re: 1 to 6 vs Tyler Simmons

Here's what Bill Hancock (CFP director) said about "best team" vs "most deserving".

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“I appreciate your asking that question. It is best. Most deserving is not anything in the committee’s lexicon. They are to rank the best teams in order, and that’s what they do. Just keep that word in mind: best teams,” Hancock said.

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If best four teams is the criteria, leaving FSU out does seem appropriate, keeping in mind that even the word "best" is subjective here. They lost their most important player at the most important position, and two subsequent games demonstrated that they didn't have a good backup. At that point, they weren't a top four team according to the committee and I have to agree.

On the other hand, including TCU in 2022 didn't seem consistent with choosing the "best teams", to me at least. I spent some time studying them prior to the championship and came away thinking they were a good, but not great, team.

Bottom line, ranking teams with widely different schedules is more art than science no matter how you do it. I'm fine with different opinions because there's no right answer, but that means the committee gets it wrong sometimes too. And whenever people make choices of this magnitude, bias and outside influences are part of the process.