2023 Playoff Rankings

[NDPhilly]

FSU & USC are big unknowns due to how transfer-heavy their rosters will be. Regardless, tough to imagine either are top 10 teams next year. @ A&M with Weigman back will be the toughest game on the schedule.

 

[Old Man Mike]

My opinion: if we win out, we are in the top ten maybe with some margin.
LOTS of the teams ahead of us are going to be cannibalized.
Right now the committee rates OSU HIGH, and the win over us as the BEST win in the season to date.
If OSU continues, we also carry along with that draft.

We sweep. They cannibalize. OSU stays undefeated. ----> our ratings prosper.

 

[bumpdaddy]

Yearly reminder:

Don’t let the early rankings bother you. The committee has proven that they’re just driving ratings and conversation until the final rankings. Their early rankings are just an “exercise,” and mean jack shit.

Their common sense suddenly gets WAY better after conference championships are played, and it’s not just because they have a full set of data at that point.

There are years of evidence now where the committee chair spends weeks propping up certain teams, and/or holding back others, while ignoring on-field results, SOS, or head-to-head for random reasons that are contradictory not just week-to-week, but team-to-team in their own rankings.

Then suddenly, with all of the data in front of them, they generally slot teams in just about where they should be, including flip-flopping obvious ranking errors and totally contradicting their own process… which ends up with them getting it mostly right, because common sense.

Drama and ratings!

I somewhat agree with this but believe this is more of a recent development, like within the last 3 or 4 years or so. Before that, the committee was much better about using their ranking criteria more properly, fairly, and consistently even in their initial rankings. There were some exceptions, of course, but not as glaring as this year's first rankings and the past couple of years which seem to show overt team and conference biases. On last night's Inside College football show, Rick Neuheisel said these first rankings show the committee really didn't care much about who played who and I have to agree with him.

I agree the rankings will likely work themselves out and look more fair as the season progresses, but the committee should be severely criticized anytime their rankings are as faulty as this first installment. The problem is the talking heads that would have the most effect, mainly at ESPN, aren't likely to do that because they have their own self-serving motivations for propping up the same incorrectly ranked teams.