For those who are worried it's just 12 people shrugging their shoulders and collectively mumbling "ESS EEE SEE" while ESPN plays subliminal messages in the background...
http://www.collegefootballplayoff.com/selection-committee-protocol
College Football Playoff Selection Committee Voting Process
It's a process. There are 12 people. They're allowed to disagree and discuss. No selection has to be unanimous, but they only vote on one team at a time, rather than submitting their individual top 25's and calling it a day like the AP poll.
None of them are Kirk Herbstriet. None of them are ESPN employees. None of them went to Alabama or Ohio State. AFAIK, none of them's is Nick Saban's best friend's sister's boyfriend's brother's girlfriend who heard from this guy who knows this kid who's going with the girl who saw Ferris pass out at 31 Flavors last night.
Here they are:
Potential SEC allegiance - Arkansas AD Long, former Vandy coach Bobby Johnson
Potential ACC allegiance - Clemson AD Dan Radakovich
Potential Big Ten allegiance/bias - Wisconsin AD Barry Alvarez, Nebraska AD Tom Osborne
Potential Big 12 -allegiance/bias - Texas Tech AD Kirby Hocutt
Potential Pac 12 allegiance/bias - former Oregon player Tom Jernstedt, Stanford professor Condoleezza Rice, former Washington & Stanford coach Tyrone Willingham.
Potential Notre Dame allegiance/bias - former Notre Dame coach Tyrone Willingham (though considering how they dismissed him so quickly, maybe he actually hates ND?)
No clear conference bias/allegiance - former Air Force Academy Superintendent Lt. Gen. (ret) Mike Gould, former Big East commissioner Mike Tranghese (or maybe he is partial to former Big East schools now in the ACC?), former USA Today college football reporter Steve Weiberg (Missouri grad, so maybe he likes the SEC, or maybe he is fond of the Big 8, or maybe he is a USC fan who just went there for the J-school...who knows?)
Anyway, amidst all of the chatter about the outcome of the first rankings meeting, I feel like this information is at least worthy of sharing and processing.
http://www.collegefootballplayoff.com/selection-committee-protocol
College Football Playoff Selection Committee Voting Process
- Each committee member will create a list of the 30 teams he or she believes to be the best in the country, in no particular order. Teams listed by three or more members will remain under consideration. At the conclusion of any round, other teams can be added to the group of teams under consideration by a vote of three or more members.
- Each member will list the best six teams, in no particular order. The six teams receiving the most votes will comprise the pool for the first ranking step. This is known as the “listing step.”
- In the first ranking step, each member will rank those six teams, one through six, with one being the best. The best team in each member’s ranking will receive one point; second-best two points, etc. The members’ rankings will be added together and the three teams receiving the fewest points will become the top three seeds. The three teams that were not seeded will be held over for the next ranking step.
- Each member will list the six best remaining teams, in no particular order. The three teams receiving the most votes will be added to the three teams held over to comprise the next ranking step.
- Steps No. 3 and 4 will be repeated until 25 teams have been seeded. There will be seven rounds of voting; each round will consist of a “listing step” and a “ranking step.”
It's a process. There are 12 people. They're allowed to disagree and discuss. No selection has to be unanimous, but they only vote on one team at a time, rather than submitting their individual top 25's and calling it a day like the AP poll.
None of them are Kirk Herbstriet. None of them are ESPN employees. None of them went to Alabama or Ohio State. AFAIK, none of them's is Nick Saban's best friend's sister's boyfriend's brother's girlfriend who heard from this guy who knows this kid who's going with the girl who saw Ferris pass out at 31 Flavors last night.
Here they are:
Potential SEC allegiance - Arkansas AD Long, former Vandy coach Bobby Johnson
Potential ACC allegiance - Clemson AD Dan Radakovich
Potential Big Ten allegiance/bias - Wisconsin AD Barry Alvarez, Nebraska AD Tom Osborne
Potential Big 12 -allegiance/bias - Texas Tech AD Kirby Hocutt
Potential Pac 12 allegiance/bias - former Oregon player Tom Jernstedt, Stanford professor Condoleezza Rice, former Washington & Stanford coach Tyrone Willingham.
Potential Notre Dame allegiance/bias - former Notre Dame coach Tyrone Willingham (though considering how they dismissed him so quickly, maybe he actually hates ND?)
No clear conference bias/allegiance - former Air Force Academy Superintendent Lt. Gen. (ret) Mike Gould, former Big East commissioner Mike Tranghese (or maybe he is partial to former Big East schools now in the ACC?), former USA Today college football reporter Steve Weiberg (Missouri grad, so maybe he likes the SEC, or maybe he is fond of the Big 8, or maybe he is a USC fan who just went there for the J-school...who knows?)
Anyway, amidst all of the chatter about the outcome of the first rankings meeting, I feel like this information is at least worthy of sharing and processing.
