(08-14-2019 11:23 AM)1845 Bear Wrote:  Straight eight will simply exclude the G5 unless they are up against a lesser P5. They’ll arbitrarily justify it even with unbeaten teams who deserve a shot and we end up with subjective standards instead of objective ones.

Straight 8 will simply exclude ... teams that aren't ranked in the top 8, whether they are P5 or G5, and since there are 130 teams, that means a whole lot from both.

Going unbeaten versus a soft schedule absolutely does not mean you have earned/deserve a playoff spot. It should be obvious that going 9-3 vs a tough schedule can be much more of an achievement than 12-0 vs a soft one. If my USF has played Alabama 12 times last year, we'd have gone 0-12. If we'd played the Citadel 12 times, we'd have gone 12-0. Same team, dramatically different records based on who we played. Schedule really is everything.

The CFP has actually been very good at picking teams. Their picks have basically comported with the subjective views of the AP voters and the dispassionate views of the computers.