re: Georgia might be out of the top four when rankings come out next.

Point is they don't probably don't need two losses. This scenario is them not winning out. Them losing to us. The rest of the scenarios for us making the playoffs are very intertwined and difficult

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CFP loves to make storylines with their first few polls because they know otherwise they don’t matter

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No they don't. It's because Georgia hasn't been as subjectively or objectively impressive as the other teams in contention AT THIS POINT IN THE SEASON.

Ohio St. has a win at Notre Dame and over Penn St. (both were ranked in the top 10 when played)

FSU has wins over LSU, at Clemson, and Duke.

Michigan doesn't have a good win. In fact, their schedule to date has been bad. However, they have been more dominant than any other team in the country with an average margin of victory of 35 points.

Oklahoma has a win over Texas.

Georgia has played a weak schedule. Their best win is at home against a currently unranked Kentucky. Yet, they also struggled against (at best) very average teams in Auburn and South Carolina

Georgia being #1 in the polls is NOTHING MORE than a result of them having an inside track by starting at #1 in the preseason. Voters have always, illogically, been reluctant to move a team down if they haven't lost...even though other teams have objectively and subjectively performed better.

If the first CFP poll has UGA outside the top 5 it is because they haven't performed better than those teams a head of them to date. That doesn't mean UGA can't eventually make the playoff when it is all said and done or they may not be the best team in the country. But as it stands NOW UGA should be behind those teams.