Tag: CFP Implications

What the Selection Committee Taught Us: Week 9

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We have our initial College Football Playoff selection committee rankings of 2015, and there are some apparent surprises right off the bat. If you had seen our Bubble Watch or read our most recent CFP Implications, you would know that we expected low rankings from both Baylor and TCU (and, to a lesser extent, Ohio […] READ MORE

Week 9 CFP Bubble Watch

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We’re back with the one and only College Football Playoff Bubble Watch here in 2015. The committee will be bringing out their first rankings soon so let’s get to this right off the bat. Now, if you saw our most recent CFP Implications, you will notice that we are still counting 27 teams still alive […] READ MORE

Week 7 CFP Implications: Michigan State is a Winning Enigma

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Last year, the CFP selection committee gave us their highly-subjective and never-quite-explained “game control” way of deciding how to rank teams. We have no idea if or how that will continue this year. Also, we don’t know exactly what it means. Sometimes, game control just seemed to be a way to say “margin of victory” […] READ MORE

Week 4 CFP Implications: Utah Makes a Statement

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There are a lot of storylines coming out of the fourth week of the college football season. Leonard Fournette is getting a lot of attention for his record-breaking start to the season. Georgia looks strong. Ohio State and Michigan State have been far from as dominant as expected. TCU survived on a miracle, but with […] READ MORE

Week 3 CFP Implications: It’s Time to Talk Notre Dame

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There are a lot of major stories to take away from Week 3. Ohio State struggled, Mississippi knocked off Alabama, Stanford steamrolled USC, and TCU almost blew a game against SMU without anyone noticing. We will definitely get to all of that. There is one team, though, for whom the discussion is most pressing. It’s […] READ MORE