re: Pete Thamel: CFB Could Eliminate Divisions If Playoff Expands

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If Clemson, OSU, OU, and Oregon all start at 1-4 and Bama starts at 5 and all of them go undefeated then there is a strong possibility that Bama would not get the bye week just based on where they all started in the preseason. That's not harmless. That's costing the Tide an extra game which takes time and energy and opens them up to injuries while playing a fresh team coming off a bye.

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FSU 2014 says hello. Started preseason #1 and went undefeated. Ended up at #3. The CFP rankings come out so late that it has filtered out by then.

If we were basing the playoff on the AP Poll I'd agree with you but we are not.

The committee would put alabama in the top 4 in your example if their resume was better than one of those teams. They have typically proven that