College Football Playoff

Retrospective, at Dec 8.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 LSU13–0 LSU Clemson, committee seed 3 LSU

2 Ohio State13–0 Ohio State Ohio State Ohio State

3 Clemson13–0 Clemson LSU, committee seed 1 Georgia, not in the committee field

4 Oklahoma12–1 Oklahoma Alabama, not in the committee field Clemson, committee seed 3