This is the part of the argument I simply can't wrap my head around. Last week they were the 8th best team. They beat Georgia. Big win against the team everyone thought was #1. Upsets happen. But the week before they needed a miracle to beat a very, very mediocre Auburn team. So what backing is there that Bama is one of the best 4 right now besides the Georgia win?
This view doesn't have any context. The committee ranks teams based on activities and achievements though the most recent week, but not beyond. Things change from week to week, and several things changed from last week to this one.
So what happened to move Alabama from 8 to 4?
1) tOSU didn't play. They fell one game behind the rest and they also didn't earn a conference championship, which is specifically listed as one of the criteria considerations to be a CFP team. tOSU had reached the ceiling of what they were capable of, and the only way they were NOT going to drop, is if Texas and Alabama and Florida State lost.
2) Oregon lost. 2 losses, they're out. I hope nobody is advocating that Oregon should have remained ahead of Alabama?
3) Alabama beat Georgia and with both of them having the same record, but Alabama having both the
H2H win and a
conference championship, the Tide moved ahead of Georgia. Again, both of the bolded are specific criteria that the committee lists as being considered for making the CFP.
So that brings them up to 5, in an obvious and non-controversial way, IMO.
So again, the only controversy, is how did they move from 5, to 4, ahead of Florida State?
And I'd say THAT question has been pretty thoroughly debated.
