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We had to wait a little longer than usual thanks to a university basketball game between Kansas and Michigan – planning the ranking between basketball games every season is sadistic – but the the last standings of the college football playoffs came outand you know what it means: I think about it.
So let's dive in.
LSU # 7 – Over-rated
I understand what the committee likes about LSU. It's a team with victories over the No. 24 Auburn (more on the Tigers later), the No. 5 Georgia and the No. 16 Mississippi State. You could argue that regarding wins, there might not be a team with a better winning streak in the country. But the Tigers also have two losses. Yes, these defeats are attributed to Alabama No. 1 and Florida No. 15, but LSU's weaknesses were unveiled to the public on Saturday night against Alabama.
In simple terms, LSU is a good team. He will probably finish the season as the country's top 10, but he will not be able to compete with the elite. He has a solid defense, but at best, he is limited to the offensive point of view. Plus, he has no way to get back into the top four or win his division, so the playoff hopes are mostly dead. So why do we even need to keep it ahead of other teams that still have real hopes in the playoffs?
Once again, this team of Tigers is good. Losing to Alabama is not bad, even if it seemed hopeless. But he should not be ahead of some of the teams behind for the moment. Not before having a second loss, anyway.
No. 8 Washington State – Over-rated
No. 9 West Virginia – Underrated
It's a simple case of two teams that, in my opinion, should be swapped in the hierarchy. Both have a defeat of the season, but West Virginia's only loss was 16 on the road against No. 22 Iowa State. Wazzu's loss was three on the road leading to a team of 5 to 4 USC unclassified. In terms of wins, West Virginia has a win over Texas, No. 19; Washington State has never beaten a team in the standings, although it may have a chance against a ranked Washington team to end the regular season.
Finally, according to Sagarin's assessments, West Virginia played the country's 45th most difficult program. Both teams have a defeat, but West Virginia has the best win, the best loss, and its schedule has been more difficult. These teams should be exchanged.
No. 24 Auburn – Overrated
You know, I'm one of those who do not think SEC is overrated. I think it is just a very good conference and the best conference in the country, even if the rest of the league gets a little too much credit for what Alabama has done. But this kind of shit makes it difficult to deny the existence of bias by the SEC with the PSC selection committee.
How does Auburn rank? We are talking about a team consisting of 6-3, a team that literally needed his sports director to publicly declare Tuesday that he would not return his coach this season. According to the committee, this is a team whose best win was 21 to 16 against No. 25 in Washington at the opening weekend. You know what has happened since? The Tigers have lost three times, including a home defeat against a Tennessee team that could only handle 14 points against Charlotte on Saturday.
Listen, I know that at the bottom of the rankings, it's hard to find good teams, but it's much harder to watch this Auburn team and consider it one of the 25 best in the country.
State of Utah – Underestimated
You know who would have been in position 24 or 25 that would not have been a problem? State of Utah. Is this a team that deserves a place in the top 10 or the top 15? No of course not. But what is Utah State is an 8-1 team that lost only a seven-point loss on the road against No. 18 Michigan. Now, the Aggies have only beaten a single team with a winning record – Hawaii – so they do not have the strength of the program to justify being ranked much higher, but even if they did not play the most difficult program, they'd We annihilated everyone on their way. The Utah State's eight wins were averaged 32.9 points per game.
The only crime in the state of Utah is that it is a school of the group of five and if we start putting too many schools in the group of Five in the CFP standings (there are two, versus four in the AP and coaching polls), we run the risk of giving teams like UCF too much credibility and impact on how we rank them.
And we can not have that, is not it?
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