From: n.nut@comcast.net   
      
   On 12/3/2023 6:06 AM, mckyj57 wrote:   
   > On 2023-12-03, michael anderson wrote:   
   >> Never was, and won’t be this year.   
   >   
   > What do they say their mission is?   
   >   
   >      For purposes of any four-team playoff, the process will   
   >      inevitably need to select the four best teams from among   
   >      several with legitimate claims to participate.   
   >   
   > And what do they consider?   
   >   
   >      Conference championships won, strength of schedule,   
   >      head‐to‐head competition, comparative outcomes of common   
   >      opponents (without incenting margin of victory), and, other   
   >      relevant factors such as unavailability of key players and   
   >      coaches that may have affected a team’s performance during   
   >      the season or likely will affect its postseason performance   
   >   
   >>   
   >> The order this year will be Michigan 1 Washington 2 Texas 3 fsu 4   
   >   
   > If you take them at their word, I think it should be:   
   >   
   >      Michigan   
   >      Washington   
   >      Texas   
   >      Alabama   
   >   
   >>   
   >> Note that I don’t believe Texas HAS to be ranked ahead of bama due   
   >> to hth, and this is a very close call imo due to the hugeness of the   
   >> ga win(which may be the two best teams in the country in the game of   
   >> the year) but I gave Texas the edge and committee will too   
   >   
   > No, no undefeated power 5 team has ever been left out, but losing the   
   > QB who beat LSU and playing in a weaker conference should matter. If   
   > the third stringer had lit it up, it might be different, but if   
   > picking the best team is the goal, they won't elevate FSU. You can't   
   > leave out Alabama, champion of the conference which has won 13 of the   
   > last 17 championships.   
      
      
   +1   
      
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