
Head‐to‐head competition (if it occurred)
Comparative outcomes of common opponents (without incenting margin of victory).

However, the above criteria leaves room only for the more affluent and their well-travelled (and often spoiled) fanbase to continually participate in the CFP Championship. New criteria needs to be sought to be more inclusive of smaller programs allowing for their growth and ability to showcase their talented programs. Here’s hoping the College Football Playoff Selection Committee will be open to allowing the smaller programs an opportunity to participate in this year’s playoffs.