re: If head-to-head doesn't matter, what's the point of a playoff?

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committee knows that sometimes a worse team can jump up and knock off a better team. happened with ole miss bama this year, and happened with lsu ole miss. you only have to worry about it for a few more days, then you will have 3 losses and will be whining about which 3 loss team is ranked higher than you.

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So, say the 4 seed jumps up and knocks off the 1 seed. Do they just say that 1 is better than 4 and let them advance to the championship game?

Why does opinion matter sometimes and head-to-head matters some other times?