http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/19/s...on=Footer&module=MoreInSection&pgtype=article
On Tuesday night, when it released its fourth set of rankings, the College Football Playoff’s 12-member selection committee told the five major conferences how it really felt about them.
In selecting as its top four Alabama, Oregon, Florida State (the only undefeated major-conference team) and Mississippi State, in that order, the committee communicated that the other conferences were not on the same level as the Southeastern Conference, whose teams bookended the top four.
On Tuesday night, when it released its fourth set of rankings, the College Football Playoff’s 12-member selection committee told the five major conferences how it really felt about them.
In selecting as its top four Alabama, Oregon, Florida State (the only undefeated major-conference team) and Mississippi State, in that order, the committee communicated that the other conferences were not on the same level as the Southeastern Conference, whose teams bookended the top four.