re: The committee let the bama Texas game dictate the whole playoff

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Why does Texas deserve it over uga?
They lost to Oklahoma

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Criteria from CFP Selection Committee Protocol (LINK )

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The selection committee will select the teams using a process that distinguishes among otherwise comparable teams by considering:

* Conference championships won,

* Strength of schedule,

* Head-to-head competition,

* Comparative outcomes of common opponents (without incenting margin of victory), and,

* Other relevant factors such as unavailability of key players and coaches that may have affected a team’s performance during the season or likely will affect its postseason performance.

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Criteria #1: Conference championships won
Texas won a conference title; UGA did not.

Criteria #2: Strength of schedule
Texas #2; UGA #45

Criteria #3: Head-to-head competition
N/A

Criteria #4: Comparative outcomes of common opponents
Texas defeated Alabama; Georgia lost to Alabama

Criteria #5: Other relevant factors such as unavailability of key players and coaches that may have affected a team’s performance during the season or likely will affect its postseason performance
Could write up some stuff for each but ultimately a wash. Each have injuries during the season and banged up players heading into the playoffs. It is a long season in a full contact sport, nobody is 100% healthy.



So, yeah, it is pretty obvious why they didn't make the field over Texas.