If “who had the better loss” counts more than “who won the damn game” in a head to head matchup that’s a lousy system.
Not only who had the better loss, but who had the better win(s).
People are making this about FSU vs Bama. Again, the real problem is that two teams with 1 loss got in over an undefeated P5 program.
The argument should have been about Bama vs. Texas. I don't think anyone would have shed a tear if Bama was left out. I think it's wildly unfair that an undefeated P5 was left out for two teams with losses.
I don’t think it’s lost. Resumes, as presented on paper anyway, can be misleading and tweaked though. If you look at opponent record, UW doesn’t look as good because they played Oregon twice but don’t get credit for their record twice. Alabama gets credit for Chattanooga’s winning record. Looking at ranked teams, Tennessee could easily not be ranked.
Yes so that said.. if they have to put a SEC Bama team in then Texas has to be in too.
The biggest problem is people acting like the phrase "P5" instantly means "as good as all the other P5's". Bama had to play the undefeated, 2x defending champ to end the year while FSU got to play a Louisville team that was smoked by a terrible Pitt team and had just gotten beaten by the #8 team from the SEC before this last Saturday. FSU's entire resume was built on beating LSU while that was the 3rd toughest team Bama faced (and of course Bama also beat them by multiple scores). FSU can't control that their conference is shit, but Bama shouldn't be punished because they are forced to play a much tougher schedule.
I wasn’t complaining in the OP. Thought it was interesting this is the first year the top 4 don’t match, and thought it was additionally interesting that it fixed the main cause of the drama with the committee rankings, but would have presented its own.
