re: Why didn't the CFB Playoff Committee make a final ranking for the hell of it?

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If that's true, then there would be no need for them to release rankings prior to the week leading up to the semifinal game. They said themselves that they start on a clean slate every week. That would make regular season rankings a complete wash.

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I think they started too early, but their logic in releasing polls before the bowl season was fine -- they wanted the public to see their rankings in action and get an idea of how they'd evaluate wins, losses, toughness of opponent, aggregate schedule, etc. That way, the final poll would come with fewer unknowns as far as weight given to various factors. They may even change the process of releasing polls, or shorten the period they do so, over the next few years as the public grows accustomed to vagaries of how the committee operates.