Hate to break it to you, but this Michigan grad informs you that the Wolverines are ranked one notch higher than the Huskies.
(I may be eating these words in early January, but for now it’s fun…)
((((Jordan Travis))))
Oh, my poor, sweet boy. What a horrible thing to say, wishing your leg had broken earlier in the season.
FYI I was referring to first to clinch a playoff spot. But typical Wolverine reading level of non-comprehension. 
Hey! Question for a mod. Can we have light bantering $#!^talking here or is that for The Pit where it will rapidly devolve into not so light hearted?
Seen on Twitter/X:
Florida State isn’t that great:
- pulled away late from 6-5 Group of 5 team
- needed a prayer to beat 6-6 rival
- 3 point win vs. 4-8 in-conference foe
- lost by 10 at home
Oh wait, shoot! This is my Alabama file. One second…
Some light editing has been done. I have it on my phone, but don’t have the account name.
Another great argument I saw: if the committee is so concerned about FSU’s strength of schedule and being without their starting quarterback, why were they still placed ahead of a one-loss Georgia and Ohio State in the final rankings? Could it be because nobody cares beyond the top four?
Anyway, the NCAA’s reaction seems to be “who cares, this is all irrelevant next year.” Which must be comforting for FSU’s seniors.
Critics of the committee for leaving out Florida State should take into account that no team missing its top quarterback has ever gone on to win the championship.*
*there are several other examples as well.
I’d prefer the football playoff system be only conference champions. A team either wins its conference and enters the playoffs, or does neither. The committee shenanigans are embarrassing. But there’s more money in “better” teams than proven teams playing, so it’ll never happen.
After losing to the team up north, it doesn’t really matter to me what my Buckeyes do post-season. Not much honor in a consolation Cotton Bowl against Mizzou.
I think that because the committee wanted Alabama in because either beat the #1 team in a conference championship of (more likely) the SEC champion is guarantied a spot in the playoff, they had to put Texas in as well to continue their narrative that Texas beat them head-to-head therefore Texas > Alabama. That also explains why Texas is #3, Alabama is #4 and Florida State is #5. What is not explained is why the committee chose that to be consistent on.
Of course, the four teams in the CFP this year are all conference champions.
Florida State is also a conference champion.
It’s OK to say “Michigan”. 
Just don’t repeat it three times, or Beetlejuice will eat your first-born.
With the demise of the Pac 12, next year’s expansion starts to make the CFP (which is not an NCAA championship playoff) look more and more like the NFL playoffs. Win your Power 4 conference (division) and you are automatically in with a bye. Then the eight highest ranked teams outside of the conference champions (“wildcards”) play a round to get down to eight teams in the next round (NFL- divisional round), followed by the remaining four facing off (NFL- conference championships) to get down to the last two playing for the national championship (Superbowl). Not an exact match (e.g. fewer byes in the NFL and only the final championship game is played on a neutral field), but eerily close.
That is incorrect. In the currently approved 6-6 model, the top-ranked 6 conference champions get automatic entry to the playoffs. With the Pac-2 now being MWC-West, they are thinking of moving to a 5-7 model where the top 5 conference champions getting in. I think they want a Power +1 model of automatic bids.
I also believe they are seeded by ranking so a wildcard in the top-4 gets a bye. But that I have to double-check.
You are (somewhat) right. I misread this Wiki section:
College Football Playoff - Wikipedia
2024 expansion
The CFP will expand to a 12-team playoff for the 2024 season and beyond.[13] Features of the enlarged playoff include:
- Guaranteed bids for the top five conference champions in the CFP rankings; no conference will have an automatic bid, a conference must have a minimum of 8 members to be eligible for an Automatic bid.
- At-large bids for the seven highest-ranked remaining teams, which could include additional conference champions.
- The four highest-ranked conference champions will receive first-round byes.
- The remaining teams will play each other in the first round at the home fields of the better seeds, matched in the standard format of 5–12, 6–11, 7–10, and 8–9.
