The problem wasn’t the teams selected.
It’s the system.
The expanded 12-team College Football Playoff debuted with four unwatchable games, one blowout after another, that led to many finding fault with the selection process.
Pointing to three-loss SEC teams such as Alabama and Ole Miss getting bypassed for programs such as Indiana and SMU, until another SEC school, Tennessee, was crushed by Ohio State on Saturday night. At that point, there was naturally radio silence from those critics.
