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Why does the CFP selection committee rank 25 teams?
As far as I can tell, that isn’t part of their charge. Their only responsibilities are to select the 12 teams for the NY6 bowl games, and to decide which of those are the four semifinalists.

So, other than to titillate and stir up controversy, why do they assign a numerical ranking to anybody? They could complete their mission without ever revealing a ranking at all. What does it matter whether they thought Team A was #5 or #11? In either case, they are not in the playoff, and they are in the NY6. Why not just leave it at that?

They could simply announce the bowl pairings that result from applying the various contractual, traditional and geographical considerations that may apply. Announce them in the order that the games will be played to avoid the appearance of a relative ranking. If Miami is the ACC’s contractual representative in the Orange Bowl, it doesn’t matter in which order the selection committee would have placed them. And what difference does it make where, numerically, the G5 representative might rank, as long as it isn’t in the Top 4?

The committee could save itself a lot of grief if they never issued a ranking from the first week they meet until the final selection is made. The only reason to do so is to give fans something to argue about, and to fill up hours of grist for the talking head mill. It’s all for show.
01-11-2018 09:52 PM
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