- The quarterfinals and semifinals will be hosted by the New Year’s Six (the Cotton Bowl, Fiesta Bowl, Orange Bowl, Peach Bowl, Rose Bowl, and Sugar Bowl) on a rotating basis.
- The championship game will continue to be held at a separately determined neutral site.
- The playoff bracket will not be reseeded at any time.
- First round games will occur in December, quarterfinal games on or around New Year’s Day, semifinal games at least one week later, and the championship game one week after the semifinals.
Originally, the top six ranked conference champions and six at-large bids, though it was later changed to 5 conference champions and seven at-large bids after 2021–2024 NCAA conference realignment led to the power five Pac-12 Conference dropping to 2 members.
I thought that the “Power 5” were the automatic bids and with the Pac 12 dropping to the Pac 2, the bids would go to the “Power 4” champions.
But it isn’t 6-6, its 5-7 (I guess the fifth will be the highest ranked non-Power conference champion?).
Last I had heard that was under discussion and I guess it passed. I’d still like to see a 6th champion in but this is a lot better than what we have now. And you were right, the byes are champions only.
It’s not necessarily the Power Four champions and the highest ranked remaining conference champion, but the five highest ranked conference champions, period. Of course, this is de facto the Power Four plus one more every year, but it doesn’t necessarily have to be.
Also note that the conference champion(s) that is not in the top four is not guaranteed a seed high enough to host a first-round game. For example, using this year’s rankings to build the bracket, Liberty would be the #12 seed, and have its first round game at #5 Florida State. The fact that Florida State is also a conference champion is irrelevant; had #5 been, say, Ohio State or Georgia, they would be hosting Liberty as well.
And yes, there is every chance that there will be first round games in, say, Ann Arbor, or Columbus, or Boulder, in mid-December. Dress warm.
They didn’t even have their backup in the ACC Championship game, Brock Glenn was the third string guy. Tate Rodemaker, the original backup and the named starter after Jordan Travis suffered the serious leg injury, he himself experienced a nasty helmet-helmet hit the previous week and was out for the championship due to the concussion protocol.
I assume that Rodemaker would have been available for the playoffs if the Seminoles were advancing, but I’m not even sure that’s a guarantee.
I see no info about any health updates for Tate after FSU was ruled out, probably because nobody cares anymore.
Crap.
So, a bit off-topic:
Why is the CFP semifinals (Alabama vs Michigan and Texas vs Washington) scheduled for 1/1, but then the national championship game happens just a week after that, on 1/8?
This means we have to wait a super long time for the next game, but then the players get relatively little rest. (The NFL, by contrast, gives a two-week gap before the Super Bowl.)
Wouldn’t it be better to schedule the semifinal playoff games for Dec-23, and then the championship for Jan-8, and leave a two-week gap? This way, we also don’t have to wait four weeks to see our next college football games, too.
Tradition. College Football is older than most professional leagues except for MLB with a 140 year old history. The first exhibition bowl game was the Rose Bowl on January 1 in 1902 with an annual game starting in 1916. When new bowls were created, they tended to be on or near the same day in warmer climates. A winter vacation for cold weather based teams. Those dates hold a lot of prestige for a very history based sport. The best football is in NFL but college football holds a lot of sway due to connection with tradition.
By keeping the major bowls on January 1, college football pretends it is honoring the past. Next year will be different with the 12 team playoff. From Wikipedia “First round games will occur in December, quarterfinal games on or around New Year’s Day, semifinal games at least one week later, and the championship game one week after the semifinals.”
And from this article:
Where CFP games will be played
The lower seed has the opportunity to select the host venue during the first round. Bowl games will be introduced in the quarterfinal round. The semifinals will be played in bowls on a rotating basis while the national championship host site is determined through bids by prospective host sites.
Presumably, the first-round games will be played on-campus, or in a nearby large (NFL) stadium. Then the bowl games come into play, on or near January 1, as usual. I wonder if the bowl venues will also be part of the semis and finals.
Based on this year’s rankings, the first-round games would have been Florida State hosting Oklahoma, Georgia hosting Ole Miss, Ohio State hosting Penn State, and Oregon hosting Missouri.