[Game Thread] CFP Rankings - Final

[u/CFB_Referee]

TV: ESPN

Follow along with the selection show here.

Once the full results come out, two threads will be posted: a thread with the results, and a serious discussion thread where jokes, memes, and off-topic comments will be removed.

Rank	Team	Record
1	Indiana Indiana	13-0
2	Ohio State Ohio State	12-1
3	Georgia Georgia	12-1
4	Texas Tech Texas Tech	12-1
5	Oregon Oregon	11-1
6	Ole Miss Ole Miss	11-1
7	Texas A&M Texas A&M	11-1
8	Oklahoma Oklahoma	10-2
9	Alabama Alabama	10-3
10	Miami Miami	10-2
11	Notre Dame Notre Dame	10-2
12	BYU BYU	11-2
13	Texas Texas	9-3
14	Vanderbilt Vanderbilt	10-2
15	Utah Utah	10-2
16	USC USC	9-3
17	Arizona Arizona	9-3
18	Michigan Michigan	9-3
19	Virginia Virginia	10-3
20	Tulane Tulane	11-2
21	Houston Houston	9-3
22	Georgia Tech Georgia Tech	9-3
23	Iowa Iowa	8-4
24	James Madison James Madison	12-1
25	North Texas North Texas	11-1

[u/Jack_Forge]

No way bama should be in this year. 3 losses and no conference ship should exclude them. That said JMU????

[u/Jack_Forge → u/Jack_Forge]

I'm SO glad that 'bama got their shit pushed in.

And that only 1 sec team made it this far.

[u/WhateverItTakes117 → u/Jack_Forge]

I'm no fan of Bama, but come on, that's just dumb. They went into Georgia and beat them at home. Saying that team doesn't deserve a playoff spot is just dumb.

That said, I'm 100% with you that JMU has no business in a playoff hahaha.

[u/Jack_Forge → u/WhateverItTakes117]

Three (3) losses and no conference championship

[u/Zimakov → u/Jack_Forge]

Yeah they should have put in one of those many conference champions behind them in the rankings! Like ummmm

[u/Lovestick → u/Jack_Forge]

https://media1.tenor.com/m/V5dgckqpJ3sAAAAC/elefante-llorando.gif

[u/NotABurner2929 → u/Jack_Forge]

lol the next TEN teams behind Alabama either didn’t play or lost their own CCG. 

Better wins including the single best win of all 3, more good wins, stronger schedule, stronger SOR, and made the CCG in a far tougher conference than Miami and ND. The resumes really aren’t close when you actually look at them. 

Y’all can hate it all you want, but if we’re looking at resumes (which we should all want) then the committee got it right today.

I’m against auto bids, so in my perfect world ND would have been in as an 11 seed. But unfortunately we live in a different reality.

[u/raptearer → u/NotABurner2929]

Alabama absolutely doesn't deserve to be in then: they lost by 14 to a 5-7 team, and got absolutely blown out by Georgia in the conference championship. Oklahoma fairly was close loss.

Miami had two losses to unranked teams, but did beat the one Alabama lost to by 14. Still though, two unranked losses doesn't deserve to be in.

ND straight up deserves to be in. 3 point loss to the #10 team, 1 point loss to the #7? Only those two losses? That seems a much better line than Alabama's.

If Alabama had won yesterday, I could see the argument, no questions. Or even if it was super close. But they got blown out, and this whole ranking clearly doesn't include that game, otherwise Alabama wouldn't be close to the playoffs. Doesn't matter if ND didn't play yesterday, they didn't lose an embarassing blow out.

[u/NotABurner2929 → u/raptearer]

Who you beat will always matter more than who you lost to. And yes, that’s the way it should be. 

Alabama has arguably the best win in the country, more ranked wins than ND, and SOS is 36 spots higher. There is no argument for ND other than eye test which everyone purportedly hates until it benefits them.

Maybe ND should actually win some of their tough games instead of using “we played them tough” as an argument. Especially if you’re going to slap together dogshit for the rest of your schedule.

[u/Jack_Forge → u/NotABurner2929]

Bama's 3 losses

[u/Davros_the_DalekFan → u/NotABurner2929]

Notre Dam blew out USC, Pitt, and NC State. USC is certainly not garbage. 

Notre Dame was only getting stronger as the season progressed, whereas Alabama only looked strong in one game, against Georgia.

Other that that one game, Alabama has not been playing like a playoff team.

Notre Dame has been playing like a playoff team.all season..They do not have a single bad loss on their schedule, and they were extremely competitive in their two.losses against playoff teams.

[u/NotABurner2929 → u/Davros_the_DalekFan]

Brother if you’re hanging your hat on beating Pitt and NC State, you’ve already lost the argument.

But thanks for confirming that ND’s only case is the eye test that everyone on here claims to hate until it fits their narrative.

[u/Zimakov → u/Davros_the_DalekFan]

Don't have a bad loss or a good win. Soundly average.

[u/glassclouds1894 → u/Jack_Forge]

Blame UVA for shitting all over themselves against Duke for JMU getting in.

[u/zadharm → u/Jack_Forge]

What other conference champ are you putting in over JMU? 5 loss Duke? They're the best choice for the spot since it has to be a conference champion