What We Learned About The CFPR Committee

http://thethrillsociety.com is your link to Thrilling Stuff! This article is just a taste!

So unless you don’t like college football or don’t like sports at all, you probably had an opinion about the first rankings of the College Football Playoff Rankings (CFPR). If you live in South Carolina, Louisiana, Ohio or Alabama, then you were very pleased with the rankings. I am sure there was some grumblings in Ohio, but overall agreement that it could be a good reflection. So what did we learn about the group selecting the teams. Here are some observations about them:

• They pay way to much attention to the AP 25 while ignoring it simultaneously. To place Alabama in the top four and Norte Dame knocking on the door is acknowledging that AP Top 25 rankings have meaning. They based it on who Alabama and Norte Dame have played and beaten or lost to. This would be fine way to look at it, but here is where it gets a bit screwy. Currently Alabama has beaten only one team ranked in the AP top 25. They also have a loss to one team in the Top 25 at home. So it is my estimate that they acknowledged the Top 25 rankings prior to this week and then ignored the rankings with other teams like Michigan State. Michigan State has beaten Oregon and Michigan both in the Top 25 and has 0 losses. So why are they not in the playoff picture? Why are they not at least knocking on the door? Because the committee chose to ignore the rankings when it came to Michigan State. Hey committee, you can’t have it both ways for certain teams. Please stay consistent.
• The second thing that was demonstrated was there was a learning curve from last year. This is clearly demonstrated by dropping Ohio State down to third instead of keeping them at #1. Last year Florida State, the reigning champs, held onto the number one spot all year because, they were the reigning champs and undefeated. Even though they were barely winning games on last second plays to lesser team. This year, Ohio State is following that exact same formula, but they got dropped down to the 3^rd.  The committee learned something and applied it. However, last year the SEC went 2-4 against ranked bowl opponents and their top three SEC teams all lost in the bowl last year. While the Big 10 went 5-5 and its top three teams all won. So what happens right out of the gate, two SEC teams are in the top 4, one Big 10 team and one ACC team. Once again, excluding a Michigan State team and two Big 12 teams.

For the rest of the article click here: http://thethrillsociety.com/what-we-learned-about-the-cfpr-committee/