ESPN’s Paul Finebaum tore them apart College Football Playoffs for its “terrible flaw in the system” after the CFP’s penultimate rankings on Tuesday night.

With only conference championship games remaining, viewers were able to get a realistic look at this season’s standings. In the first year of the 12-team playoffs, it seems like most teams are locked in.

However, conference title games represent a caveat for the losers of those games and could prove drastic for the playoff standings. It started with Alabama Ranking over Miamias well as SEC enemies Ole Miss And South Carolina.

“It was the right decision,” Finebaum continued Stand up. “And there are a lot of flaws in the system, and there are a lot of flaws in Miami, Alabama, Ole Miss and South Carolina, but ultimately Alabama wins Missouri and South Carolina, in addition to the win GeorgiaI think I really incorporated them.

“This committee looked Vanderbilt And Oklahoma and said, “You know what? “Everyone lost, especially Miami, and I think that’s how the Miami game ended.” I mean, Alabama beat Auburn, a pedestrian team that hasn’t gotten anywhere in the meantime Mario Cristobal The team literally vomited all over the field in Syracuse. They were up 21-0, Cristobal gave up a first down on 4th-and-10, he made a meaningless field goal, he never got the ball back. And ultimately, I think that ended up being the case for the Hurricanes.”

The other part of the equation is that the playoff rankings could actually knock Alabama out. It looks like the Crimson Tide will be the last team standing when all is said and done.

However, if Clemson beats SMU Things could get messy in the ACC Championship. SMU appears to be safe in the playoffs and will get a bye as long as they win the ACC.

Clemson’s only path to the bracket is to beat SMU and secure one of the five guaranteed spots for the top-seeded conference champions. Since the Tigers could finish in the top 12 of the playoff rankings, they would knock out the final team: Alabama. How? SMU may not exit entirely.

Just enough to knock Alabama out of the playoffs. In this scenario, that will be the debate next week.

“It’s a terrible flaw in the system because the commissioners argued and said you can’t kick a team out because they lost a conference (championship) game because they deserved to get in,” Finebaum said. “I mean, and think about it for a second, the team that would knock them out, Clemson, I mean, they’re a very flawed team. They lost their season-ending rivalry game at home. And Greeny, you alluded to this, what about Dabo Swinney, the coach at Clemson beating Alabama? He is a graduate.

“He went to school there and was looking for a replacement for Nick Saban in Alabama a few months ago. Did they call the guy who beat them for the national championship twice? Dabo Swinney never got a call.”