ESPN football analyst and all-round authority on college ball Greg McElroy does not agree with the official CFP ratings.
McElroy had Ohio State at number five on Monday then revised that to align with the newly released CFP ratings on Tuesday which has the undefeated team at number one.
Rather than spend his airtime blathering on about the top five rankings, he had a bone to pick with the sixth placed Oregon Ducks and the weakness of their opposition.
“But what you’re telling people, to an extent, is ‘Hey, just schedule Texas Tech in the preseason.’ Because Texas Tech, that’s who Oregon played. And Oregon went on the road and looked ugly in that game, by the way, got a late touchdown that made it look a little better.
“But if you look at the strength of record, it’s not comparable. Alabama and Texas are both operating, right now, pretty well. I wouldn’t say that they’re passing the eye test with flying colors.”
He continued his diatribe with, “they don’t have the luxury of playing Cal. And I’m not trying to take shots at Cal, I’m not trying to take shots at Colorado and these other teams.
“But I just think that ‘Why is this committee?’, and this committee’s irritating me, I’m going to be honest with you…why are we using resume to define Ohio State as No. 1, we’re using eye test to define Georgia and Michigan as No. 2 and No. 3, we’re using resume plus eye test to define Florida State at four, and then we like Washington, but, you know…there’s no consistency.”
Here is his current top six, number one belongs to Michigan, second Georgia, at number three Florida State.
Slotting into McElroy’s number four is Washington, then Ohio followed by the Ducks.
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