College Football Playoff

Retrospective, at Dec 7.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 Indiana13–0 Indiana Ohio State, committee seed 2 Indiana

2 Ohio State12–1 Ohio State Indiana, committee seed 1 Georgia, committee seed 3

3 Georgia12–1 Oregon, committee seed 5 Notre Dame, not in the committee field Texas A&M, committee seed 7

4 Texas Tech12–1 Georgia, committee seed 3 Oregon, committee seed 5 Ohio State, committee seed 2

5 Oregon11–1 Texas A&M, committee seed 7 Texas Tech, committee seed 4 Oregon

6 Ole Miss11–1 Texas Tech, committee seed 4 Miami, committee seed 10 Ole Miss

7 Texas A&M11–1 Ole Miss, committee seed 6 Alabama, committee seed 9 Oklahoma, committee seed 8

8 Oklahoma10–2 Oklahoma Texas A&M, committee seed 7 Alabama, committee seed 9

9 Alabama10–3 Alabama Georgia, committee seed 3 Texas Tech, committee seed 4

10 Miami10–2 Vanderbilt, not in the committee field Vanderbilt, not in the committee field Vanderbilt, not in the committee field

11 Tulane11–2 James Madison, committee seed 12 James Madison, committee seed 12 James Madison, committee seed 12

12 James Madison12–1 Tulane, committee seed 11 Duke, not in the committee field Tulane, committee seed 11