Honest question regarding Committee and SEC

Learn to play some defense and get back to us.

Relax Boomer Sooner, Bama will not get in regardless of who wins or loses this weekend. Winner of Auburn - Georgia will be the only SEC team in the playoff.

It's really pretty simple:

3 of those 4 losses are to teams #2, #5, #6 in the CFP rankings.

The other was a close loss where their star QB was carted off the field in the first quarter with a horrendous looking ankle injury.


Otherwise,
they beat #17 LSU by 30 points
beat bowl eligible Kentucky by 38 points
beat bowl eligible Texas A&M Away by 21.

Are there really so many teams ranked below them with such better resumes that this is such a mystery or conspiracy?



By the way, Fresno St did just beat #23 Boise St last week (to go with their convincing earlier Away win over SD St.)


Don't recall anyone crying about SD St or Boise being at the bottom of the rankings much of the season.

Besides a rival game where our qb went out on the second possession, our only losses were Bama, Georgia, and Auburn. We also blew out a currently ranked team. We may be too high, but that’s likely most of the committee’s reasoning.

Dirt farmer thread. Didn’t read. Auto-downvote. Spam elsewhere.

Spot 1 SEC Champ
Spot 2 ACC Champ
Spot 3 Wisconsin if they win...If OSU wins???
Spot 4 Oklahoma if they win...If TCU wins....Bama!

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So they won 4 SEC games and are ranked #23. Does anyone else think this ranking may be inflated?

Then you have the charging Bulldogs of Fresno St coming in at #25. A non P5 team that is 9-3.

It all just seems so obvious that CFP Committee is bolstering Alabama's resume. So they won 4 SEC games and are ranked #23. Does anyone else think this ranking may be inflated?

Then you have the charging Bulldogs of Fresno St coming in at #25. A non P5 team that is 9-3.

It all just seems so obvious that CFP Committee is bolstering Alabama's resume.

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Both these teams were ranked in the ap poll and msu is ranked in both the coaches and ap poll. Fresno State is top other receiving votes in the coaches.(aka 26)

Is the committee leaving a door open for Alabama on purpose? Maybe, but it is hard to believe they are in cahoots with all of the sports writers in the ap poll who also ranked Fresno State, and then the coaches must be in on the bias for ranking MSU too. I mean how many people are in on it? Hundreds? Can that many people keep a secret?

Most people just look at the top teams a team played and ignore the other stuff that factors in to strength of schedule. Bama is currently at 46 and tOSU is at 50(will pass Bama's after Saturday, but not by much) The committee looks into things like W-L vs top 40 Bama is 4-1 tosu is 3-2(potentially 4-2) The committee has a history of being hard on teams who get blown out. This is what kept PSU out last year. They are not going to forget that 31 point beat down by unranked Iowa. Nor that 15 point loss at home your team put on them. The committee looks at things like, How many wins over bowl eligible teams. Bama has 5 right now, but will likely have six if Florida State beats ULM in their rescheduled game. tOSU has 4 I think I saw.
Anyway, my point is that in order for you to understand the committee's rankings, Then you should understand everything they are looking at. What you see as perceived SEC bias, is actually based on facts and stats. The bias is there because the committee, coaches, and ap voters correctly perceive the SEC WEST as being the strongest in college football. The east does not get this boost. Georgia got it because both of their west opponents are ranked teams and the squeaked out a win against Notre Dame on the road. They also look at things like game control, and margin of victories. Bama scores very well in these categories. They do take into account injuries and cut some slack for that too.