After today, there is no way Utah should be ranked ahead of Miami. They shouldn't have been to begin with. Going into today's game we already had a better SOR and SOS. Utah's best win on the season was against Cincy, while ours was against Notre Dame.
Utah was a 17.5 favorite at home, against a 5-5 Kansas State team and needed a TD in the last minute to secure a win. They gave up 47 points, 574 total yards, with 472 being on the ground.
While Miami's win was not spectacular, it was never in question and we went on the road and won by 17 as an 18 point fave.
With both teams having identical records, and Miami having a better SOR, SOS, more wins against ranked teams, and a better win overall, and todays abysmal showing by Utah, we should be in the top 12 but here is why we won't be.
Per the CFP Committee Chairman, he just stated last week that the H2H between Miami and Notre Dame was not being considered since they did not have us in the same "pool", but we were gaining ground. If they were to rank us at 12, per the Chairmans own words the H2H against Notre Dame would have to be factored in as we would now be in the same pool/quadrant as Notre Dame. The committee compares teams ranked 1-4, 5-8 and 9-12 to there own pool. So in this scenario, we should actually be ranked ahead of Notre Dame Tuesday night, and be in the playoffs regardless of any other outcomes as long as we beat Pitt.
Now, we all know the above is not going to happen and this is were the committee will be exposed as frauds. They can't move Notre Dame up into the 5-8 quadrant to avoid Miami and Notre Dame being in the same pool since none of those teams lost and #8 Oklahoma beat a ranked Mizzou team. So instead, they will keep Utah at #12 or have Vandy jump us if they do drop Utah.
But we literally should not need anything but to beat Pitt to be in. The Miami media should tear into the committee Tuesday night and use there own explanations to rankings against them.
Utah was a 17.5 favorite at home, against a 5-5 Kansas State team and needed a TD in the last minute to secure a win. They gave up 47 points, 574 total yards, with 472 being on the ground.
While Miami's win was not spectacular, it was never in question and we went on the road and won by 17 as an 18 point fave.
With both teams having identical records, and Miami having a better SOR, SOS, more wins against ranked teams, and a better win overall, and todays abysmal showing by Utah, we should be in the top 12 but here is why we won't be.
Per the CFP Committee Chairman, he just stated last week that the H2H between Miami and Notre Dame was not being considered since they did not have us in the same "pool", but we were gaining ground. If they were to rank us at 12, per the Chairmans own words the H2H against Notre Dame would have to be factored in as we would now be in the same pool/quadrant as Notre Dame. The committee compares teams ranked 1-4, 5-8 and 9-12 to there own pool. So in this scenario, we should actually be ranked ahead of Notre Dame Tuesday night, and be in the playoffs regardless of any other outcomes as long as we beat Pitt.
Now, we all know the above is not going to happen and this is were the committee will be exposed as frauds. They can't move Notre Dame up into the 5-8 quadrant to avoid Miami and Notre Dame being in the same pool since none of those teams lost and #8 Oklahoma beat a ranked Mizzou team. So instead, they will keep Utah at #12 or have Vandy jump us if they do drop Utah.
But we literally should not need anything but to beat Pitt to be in. The Miami media should tear into the committee Tuesday night and use there own explanations to rankings against them.
