re: How different will the college football playoff poll be than the other polls?

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they will give weight to what you did last year. That's the only reason Ohio state will remain at 1.

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The committee pleasantly surprised me last year by having FSU at 2-3 despite the fact they were undefeated and put 1 loss teams in front of them, just because it was clear FSU was not the best team in the country.

Remember, FSU was the only undefeated team last year at the end of the regular season and finished #3 behind Alabama and Oregon.

So the committee obviously takes style points into consideration.