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Sorry Brock. I agree with Mark. Let me pose this question: If this year’s Ohio State team was doing what it has so far but it was named Alabama, do you think the College Football Playoff Committee would have dropped the Tide? I’ll tell you that answer, and it is a resounding no.
In fact, Ohio State is the first team to drop from the No. 1 slot in the CFP rankings since inception without losing. The Buckeyes haven’t just beaten every team on its schedule, it has eviscerated every single opponent. It’s the only team with a top five offense and defense, and leads almost every single efficiency category you can find.
I could get on my soap box here, but the fact that the Committee is charged with picking the four best teams means it should be picking them in order of No. 1 through 4. We keep hearing it’s not supposed to be about most-deserving, yet LSU gets elevated to the No. 1 spot because it has the better wins.
I had to give that a sideways glance because just a couple of years ago, it was Ohio State who had the more impressive wins, but got left out over Alabama because the Committee felt the Tide were just the better team. That’s what it all boiled down to.
You can’t have it both ways.
Most everyone would agree (metrics included) that Ohio State looks like the most dominant team, yet they all seem to think LSU gets put on top of the pile because it has beaten more top-end teams.
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— SportSource Analytics (@SportSourceA) November 13, 2019
That’s not how this thing is supposed to work. Good thing all the Buckeyes have to do is keep winning and it’ll all take care of itself.
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