College Football Playoff Rankings Face Committee Chaos

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Nov 13, 2026
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AI GeneratedThe speakers discuss the inconsistency and lack of transparency regarding the college football committee's ranking metrics. They argue that the current system is confusing and subjective, comparing it unfavorably to professional sports and suggesting that an algorithmic approach would be more fair and consistent.
Kevin, I don't know what their metric is.
I don't know what the committee's looking at.
I don't know if they're using strength of schedule,
if they're using conference.
I really, there's so much right now in play here
and how you're looking at teams like Indiana,
you're looking at Ohio State.
Man, I'll tell you this, they love Alabama.
And they have loved Alabama for the last two years.
Georgia is going to get a lot of love.
Kevin, I'll turn it back on you.
I don't know what the metric is.
I mean, what's the metric you use on UCLA?
They beat a decent Oregon team.
I mean, they really haven't played anybody but Oregon,
and Oregon's kind of wobbled this year.
It really isn't.
It's a mess, though, because I don't think anybody knows.
I don't think any of it.
So there's a lack of consistency.
And this is why I've said many times they should not do this show.
Everyone's like, don't worry, it's a show. It doesn't matter.
And that's not true because they go off these rankings
on a regular basis. Utah, is Utah better than Georgia? No, but Utah.
Didn't lose to Auburn, which is a bad loss.
And they at least have ranked wins.
Houston are 14th.
BYU are 10th.
Utah don't have the UCLA lack of wins, right?
UCLA with just a one-ranked win.
Like, Utah have two top 15 wins and didn't lose to Auburn.
But if this is all about, yeah, but we understand power rating-wise
that Georgia is better, it's just...
It kind of goes back and forth, it feels like,
on what they are attempting to value.
And I think it's because they're trying
to value it in real time, on a weekly basis.
Don't worry, these rankings don't count.
And I think it's another reason,
and this is what I really do believe deep down,
that the first set of rankings that we got, Dan,
was a message that the 2014 playoff is good.
Because you can't trust the committee
to get even a 12-team playoff right.
So by the time we get to 24,
every team you think should be in will be in.
Don't worry about it.
Kevin, you mentioned the word committee.
Why do we have a committee for college football?
I was watching these rankings come out, and I went,
boy, the NFL doesn't have a committee.
Man, the NBA, for their playoffs, don't have a committee.
Baseball doesn't have a committee.
Why does college football have a committee again?
I'll tell a quick story.
I was watching the rankings, volume on, with my wife.
She's not big into college football.
She goes, wait, there are people in the room?
That's how this works?
Like, yeah.
She, unaware, goes, there should just
be an algorithm that puts this whole thing together.
In real time, my wife basically said, bring back the BCS.
She has no idea what the BCS is, but she's demanding it.
I agree with her.
I'm like, this is crazy.
