Alabama, Miami among teams feeling the sting after just missing out on College Football Playoff field

Sunday was a day of celebration for many prominent teams as they saw their names unveiled on the 12-team College Football Playoff bracket. At-large programs like SMU, Indiana, Tennessee and even Ohio State can breathe a sigh of relief knowing, with certainty, that they will have a shot at playing for a national championship. 

For all the joy that the selection committee’s final rankings brought, though, there are plenty of teams feeling burned. It’s difficult to quantify pain in a metaphysical sense. Scales like the Schmidt Sting Pain Index, which measures the discomfort caused by various insect stings, exist. Applying that same theory to emotional hardship isn’t easy. 

But we’re going to do it anyway. 

Introducing the “Exclusion pain index” (patent pending), which measures the sting that certain bubble teams feel after being left out of the College Football Playoff. The index ranges from 1 to 4, with being the most painful. 

Included are teams that had a compelling case to make the cut but didn’t, or teams that once seemed like runaway favorites to secure an at-large spot, at the very least, before falling apart in the final weeks of the regular season. Either way, there’s plenty of disappointment to go around. 

Alabama 

Final CFP Ranking: 11| Exclusion pain index: 4

It doesn’t get much worse than landing at No. 11 in the final set of rankings and still falling out of the College Football Playoff. The Crimson Tide could throw daggers at Clemson for stealing a bid, or the selection committee for choosing to…

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Author : Will Backus

Publish date : 2024-12-08 21:30:00

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