Of course some people were; there thousands of people who write and talk about college football. That's I asked "who", because the consensus was that if Alabama didn't deserve to be in it (due to not playing in their conference championship), Ohio State or a few others from the top 10 did, but UCF was an afterthought at best.

Clemson, Oklahoma, and Georgia were all the right calls and very few people had complaints about that. The only question mark was Alabama, and there were many notable teams that could have filled that 4th spot. Since the CFPC was looking for the four best teams, they had to look at a lot of factors to determine that. Strength of schedule is one of those factors. UCF didn't measure up there which is why they were listed as 10th by the committee in the final rankings.

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Posted on 1/4/18 at 1:24 pm to FooManChoo

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Of course some people were; there thousands of people who write and talk about college football.

I'm not talking about them. Several on this site alone were doing it.

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Clemson, Oklahoma, and Georgia were all the right calls and very few people had complaints about that. The only question mark was Alabama, and there were many notable teams that could have filled that 4th spot. Since the CFPC was looking for the four best teams, they had to look at a lot of factors to determine that. Strength of schedule is one of those factors. UCF didn't measure up there which is why they were listed as 10th by the committee in the final rankings.

Those were arguments that were being made under the system that we have.

UCF had a comparable SoS to Alabama, or at least comparable enough that their undefeated record and championships won on the field should have been considered. They were ranked low to keep them low.

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