{"id":967955,"date":"2021-11-04T14:14:22","date_gmt":"2021-11-04T18:14:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=967955"},"modified":"2021-11-04T14:14:26","modified_gmt":"2021-11-04T18:14:26","slug":"georgia-tops-first-cfp-rankings-and-cincinnati-never-stood-a-chance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/georgia-tops-first-cfp-rankings-and-cincinnati-never-stood-a-chance\/","title":{"rendered":"Georgia Tops First CFP Rankings And Cincinnati Never Stood A Chance"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgeorgia-tops-first-cfp-rankings-and-cincinnati-never-stood-a-chance%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=967955&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>We were hoping this year would be different.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Cincinnati has been one of the best teams in the country since week one \u2014 it\u2019s beat two Power 5 schools en route to the No. 2 ranking in the Associated Press poll, leading many to believe that a Group of Five school may finally make its way into the college football playoff conversation.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>How foolish we all were.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday evening, the first College Football Playoff rankings were released, and the results are as typical as one could expect.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Georgia is No.1, one-loss Alabama is No.2, undefeated Michigan State is No.3, and one-loss Oregon comes in at No.4.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You might be asking yourself, \u201cWhere is undefeated Cincinnati?\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Bearcats are buried at No. 6 in the rankings, behind a one-loss Ohio State team, with little chance of moving up the rankings with who they have remaining on their schedule.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The committee wanted to see a Group of Five team have a stronger non-conference schedule. So, Cincinnati went out and played Indiana \u2014 from the Big 10 conference \u2014 and Notre Dame, both on the road. The Bearcats beat both Power 5 schools, with the win over the Irish being strengthened by Notre Dame\u2019s No. 10 ranking in the playoff poll.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And yet, none of it matters. Cincinnati does not play in one of the Power 5 conferences, eliminating any real chance of an appearance in the College Football Playoff.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe committee has great respect for Cincinnati. The win at Notre Dame was a really impressive win,\u201d committee chairman Gary Barta <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/college-football\/story\/_\/id\/32536585\/georgia-tops-first-cfp-rankings-release-followed-alabama-michigan-state-oregon\">said<\/a> on the ESPN rankings show. \u201cBut who else did they beat? Looking at the big picture, we feel six is the right spot for Cincinnati.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Last year, they said that Cincinnati didn&#8217;t play any Power 5 opponents. <\/p>\n<p>This year, Cincinnati played two and beat both. One of those wins is a Top-10 win on the road.<\/p>\n<p>CFP chair Gary Barta: &#8220;The win at Notre Dame was a really impressive win. \u2026 (But) who else did they beat?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nicole Auerbach (@NicoleAuerbach) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NicoleAuerbach\/status\/1455681027964342273?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 2, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Instead, an Oregon team playing in the pathetic Pac 12 conference sneaks in, giving them an opportunity to win out following a brutal loss to Stanford. The Cardinal are 3-5, including back-to-back losses in recent weeks to Washington State (5-4) and Washington (4-4). Oregon did beat Ohio State on the road \u2014 a very impressive win \u2014 but is it more impressive than Cincinnati\u2019s win over Notre Dame? Maybe?&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese rankings,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We were hoping this year would be different.\u00a0Cincinnati has been one of the best teams in the country since week one \u2014 it\u2019s beat two Power 5 schools en route to the No. 2 ranking in the Associated Press poll, leading many to believe that a Group of Five school may finally make its way into the college football playoff conversation.\u00a0How foolish we all were.\u00a0Tuesday evening, the first College Football Playoff rankings were released, and the results are as typical as one could expect.\u00a0Georgia is No.1, one-loss Alabama is No.2, undefeated Michigan State is No.3, and one-loss Oregon comes in at No.4.\u00a0You might be asking yourself, \u201cWhere is undefeated Cincinnati?\u201d\u00a0The Bearcats are buried at No. 6 in the rankings, behind a one-loss Ohio State team, with little chance of moving up the rankings with who they have remaining on their schedule.\u00a0The committee wanted to see a Group of Five team have a stronger non-conference schedule. So, Cincinnati went out and played Indiana \u2014 from the Big 10 conference \u2014 and Notre Dame, both on the road. The Bearcats beat both Power 5 schools, with the win over the Irish being strengthened by Notre Dame\u2019s No. 10 ranking in the playoff poll.\u00a0And yet, none of it matters. Cincinnati does not play in one of the Power 5 conferences, eliminating any real chance of an appearance in the College Football Playoff.\u00a0\u201cThe committee has great respect for Cincinnati. The win at Notre Dame was a really impressive win,\u201d committee chairman Gary Barta said on the ESPN rankings show. \u201cBut who else did they beat? Looking at the big picture, we feel six is the right spot for Cincinnati.\u201dLast year, they said that Cincinnati didn&#8217;t play any Power 5 opponents. This year, Cincinnati played two and beat both. One of those wins is a Top-10 win on the road.CFP chair Gary Barta: &#8220;The win at Notre Dame was a really impressive win. \u2026 (But) who else did they beat?&#8221;\u2014 Nicole Auerbach (@NicoleAuerbach) November 2, 2021Instead, an Oregon team playing in the pathetic Pac 12 conference sneaks in, giving them an opportunity to win out following a brutal loss to Stanford. The Cardinal are 3-5, including back-to-back losses in recent weeks to Washington State (5-4) and Washington (4-4). Oregon did beat Ohio State on the road \u2014 a very impressive win \u2014 but is it more impressive than Cincinnati\u2019s win over Notre Dame? Maybe?\u00a0\u201cThese rankings, the more you look at them, they\u2019re indefensible,\u201d AAC commissioner Mike Aresco told ESPN. \u201cIt\u2019s clearly a [Power] 5 Invitational. We\u2019ll see what happens the rest of the year. Let\u2019s hope that something changes in the way this thing is being viewed.\u201dMichigan State is undefeated and deserves to be in the playoff conversation, but let\u2019s apply the committee\u2019s logic to the Spartans as well.\u00a0Mel Tucker\u2019s team is coming off an impressive win over Michigan, but their only other win of note is over Miami, now sitting at 4-4 and unranked.\u00a0Alabama at No. 2 is to be expected. The committee has always shown that the SEC strength of schedule surpasses all other resumes, and Nick Saban\u2019s team will have an opportunity to win out and play Georgia in the SEC Championship game.\u00a0The bottom line is that there was nothing Cincinnati could do to gain favor with the College Football Playoff committee. They simply never had a chance, regardless of where they were ranked heading into the first week of rankings.\u00a0Take a look at the first College Football Playoff Selection Committee Rankings.\u00a0Georgia\u00a0AlabamaMichigan StateOregonOhio StateCincinnati\u00a0MichiganOklahoma\u00a0Wake ForestNotre DameOklahoma StateBaylorAuburnTexas A&#038;M\u00a0BYUOle MissMississippi StateKentucky\u00a0NC StateMinnesota\u00a0WisconsinIowaFresno StateSan Diego StatePittsburghJoe Morgan is the Sports Reporter for The Daily Wire. Most recently, Morgan covered the Clippers, Lakers, and the NBA for Sporting News. Send your sports questions to\u00a0sports@dailywire.com.The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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