Thanksgiving week brings out the annual debates: whether it’s the sides (dressing or stuffing?) or who deserves to be in the College Football Playoff.

And while many are up in arms that a two-loss Notre Dame team whose best win is against an 8-3 USC is ranked ahead of a two-loss Miami whose best win is against … well, Notre Dame, I’m reminded of the 11-member committee’s decisions over the last decade, where instead of using the evidence to determine the verdict uses the verdict to determine the evidence used.

But there are still four teams that will get in, regardless of their profile, and the supersized conferences give us plenty of teams playing for the possibility of an automatic bid. The fact that 16-18 team leagues can’t have a true round-robin only adds to the intrigue, but makes

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