According to many projections this week for the final four in the college football playoff, some of the teams that would not make it include Ole Miss, Baylor, Notre Dame, and Oregon.
In the words of famous American female vocalist Willie Scott, are they crazy???
The new playoff format was hailed as a fix for college football, but it's the same old system that doesn't provide a true national championship.
Think about this. What exactly has changed versus the previous BCS system? The only difference is that the Powers That Be added two more teams for double the money.
To ensure that colleges such as Ole Miss, Baylor, Notre Dame, and Oregon are not shut out of a chance to play for the national championship, the only solution is this.
The NCAA's playoff committee will realize this after the chaos of this season.
Teams in red have qualified for the 16-team postseason playoff seeded below the standings. Teams in blue
have qualified as the worst two teams in Division 1 and must play to
see who is sent down to Division 2 for the following season. Teams are
ranked in each division using the brilliant Massey comparison rankings.
Mid-South
6-0 Ole Miss
6-0 Mississippi State
5-1 Alabama
5-2 LSU
5-2 Louisville
5-1 Kentucky
3-3 Tennessee
3-3 Memphis
2-5 Vanderbilt
Southwest
6-0 Baylor
5-1 Oklahoma
4-1 TCU
5-2 Texas A&M
5-1 Oklahoma State
2-4 Texas
2-4 Texas Tech
2-4 Texas-San Antonio
3-3 UTEP
Southeast
5-1 Auburn
6-0 Florida State
5-1 Georgia
4-2 Clemson
3-2 Florida
5-1 Georgia Tech
4-3 Miami
3-2 Central Florida
2-4 South Florida
Great Lakes
6-0 Notre Dame
5-1 Michigan State
4-1 Ohio State
3-3 Northwestern
3-3 Indiana
3-4 Michigan
3-4 Purdue
2-3 Cincinnati
3-4 Illinois
Northwest
5-1 Oregon
4-1 Utah
5-1 Washington
4-2 BYU
4-2 Boise State
4-1 Oregon State
4-2 Air Force
2-5 Washington State
2-4 Colorado
Midwest
5-1 Nebraska
4-1 Kansas State
5-1 Minnesota
4-2 Missouri
3-3 Arkansas
5-1 Iowa
4-2 Wisconsin
2-4 Iowa State
2-4 Kansas
West
4-2 UCLA
4-2 USC
5-1 Arizona
4-2 Stanford
4-1 Arizona State
4-2 California
3-3 San Diego State
3-4 Fresno State
2-4 Hawaii
Atlantic
5-1 Duke
5-1 East Carolina
4-2 Virginia Tech
3-3 South Carolina
4-2 Maryland
4-2 Virginia
4-3 North Carolina State
2-4 North Carolina
2-4 Wake Forest
Northeast
4-2 West Virginia
4-2 Boston College
5-1 Rutgers
4-2 Penn State
3-3 Pittsburgh
2-4 Syracuse
3-4 Navy
2-4 Army
1-5 Connecticut
College football playoff projections...
16 West Virginia at 1 Ole Miss
15 Duke at 2 Mississippi State
14 UCLA at 3 Auburn
13 Nebraska at 4 Baylor
12 Michigan State at 5 Florida State
11 TCU at 6 Alabama
10 Oregon at 7 Oklahoma
9 Notre Dame at 8 Georgia
Relegation playoff to be sent down to Division 2
Army at Connecticut
