UGA won their way in, but this is where we bring in the subjectiveness of college football. Bama didn't win their way in this year. OSU didn't win their way in last year. Neither were conference champions, yet still got a chance to play for the NC.

If you don't need a conference championship to play for a NC then why have one and risk losing a game that hurts your players' health and playoff chances?

Also, Ohio State didn't play in the BIG10 championship last year.

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Posted by Tiguar

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Posted on 1/1/18 at 11:32 pm to Jyrdis

Big12 didn't have a CCG and that was the justification for leaving their champion out once.

It's really not that complicated. UGA deserved to be in. Clemson deserved to be in. OU deserved to be in. Who desderved the last spot?

tOSU was the champ of the next best conference, but lost by 30 to an unranked team. Out.

Next up? Auburn beat #1 twice in a 3 week span. Two losses excluding CCG; Clemson and the team that lost to Troy. If we put Auburn in, they would potentially be rematching clemson a 2nd time or UGA third time. Any other options?

The team with 1 loss that lost @ a top 10 team's house with a notorious home-field advantage during a rivalry game with multiple injuries. Playoff rematches are minimized.

I think the playoff got it right this year.

I echo your lamentations but doing anything else makes the regular season almost worthless.

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