In a very predictable season, it's good that the College Football Playoff ranking does not contain any of the chaos, debate or drama that marked the first four seasons of this playoff format.

In the playoffs, there was no change at the top for the third week in a row: Alabama, Clemson, Notre Dame and Michigan are leading the hypothetical field of the four teams. And two weeks from the end of the season, it's easy to envision a scenario in which the semi-finals unfold without controversy – that would be another first.

All outrage is lukewarm at best. Yes, the selection committee continues to give shocking value to SEC second-tier teams. For the committee's defense, however, there are simply not enough teams worthy of the last five Leagues of the remaining Power to slip into positions held by LSU, Florida, Kentucky and Mississippi.

If the suspense reigns, it is the crowding of the teams just outside the playoffs that are competing for a place in the New Year's race. There may be more intrigues in the Group of Five's race for a bowl of access, but only if Central Florida loses one of its last two games.

Two weeks before the end of the university football playoff championship, here's what the selection committee has corrected and dismissed in Tuesday's standings:

Right

UCF has overtaken the Ohio State. It's hard to see the number 10 Ohio State barely survive against Maryland and imagine this team making their way into the top four. Still, the road exists: OSU must beat Michigan, the Northwest and get help. This scenario is not at all completely unrealistic, even if it is hard to imagine a team struggling since the end of September to find the kind of performance needed to beat Michigan in Saturday's rivalry. Columbus.

Whether caused by the Ohio State's struggles with the Terrapins or by the easy victory of the No. 9 UCF against Cincinnati, which has nine wins, the committee took the initiative to trade the Buckeyes and Knights in this week's standings. Unlike OSU, Knights seem to be improving at the right time; Saturday's 38-13 win against the Bearcats was the team's best performance of the season, and in prime time, nothing less.

Not that it means anything, really. UCF is and has been an afterthought in the hunt for the top four, lost behind a bunch of teams of one or two Power Five defeats, and whatever their rankings, the Knights play for one thing – one season without defeat and another Six New Year's bowl. Going forward in front of Ohio State is only one element of recognition for what turns out to be the best team of the Group of Five conferences.

False

This constant fascination for the SEC. Alabama is definitely a choice for the first group, with little argument to the contrary. There is even a case for Georgia at number 5, still due to the shortage of accomplished contenders for first place outside the four-team squad – Oklahoma's defense is an abomination, the only one in the world. Washington State does not have the resume, the state of Ohio has been average and UCF is unfortunately part of the group of five and is therefore essentially ineligible.

LSU at No. 7 is silly. Florida at No. 11 is strange. Kentucky at No. 15 is laughable limit. State of Mississippi at number 18 is so ridiculous that it's mind-boggling. Even if you follow the logic that LSU, Florida and Kentucky are among the best university football teams, the state of Mississippi lost to all four with a combined score of 84-16.

The committee's membership of the SEC is based on a house of cards so precarious that a single opposite point of view would crumble the whole structure. For example, saying that the state of Mississippi is simply an average invalid wins for Tigers, Gators and Wildcats on the Bulldogs. To say that Florida does not deserve to be ranked 11th in the standings would mean that LSU would not deserve to be seventh, as the Tigers lost to Gainesville in early October.

And questioning the LSU credentials then undermines Georgia's reputation, as the Tigers tore the Bulldogs by 20 points a week after losing to the Gators. In other words, it is questionable whether the committee fabricated the value of some SEC teams to materialize a preconceived idea of ​​the league's strength beyond Alabama.