Georgia has climbed to the top of the College Football Playoff rankings, while Miami has plummeted to No 7 following the Hurricanes’ first loss of the season.
The Bulldogs cemented themselves as the most feared team in the nation with a devastating 42-7 win over Ole Miss on Saturday.
In the second round of rankings ahead of the postseason, Georgia sits ahead of 9-0 Utah and Alabama, with UCLA and Notre Dame rounding off the top five.
Miami received top billing in the committee’s opening crack at the rankings last week but fell down to No 7 following a narrow loss at Notre Dame. Texas (6), Tennessee (8), Indiana (9) and BYU (10) also made the top 10.
The selection committee has come under fire for a number of its decisions, including the lofty rankings of Alabama and Texas while Notre Dame sits fifth despite beating Miami.
‘It’s all a farce!’ one wrote. ‘This committee is the worst we have seen in the CFP era,’ added a second. ‘Clueless.’
The Georgia Bulldogs have climbed to the top of the College Football Playoff rankings
The Alabama Crimson Tide climbed from No 5 to No 3 following its 31-13 win at LSU
The 8-1 Miami Hurricanes, who are coached by Mario Cristobal, fell from No 1 to No 7
A third fan claimed it is ‘beyond inexplicable’ that Texas has been ranked above Miami, adding: ‘The SEC bias shown by the CFP Committee is a joke.’
Another fan said Big Ten teams should ‘set up their own playoff,’ while several others suggested Indiana – which dropped to No 9 – has been punished because of recent comments by head coach Curt Cignetti.
Cignetti, who led the Hoosiers to the national championship last year, suggested SEC teams are favored over rivals from the Big Ten.
Indiana did not play over the weekend but dropped from No 4 to No 9, with one fan calling their fall after a bye week ‘absurd.’
Alabama, meanwhile, climbed from No 5 to No 3 following its 31-13 win at LSU. But the Crimson Tide has two losses already this season, while No 4 UCLA is 9-0 and several teams ranked below Alabama have lost only once.
There are three more Tuesday-night rankings shows before the bracket is set on December 6 – the day after the last round of conference title games that will go by the wayside when the playoff expands to 24 teams next season.
This year’s bracket involves 12 teams, with Kentucky ranked No 11, one spot ahead of Texas Tech. The Red Raiders would be the first team out, with No 24 Boise State of the Pac-12 getting the last spot as the best team among the Group of Six.
