I think there are a ton of factors, and you can choose which ones to emphasize to justify your ranking. From a common-sense standpoint, if two teams have the same record, both beat No. 11 Kentucky, and one beat the crap out of the other, why is Mississippi State the deciding factor in the ranking?
It makes no logical sense.
"the CFP committee told us head to head doesn't matter for Alabama and Tennessee but it matters for Oregon and USC. That makes NO sense"
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Here's the issue with it all.
The committee doesn't care about the Georgia loss or the Tennessee loss for Bama. They don't care about the Oklahoma loss or Florida loss for Texas....
But the Texas loss and SC loss (by a combined 6 points) is somehow a deal breaker because they also discount Neyland wins because Neyland is now just expected to produce a W...
Everyone talking about "Oh, but the game was in Neyland" like Saban didn't drag us for 20 damn years in Neyland....
2022, we beat Bama had the same record, Bama went in front. 2024, we beat Bama, same record, Bama went in front. 2026... same.... why? "OH, THE GAME WAS IN NEYLAND"....
Texas got drilled at home by Florida in a game they were a 12.5 favorite. No worries. Ignored.
Tennessee loses by 3 in a game they were a 3 point dog, and it's overpowering everything else.
No other team faces that scrutiny. None.
No one else gets told their home wins don't matter because they happened in their home environment. None. Only Tennessee. Period.
Amazing dialogue on CNN.
"The Black fatherlessness rate is the worst out of all the demographics in this country, unfortunately"
"Excuse me, that's a false steroetype Black fathers are in the household more than any other race."
"What are your facts on that?"
"I had a father in my home."
"That's called anecdotal, but that's ok"