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It's pretty clear the committee has no intention of following the stated criteria (conf. championship, strength of schedule, head-to-head). Considering those criteria, two of the three favor LSU over Ole Miss and the other is a wash, but Ole Miss is ranked five spots higher than LSU. With a win over Ole Miss and an extra loss, we were 15 spots behind Ole Miss. Ole Miss suffering its second loss narrowed that gap by 10 spots. Alabama is currently 11 spots ahead of LSU with one less loss. If LSU wins Saturday, handing Alabama its second loss, and if the committee stays true to form (narrowing the Alabama-LSU gap by 10 spots), next week there will be two teams with equal records, weaker schedules and head-to-head losses to LSU that will still be ranked ahead of LSU.

Margin of victory or defeat has never been mentioned as a factor in the committee's evaluations, but it seems that margin (specifically LSU's lopsided loss to Auburn) is the only one they are looking at when evaluating LSU compared to Ole Miss (and presumably Alabama if we win). Meanwhile, they are pointedly ignoring two of the factors specifically stated when the system was formed.

If this is an indication of how the committee will act going forward, then how will their openly bad-faith conduct affect the legitimacy of the playoff system?

Could you cry a little more? LSU is a two loss team that good mauled twice. LSU doesn't deserve to sniff the top four this season no matter how they finish. If Bama loses to LSU on Saturday I will feel the same way about them. One close loss can be forgiven, but the committee wasn't blind when they saw LSU get bitched slapped twice in three weeks to SEC West competition. Come back and try again next year, but this post is beyond pathetic.