First CFP Top 4

[Ryuko]

(11-04-2015, 12:40 PM)BengalHawk62 Wrote: I'm glad there are two SEC schools in this first poll.  One of them is going to get knocked out this weekend. 

Having a one-loss Alabama in there is a joke. Even after they beat LSU. Zero losses is better than 1 loss, and there is no shortage of undefeated teams to pick from for the top 4.

From Brian Bennett of ESPN (written before the LSU/Alabama game):

Quote:Notre Dame makes a little bit of sense to me, as the Irish's only loss was by two points on the road to the No. 1 team in the rankings (Clemson) in a rain storm. The undying love for Alabama, I just don't get.


Sure, the Crimson Tide are loaded with talent and might well be one of the four best teams. But no other program has its losses wiped away so easily. Alabama lost, at home, to a team that has two three losses (Ole Miss, which was handled decisively by Florida and Memphis). I would have no problem with Alabama working its way back into the playoff field if it beats LSU and wins the SEC. But to put them in the top four... is ludicrous when there are so many deserving, unbeaten teams.     [...]

It's amazing. If Alabama were running for president and lost in the primary, it would still wind up in the Oval Office. If Alabama finished fifth in the Kentucky Derby, it would still get a blanket of roses in the winner's circle.

Ohio State had an early loss to a mediocre team last year, and didn't work their way into the CFP field until the last possible moment (at which point the committee was criticized for putting the eventual champions ahead of other one-loss teams), so why is an Alabama team with a bad loss ranked ahead of so many undefeated teams and no one has a problem with it?