re: Please help me understand why Bama outranks Tennessee.

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At this point in time they are better than us. But we beat them on the field, what’s the point of playing the games then? Might as well put Bama ahead of TCU because Alabama is better on paper than them too. The complete inconsistency in the committees logic is horrendous.

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I can see it both ways, I personally would have Tennessee ranked ahead of Alabama because when the records are the same I put more weight on H2H results, but I understand the other argument as well. Tennessee's loss to USCe was devastating, and they lost to two unranked teams. So given those two things cancel out it comes down to the all too subjective eye test, which is why TCU is ranked behind Michigan, even though they have a MUCH more complete resume. And the eye test says Alabama with its Heisman QB is a better team right now than Tennessee with HH out.