re: Playoff Rankings

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Basic math shows that it’s further from the #1 spot to the #5 spot than from any other spot at top of rankings.
So there’s room to stumble

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Here's another issue I have with this. The committee in their intial ranking shows us that wins and losses matter. They don't put "eye test" above all else. Bama is a prime example here. IS there anyone on earth that thinks bama wouldn't absoultely demolish the shite out of clemson if they palyed thsi weekend? Probably not. It'd be a massacre. Yet clemson is ranked higher, simply due to being undefeated while bama has a loss. So the whole "UT is ranked 1st so they won't drop that far with a loss" thing....why not? Doesn't it stand to reason that if we win this weekend UT would be no better than 5th? UGA/OSU would certainly be 1/2, while clemson and michigan would be 3/4 would they not? And UT would have to be ranked above bama due to having the same record but a head to head win.

The committe isn't the archaic coaches poll that feels like you can only move someone up or down a certain number of spots based on some unknown criteria. If UT loses this weekend why would they still be in the top 4 with a loss over an undefeated clemson/michigan, both of which are currently above a 1 loss bama?