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The College Football Playoff committee announced changes to their selection metrics, emphasizing strength of schedule.
The new metrics aim to reward wins against strong opponents and penalize losses against weak opponents.
Relax, everyone. The good folks on the College Football Playoff selection committee are on it.
New metrics, new ideas, new philosophy released Wednesday , Aug. 20, to choose who plays in the college football postseason.
To this I say: what in the world were they doing all along?
“All of these modifications will help the selection committee as they rank the Top 25 teams,” says CFP executive director Rich Clark.
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