Official: Michigan, UW, Texas, Alabama.

[BobPSU92]

Probably intentional, so that the CFP can justify their selections after UGA beats them.

And when bama beats um*.

 

[Mufasa94]

Texas was always going to be in before Bama, both had one loss and one beat the other, head to head has to matter.

Why does it have to be the only (that’s the key word) thing that matters? Obviously if they both lost a game during the season, they both had (at least) one performance so subpar that they were worse than their opponent.

 

[PSUSignore]

Why does it have to be the only (that’s the key word) thing that matters? Obviously if they both lost a game during the season, they both had (at least) one performance so subpar that they were worse than their opponent.

Because game results have to matter. Most of the time. Well, sometimes. OK, the committee will notify you if the game results mattered or not, but only until after all of the games have been played and an evaluation of possible TV revenues has been completed and it's determined if the game results are aligned with maximum TV revenue. The key takeaway here is that game results don't really matter. Like not even a little bit. It's quite simple really.

 

[Catch1lion]

 

[AvgUser]

Why does it have to be the only (that’s the key word) thing that matters? Obviously if they both lost a game during the season, they both had (at least) one performance so subpar that they were worse than their opponent.

Why was Alabama picked over UGA?

 

[Mufasa94]

Why was Alabama picked over UGA?

My opinion why it was a correct decision is that Bama played a tougher overall schedule than UGA, which included two games against other 1-loss top 10 teams, which no other 1-loss team had.

My speculation of the CFP committee’s reasoning for the decision would differ.

 

[BW Lion]

I’m eager to see the following

1) conference affiliation of officiating crew assigned to the UM vs Bama game

2) viewership statistics for the semi-final and final games. UM vs Bama might be the most watched.

 

[ILLINOISLION]

I’m eager to see the following

1) conference affiliation of officiating crew assigned to the UM vs Bama game

2) viewership statistics for the semi-final and final games. UM vs Bama might be the most watched.

Would be appropriate but not gonna happen that the officials (including replay) come from the ACC for all three games.

‘Bama - UMich is at 4:00PM
Wash - Texas is at 7:45PM
(Midwest times!)

 

[ILLINOISLION]

IMHO, tOSU had much more of a right to the fourth spot than ‘Bama.

‘Bama lost a game at home by 10pts AND had several other close games including the HAIL (dumb *** Auburn prevent on 4th and 31) MARY.

WHILE

tOSU beat ND in South Bend, beat PSU and only lost to UMICH in Ann Arbor by 3pts in a game that was basically a toss-up coming down to the final possession.

 

[rudedude]

 

[LB99]