The final rankings before the selection show came out on Tuesday. The top five teams did not change as Alabama, Notre Dame, Clemson, Ohio State, and Texas A&M stood still in their spots. The next few spots shook up in a way that I don’t think anyone saw coming because it truly makes zero sense.
Iowa State jumped a spot up to #6 after not playing at all this past week. Florida got bumped back ONE spot to #7 after losing to a unranked LSU team who has a losing record. Apparently that is a very good loss in the committee’s eyes.
Georgia moved up one spot to #8 after a dominating win over a top 25 Missouri team. Cincinnati dropped a spot to #9 after not playing a game for the third straight week. Oklahoma moved up a spot to #10 after having their game canceled this week.
There is absolutely no logic in what the committee did here. The top five being the same is one thing, it’s been the same way the whole time so we shouldn’t expect it to be different. Where my blood starts to boil is everything after that.
How do you reward Iowa State for not playing a game but penalize Cincinnati? I mean how much more obvious could it be that the committee is biased against a group of five team. Iowa State has two losses on their record, one of them is to Louisiana-Lafayette who is... a group of five team. Cincinnati is sitting there undefeated and it's not their fault they haven't been to play the past three weeks, for the committee to blatantly be this biased is absurd.
The problems don't end there. Florida just got a slap on the wrist for a loss that is quite frankly the worst out of any top 10 team, and it's also their second of the season. I would be willing to bet all my student loans there has never been a team lose to an unranked team with a losing record and only be put back one spot in any poll you could find. Georgia dominated a top 25 team according to the committee in Missouri this past weekend and moved up one spot. How is that win not good enough to jump a team who literally didn't play? Or a team that lost to a team with a LOSING RECORD??? I mean seriously, WHAT IN THE HELL???????
I am fully aware that these rankings probably will mean nothing in the end because the top four teams right now will likely be the four teams we see in the playoff. Alabama will beat Florida. Clemson should beat Notre Dame with Lawrence and both of them will make it. Ohio State will dominate Northwestern and it'll all be settled.
Whether or not it matters in the final four isn't the point though, how can anyone in that committee room justify these rankings? No one with any sort of knowledge of this sport thinks Iowa State is a top six team, and if you do I would love to have a discussion. At some point there has to be a rhyme or reason in how you stack these teams up. The games have to matter even in this crazy year. You have to judge teams off what you see on the field. If they aren't on the field then you can't say one team deserves to move up and the other should just move down. This is a pathetic display of power the playoff has shown and they need to do better.
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