Pat McAfee Reacts To The First College Football Playoff Rankings & Bracket Of 2025
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Initial CFP Rankings Reveal Committee Leans on Loss Proximity.
Analyze why Oregon’s positioning surprised analysts and understand the committee’s surprising emphasis on rewarding teams for keeping losses close.
Short Summary
- The CFP committee released its first official projected 12-team playoff rankings, showing high initial alignment with expert predictions.
- Oregon, despite being a one-loss team from a major conference, landed surprisingly low at No. 9, putting their playoff chances in jeopardy with any further defeat.
- The rankings strongly suggest that the committee values the manner of defeat, heavily crediting teams like Notre Dame for narrow losses against quality opponents.
- The discussion centers on how schedule strength and recency bias (e.g., relative ranking of Miami vs. Notre Dame) influence placement decisions outside the top structure.
This segment breaks down the initial 12-team College Football Playoff committee rankings and compares them against pre-ranking analysis. Listeners gain insight into specific team vulnerabilities (Oregon, Notre Dame) and the underlying decision-making criteria the committee appears to prioritize, such as margin of defeat.
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Top Comments (10)
I can’t wait for the Iowa Hawkeyes to beat Oregon, get on the bracket, and then lose to Michigan State.
Notre Dame is already an automatic bid every year. Plus they get an extra week of rest and no risk of injuries to key players like the other teams. Hell if they were top four they would get basically a double bye
They need to broadcast the committee meetings
ND looked like a #30 team vs BC 4 days ago….. The end of this video proved the committee will select money over merit 10/10
MIAMI lost to UNRANKED SMU, thats not NOTRE DAMES fault
This dude saying anybody beating notre dame is the best win in the country 😂😂😂😂😂
Oregon has 1 loss to the number 2 team and is almost out, wow. SEC bias again, last year the BIG destroyed the SEC in the playoffs and bowl games. I am not a Ducks fan but Oregon can beat any team, they deserve more respect.
Tone 😂 3:11
Pat really pushing for that damn music theme for the college football playoff 😂
As a Catholic it is very true that we all have our team…and also notre dame just in case our team sucks🙏🏾
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Top Comments (10)
I can’t wait for the Iowa Hawkeyes to beat Oregon, get on the bracket, and then lose to Michigan State.
Notre Dame is already an automatic bid every year. Plus they get an extra week of rest and no risk of injuries to key players like the other teams. Hell if they were top four they would get basically a double bye
They need to broadcast the committee meetings
ND looked like a #30 team vs BC 4 days ago….. The end of this video proved the committee will select money over merit 10/10
MIAMI lost to UNRANKED SMU, thats not NOTRE DAMES fault
This dude saying anybody beating notre dame is the best win in the country 😂😂😂😂😂
Oregon has 1 loss to the number 2 team and is almost out, wow. SEC bias again, last year the BIG destroyed the SEC in the playoffs and bowl games. I am not a Ducks fan but Oregon can beat any team, they deserve more respect.
Tone 😂 3:11
Pat really pushing for that damn music theme for the college football playoff 😂
As a Catholic it is very true that we all have our team…and also notre dame just in case our team sucks🙏🏾