College Football Playoff

Retrospective, at Dec 5.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 Alabama12–1 Georgia, committee seed 3 Georgia, committee seed 3 Alabama

2 Michigan12–1 Alabama, committee seed 1 Ohio State, not in the committee field Michigan

3 Georgia12–1 Michigan, committee seed 2 Alabama, committee seed 1 Georgia

4 Cincinnati13–0 Cincinnati Oklahoma State, not in the committee field Cincinnati