re: Ole Miss should be in if SMU wins ACC. USC is also more deserving than Bama.

Is losing close to a Kansas team that beat them and 2 other top 25 teams in a row really worse than being blown out by Oklahoma?

ASU and BYU was a game between two 10 win teams that ended (stupidly but this season is stupid) on a completed Hail Mary that was 2 yards too short.

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In your hypothetical, SMU would've won a P4 conference, and I agree with the CFP that they should reward and incentivize that. If the bracket were released today and SMU was slated to play the winner of Indiana/PSU, you think both those teams would smash SMU?

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Of course it isn't knowable, but I think probability and common sense point us that direction. History, too. There have been a couple of upsets, but most of time time the Cinderella teams get smashed.

With the expanded format, I think things like roster depth and program resources are going to play a bigger role. More so with PSU than Indiana in your scenario.

But hey, this time around we'll get to see them play it out. Maybe I'm full of shite, and it will be fun to watch.

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Lost by only 2 to Bama

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And that's why they are behind Bama

I love being right.

The fact that so many here are "shocked" that a three loss Bama team is going to walk into the playoff really does make me laugh. You folks have been in denial for a long time.

This entire sport is rigged for a few specific teams. Narratives change when those teams fail. Their losses are actually wins.

You wanted a playoff, now you will get Bama, Notre Dame, OSU, and Michigan (if they can lose less than 4 games) plus 8 every year. LOLOLOL

I forgot one more darling: IF USCw can manage to lose three or less every year, they too will get an automatic bid.

I get all of that completely. I’m not advocating FOR Bama at all.

I’m just telling you all that are in denial what CFB is and always will be. Some programs are more equal than others. If they can push a Bama team in a final when only two teams were selected straight up when they clearly didn’t deserve it, then they can easily put them in a 12 team playoff.

I said last year a team like Bama could lose three games and still be forced in. I was called a pussy repeatedly by the true believers. Well, here we are. Threes Bama will sit at home on championship Saturday (again), wait on more qualified teams to lose the extra game they weren’t good enough to play in, then waltz into the playoffs.

This will happen for the other teams I listed above (when needed) as well.

I am told repeatedly here that my Tier rankings for media darlings is a farce. Lolololol

South Carolina should be in imo. Yeah they have 3 losses. but two them were stupid close They also don't have god awful losses to midling teams like OU or Kentucky/Florida and are playing better currently than most outside of Oregon.. That win vs Clemson last week should've put them in. Also wins over Mizzou and TAMU (ranked at home).

I'd put Bama at 13. They beat South Carolina, but that OU smackdown is the disqualifier.

Ole Miss isn't in the convo. Ole Miss beat Georgia, Alabama, and SC but the worst losses of bunch. Kentucky and Florida Kiffs? Oof. If you flip one they'd be in.

You say Bama should be out because they lost to to two 6-6 teams, yet you put Ole Miss over them when they had THE ABSOLUTE WORST LOSS IN THE SEC THIS YEAR. Kentucky's wins this year are Southern Miss, Ohio, Murray St, Ole Miss Their win over Ole Miss is the only reason they aren't the 16th place team in the league.

It's been a long month lol

I also forgot Alabama lost to Vanderbilt which is another reason they shouldn't be in.

The argument should be South Carolina vs Miami imo. Ugly wins ( Miami) vs Good losses (SC)

Losing to Vanderbilt and the literal worst OU team in 30 years completely neutralizes all the good in Bamas schedule.

Like Ole Miss they could've been in with one of those loses but not both.