As we’ve progressed through the college football season, the committee’s rankings have made less and less sense from the outside. It’s hard to pin down what metrics are most important to the committee, and this most recent ranking makes the least sense.

One of the biggest frustrations is the lack of consistency year over year. I absolutely believe Ole Miss is a playoff team, but they just lost their head coach , and their punishment for that is hopping over a Texas A&M team that just lost its first game. Florida State was removed from the playoffs in 2023 despite being undefeated because their quarterback was injured . Losing a head coach feels vital to a football team, and nothing happened to them; they were actually moved up a spot in the rankings.

BYU is also another team that mak

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