re: Rece Davis is a salty bitch

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The process would be transparent and much less susceptible to the vicissitudes of ratings

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transparent? It's a computer formula that very few people know. And it's tweaked every year.

What would the computers do with an undefeated Group of 5 team? If there's no "eye test" or human assessment of that team (because they play in a lesser conference against crappy teams, compared to the top conferences) would the computer put them in the playoff?

See, computers can't evaluate context and intangibles that are important in evaluating and ranking teams.

Having some kind of computer formula is fine, as a data point (much like the NET basketball rankings) but it would be moronic to rely solely on a computer formula for spitting out the top 4 football teams. There's far more nuance to that decision, especially when college teams only play 12 (or 13) games with very, very little cross-conference matchups.