Selection Committee Rankings

[cDubya]

Its so weird how people talk about the playoff committee like its the rough ridin' council of Trent. It's college football $$$. It's not that hard to judge. We do it pretty well on here and half of us are retards.

FYP. I try to stay out of this conversation for the most part, but let's be honest. The majority of the driving force for this whole situation is the almighty dollar. Sure, they have to make it look somewhat legit with the "best" teams making it into the playoff, but it's really the most profitable match ups that will make up these last 3 games to determine a "Champion". Let's just enjoy how bad ass some of these Big 12 games will be over the next few weeks.

[steve dave]

WVU fans are like conspiracy theory fanatics with this stuff. Why is that?

[star seed 7]

isnt their ad on the committee?

[cDubya]

isnt their ad on the committee?

Cover-up, maaaan!

[MakeItRain]

I don't know how anyone can claim the BCS ever got it right in all of those seasons with multiple 1 loss teams or with undefeated non power conference teams. That 2012 Oregon team was the best in the country but somewhere along the way the media determined that K-State and Oregon had to be undefeated to be considered equal to the SEC champion and the pollsters fell for it.

[ChiComCat]

I don't know how anyone can claim the BCS ever got it right in all of those seasons with multiple 1 loss teams or with undefeated non power conference teams. That 2012 Oregon team was the best in the country but somewhere along the way the media determined that K-State and Oregon had to be undefeated to be considered equal to the SEC champion and the pollsters fell for it.

Alabama beat 5 teams in the top 15 that regular season.  Oregon didn't beat one in the regular season.  Was Oregon the best team, maybe, but they didn't have the best resume.

[MakeItRain]

I don't know how anyone can claim the BCS ever got it right in all of those seasons with multiple 1 loss teams or with undefeated non power conference teams. That 2012 Oregon team was the best in the country but somewhere along the way the media determined that K-State and Oregon had to be undefeated to be considered equal to the SEC champion and the pollsters fell for it.

Alabama beat 5 teams in the top 15 that regular season.  Oregon didn't beat one in the regular season.  Was Oregon the best team, maybe, but they didn't have the best resume.

So if it was about the resume instead of the best team doesn't that fly in the face of getting it right?
They were also clearly better than Notre Dame but Oregon fell victim to a talking point.

[kstatefan11]

I don't know how anyone can claim the BCS ever got it right in all of those seasons with multiple 1 loss teams or with undefeated non power conference teams. That 2012 Oregon team was the best in the country but somewhere along the way the media determined that K-State and Oregon had to be undefeated to be considered equal to the SEC champion and the pollsters fell for it.

Alabama beat 5 teams in the top 15 that regular season.  Oregon didn't beat one in the regular season.  Was Oregon the best team, maybe, but they didn't have the best resume.

Most of those 5 were SEC teams, ranked in the top 15 as a result of national media perception. Regardless, it's a better resume, but it's also indicative of more SEC-fulfilling prophecy.