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Dec. 3—It will be the biggest robbery in College Football Playoff history if the CFP committee decides to move Florida State out of the top four after its ACC championship victory on Saturday night.
I predicted this exact scenario in my column earlier this week. My final CFP prediction was:
1. Michigan
2. Washington
3. Florida State
4. Alabama
And that is exactly how it should look.
Some people were talking Saturday night and saying it should be Texas and Alabama or even Alabama and Georgia in the final two spots.
The reasoning for Texas is that they have the head-to-head win over Alabama. But as I said earlier this week, no one should care a single bit about that win from Sept. 9.
That was 3 months ago. That’s old news and Alabama is a far better team now. Meanwhile, Alabama also has the better win now after beating Georgia.
Texas’ best win is that victory over the Crimson Tide. But then the Longhorns’ loss is to a two-loss OU team that wasn’t even in contention for the CFP.
Honestly, Florida State shouldn’t even need defending. The Seminoles were in the no. 4 spot entering the weekend. Why would winning a conference championship result in them going backward?
Especially when someone in front of them lost. Georgia should have to fall behind FSU and even if you want Alabama or Texas to jump Florida State and move into the third spot, Georgia should not stay above them.
And I don’t want to hear any argument about “style points” with Texas’ 49-21 win over Oklahoma State in the Big 12 championship game on Saturday. They could’ve won by 1 point or 100 points, it’s all the same. A win is a win in a conference championship.
What you can look at is how a team performs as a whole in their championship game.
Everyone saying Florida State doesn’t belong in the top 4 needs to admit that they’re saying that because of one player and not…
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Author : The Joplin Globe, Mo.
Publish date : 2023-12-03 11:46:00
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