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2022 CFP RANKINGS TRACKER (Final/Updated)

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Umbra said:
You got 3 loss teams ranked while UTSA which is undefeated ain't even sniffing top 25. ****'s crazy.

Bama lost to the #14 team and has wins over 16 and 17 and is #2. Cincy has a road win over a top 10 team and is undefeated and is ranked #6? I mean like sure 'eye test' or whatever but bruh based on schedule that bias is real. Let the records work themselves out.
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Same as NCAA basketball tournament. It's about strength of schedule. You've seen team go 30-1 in a nobody conference playing nobody and their only loss was their conference tournament championship game. They don't make the tournament because they're in a 1 bid league with no strength of schedule.

Same deal for UTSA. If they continue to win, perhaps they'll break through the top 25. They're having an exceptional season. Especially looking at their past records for a fairly new D-1 program.
 
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I liked the BCS more. The committee is corrupt as ****, even Sepp Blatter would be an improvement.
 
Dwinstitles said:
Although Cincy should probably be in....they would exit pretty quickly. They don't play anyone
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They don't play anyone. One game doesn't get you in. Their strength of schedule is 100. Wake Forest is 98 with an 8-0 record in a P5 conference. Nobody's screaming that Wake Forest got screwed.

All this noise because of the stupid AP poll putting Cincy at #2 for beating ND who has been all over the map in their performances. A very nice win, but lets not get carried away. If a G5 school wants to make the playoffs, then they need to schedule top 10 and top 20 non conference games. Schedule games with Oklahoma, Ohio State, Penn State, Texas A&M, Auburn, etc. It's just that simple. They would need at least 1 top 10 and 1 top 20 win out of conference.

Miami was a National Champion as an independent. They did it by playing several ranked opponents each season. Miami played 5 top 20 teams in its 1987 championship season. Three of them were top 10 teams. It's not complicated.

I think they're ranked higher than they're body of work merits. They've performed on par with Oklahoma and are 3 spots ahead of them. One really good win and a bunch of mediocre ones that weren't even dominant against sub par competition.

The good news for Cincy is they'll be in the Big 12 in a few years.
 
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Dwinstitles said:
Although Cincy should probably be in....they would exit pretty quickly. They don't play anyone
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That shouldn't matter. They should get a shot. If they exit early, so be it. Same can be said about UCF a few years ago.

Odds are eventually one of these schools will make it past the first round. Same thing happens in basketball every few years when one of these little sisters of the poor goes on a hot streak at the right time.

The level of corruption in college football is amazing. These same shenanigans have been going on forever and nothing changes. It's straight up un-American.
 
EmilioEstevez said:
That shouldn't matter. They should get a shot. If they exit early, so be it. Same can be said about UCF a few years ago.

Odds are eventually one of these schools will make it past the first round. Same thing happens in basketball every few years when one of these little sisters of the poor goes on a hot streak at the right time.

The level of corruption in college football is amazing. These same shenanigans have been going on forever and nothing changes. It's straight up un-American.
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I agree they should get a swing though
 
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I wish they would televise these CFBP committee meetings so we know who is pushing who and what narratives they are pushing for each team. It's too easy for them to be corrupt and get away with the SEC bias or regional bias or whatever could go on behind the scenes.

Not even saying there's an issue with it right now. Looks about right to me. The BCS formula was broken but it leveled the playing field and took most of the bias out of it. They need to refine a formula that can evenly compare all of these teams, present all of the data to the committee, and let them hash it out on national television. That would help clear the air for teams that could watch and determine what they had to do if they want in.
 
There's gotta be someone that can put together a formula that power ranks teams based on who they beat (updated weekly so the win against a team in week 3 ranked number 8 isn't as impressive at the end of the season when that team is 6-6), where they beat them home or away and how significant that is based on their other home/away performances, and by how much they beat them.

Maybe even the "how much" isn't just a points based thing but rated by 'control of the game' and put something in the formula for that - like how much of the game they led by more than 1 score - try to ignore the garbage time points - and penalize teams for limping by weak opponents on a weekly basis.

Style points are great but there's got to be a cap on it such as (just a made up example) Team A beats team B by 30 after scoring 21 unanswered points in the last 5 minutes and Team C beats Team B by 14 and ran out the clock for most of the 4th quarter. Team A and Team C don't play each other.. they both won handily and who beat them by more due to garbage time shouldn't matter. Call that equal and move onto other metrics. If one game was 30 points and the other was 3 points on a last second field goal - same opponents home/away - then you can assume the team that blew them out is better.

I do like them showing some of that thought having Oregon over OSU because of H2H, despite Oregon losing to a lesser opponent (maybe they considered them not having their OC for that game).. and despite OSU blowing out everyone lately but none of them being very good opponents.
 
AllAboutTheU said:
They beat ND who the committee has as a Top 10 team.
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I think they could beat OU....they can't touch bama or UGA they have to many high level defenders. In my opinion that is. They do deserve to be in but they may highly likely get bodied in the playoffs. That DB they have is a top ten pick for sure. Dude is a monster
 
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Number1CanesFan said:
It's about strength of schedule. It was explained during the show. The head of the CFP selection said so. Cincy's strength of schedule is around 100. It's behind Wake Forest at 98 and is ranked behind Cincy. The Comish said Cincy had a very nice win at ND, was rewarded for it, but hasn't played anyone else coupled with struggles against Navy.

They’re a nice story, but the schedule isn't there. They would have needed another top 15 team and win on the schedule.

You can argue that Bama shouldn't be #2. I would agree. However, it doesn't matter as they will need to win out to get into the CFP. If they were ranked 5 or 6 and won out, they'd move up into the top 4. A 2 loss Bama won't get into the CFP.

The SEC will get Georgia and Alabama into the CFP if Alabama wins out and Georgia's only loss is the SEC title game to Bama.

I would argue a conspiracy having Georgia and Alabama 1 and 2 is designed so that they don't play each other in the CFP semi final, but in the championship game. If Bama wins out and beats Georgia in the SEC championship game. The CFP committee will simply flip flop Bama and UGA 1 and 2.
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Hard for Cincy to get any quality wins when decent one-loss teams like Houston (or maybe even SMU to a lesser degree) aren't even ranked.

The issue is the inconsistencies in these rankings, especially this time.

Why is Houston, on a 7-win streak (including convincing wins over teams like Tulane that #8 OU barely beat) with only a 1 possession season opener loss to Texas Tech not ranked? Same for 1-loss SMU (to Houston by one possession). Meanwhile, a 2-loss Fresno State with a loss to Hawaii (and Oregon) and struggles against Nevada (2pts), UNLV (8 pts) is? So is a 3-loss Wisconsin team (LARGE losses to ND & Michigan + loss to Penn State) and a best win is against #22 Iowa? And a Mississippi state team with losses to memphis, a 40-pt loss to bama, and a loss to LSU AND a 1 point win over La tech being ranked #17?
Why does BYU warrant #15 despite it's losses? I could go on about Oregon over Cincy + Bama's "good wins" versus other like Sparty, but yeah.

Either way, I guarantee you that Bama being at #2 means they could lose the SECCG against Georgia and still get in as #3 or #4 in playoffs as a two-loss team. If the committee felt Bama had to win out to get in, they would have put them at #6 or something like they should have.
 
There is no scientific way to determine the top 4 teams for a playoff. Why does college football come down to a system as lame as this? ...... Hello lobbying and politics.

Are teams getting the benefit of the doubt because of recruiting class rankings or past performance or only the play on the field this year? Is TV revenue a factor in the formula?

My interest in CFB wanes every year
 
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