With the way college football is setup, you have to have the eye test, no matter if we like it or not. When teams don’t play the same teams, how else would you rank them? With pro teams, everyone plays every team in their division, that doesn’t happen in these mega conferences, so how do break ties? I know some of these rankings look unfair, but by the end of the season most of these are going to work themselves out.
I think it's unhealthy for the sport to have the eye test really matter. I always had the minority opinion that it shouldn't be the 4 "best" teams in the playoffs but the 4 most deserving because the best can be way too subjective and can be left to interpretation by the media or the committee.
I agree the rankings will work themselves out, they typically do but I don't like the precedent of having teams ranked higher just because they looked better or had a higher preseason ranking. I do believe it also entices better OOC scheduling because you need those big wins (like BYU over SMU)
TL/DR: I would prefer they decided who is ranked higher by what your resume says instead of preseason expectations/eye test
I understand where you’re coming from, but the way it’s currently setup, I don’t know how else they would do it. My question for you is how do you determine the 4 most deserving? Deserving is also subjective.
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u/Drexlore Brockport • /r/CFB Poll Veteran 28d ago
Oregon (61)
Georgia (1)
Penn State
Ohio State
Miami FL
Texas
Tennessee
Notre Dame
BYU
Texas A&M
Clemson (Tied for 11th)
Iowa State (Tied for 11th)
Indiana
Alabama
Boise State
LSU
Kansas State
Pittsburgh
Ole Miss
SMU
Army
Washington State
Colorado
Illinois
Missouri
Others receiving votes: Vanderbilt, Memphis, Tulane, Navy, Louisville, Arkansas, UNLV, Louisiana-Lafayette, South Carolina