Danny Kanell takes shot at College Football Playoff committee over Alabama, Miami ranking
Danny Kanell was fuming after seeing where Miami and Alabama were ranked in the penultimate College Football Playoff rankings on Tuesday. The Hurricanes moved down six spots to No. 12 following their upset loss against Syracuse, being leapfrogged by the Crimson Tide, who came in at No. 11.
This happened despite the fact that Miami has only two losses compared to three for Alabama. Kanell took to social media following the release of the rankings and accused the CFP committee of favoring the Crimson Tide because of their brand name.
“Things never change,” the college football analyst wrote on X, formerly Twitter. “Brands over merit.”
Of course, Alabama has had plenty of success in the past under the four-team College Football Playoff format. The Crimson Tide have appeared in the playoff eight times since its inception in 2014 and won the championship three of those times.
However, Alabama is in its first season without coach Nick Saban and has delivered inconsistent results. Although the Crimson Tide have wins against Georgia and South Carolina, they also own a couple of questionable losses against Oklahoma and Vanderbilt.
What truly hurts Miami is a strength of schedule that ranks 55th in the country according to ESPN combined with a lack of quality wins. That is compared to the No. 17 strength of schedule for the Crimson Tide.
The Hurricanes also don’t have any wins against teams currently ranked in the top 25 of the CFP rankings. Alabama has two such victories against South Carolina and Georgia.
The way the current rankings shake out, Miami would be the first team out of the College Football Playoff while Alabama would be the last team in. The Hurricanes need some chaos to happen in the ACC title game and hope that would be enough to move them ahead of SMU.
Ironically, Miami could have been in position to face the Mustangs for a chance to earn an at-large CFP bid if it hadn’t lost to Syracuse. Now it put its fate in the hands of the committee, and clearly it doesn’t measure up in their eyes.
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