Giving Strength of Schedule more weight than "taking care of business" is actually great, and if done consistently will incentivize teams scheduling tougher in the non-conference.
Sadly the committee has no consistent criteria and this is the first time they've done this, so I doubt it will actually have an impact unless they do it intentionally several years in a row.
Compare the #CFBPlayoff rankings from Week 11 this year (Nov. 10 rankings) to Week 11 in 2016, 2011, and 2006.
"Strength of Schedule" has officially been given more weight than actually taking care of business and winning games.
That is a massive problem for college football.
"I think there's a lot of things that are gonna be good for the regular season..
The thing I'm most excited for are more of those big matchups..
They're gonna be important because of the tiers in this 24-team College Football Playoff" ~ Rich Clark
#PMSLive
Remember this play from the Outback Bowl the next time some neckbeard at the Athletic tells you these games donโt matter.
This is what weโre losing.