From: mckyj57@gmail.com   
      
   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.   
      
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