2. Cincinnati at 6 is fine … really
My heavens the SCREAMING over Cincinnati being at six.
Apparently the College Football Playoff committee is “corrupt” and the system needs to be “blown up” and on and on and on.
Look, Cincinnati has one great win – on the road over Notre Dame – and that’s it. There’s NOTHING else.
– College Football Playoff Rankings: Reaction to every slot
There’s only one other win over a team with a winning record, and UCF in that game was a shadow of its former self without QB Dillon Gabriel.
The team was so mediocre in wins over lousy Navy (2-6) and Tulane (1-7) teams, that College Football Playoff committee chair Gary Barta actually came out and said that the performances weren’t good enough for a team with a horrific strength-of-schedule.
And even with ALL of that, the Cincinnati Bearcats were ranked ahead of unbeaten Oklahoma, and unbeaten Wake Forest, and a whole lot of teams with multiple good wins.
Six is giving this Bearcat team a ton of respect considering its resumé. Just ask Oklahoma fans.
– Oklahoma is more than okay, even at 9
– The sneaky-interesting ranking was …
– Arkansas really is the the one big whiff
– Oregon isn’t necessarily safe at 4