College Football Playoff

Retrospective, at Dec 3.v12. Seeds follow the season’s selection rules, so a seed isn’t always a raw rank. What the four fields mean

Committee seed differs Not in the committee field

# Committee selectionCommittee selectionActualCFPThe actual field.Committee-model predictionCommittee-model predictionModelTrained on earlier committees.Strongest by ratingStrongest by ratingRatingBy team strength.Most deservingMost deservingRecordBy strength of record.

1 Clemson12–1 Georgia, committee seed 3 Alabama, committee seed 4 Oklahoma, committee seed 2

2 Oklahoma12–1 Clemson, committee seed 1 Ohio State, not in the committee field Georgia, committee seed 3

3 Georgia12–1 Oklahoma, committee seed 2 Auburn, not in the committee field Clemson, committee seed 1

4 Alabama11–1 Alabama Clemson, committee seed 1 Alabama