The first College Football Playoff (CFP) Rankings came out Tuesday night and the message was loud and clear: it’s all about who you play and how you play. In this the third year of the CFP, the Committee has kept pretty consistent in ignoring the AP and Coaches Polls – and so should you.
The AP Top 25 College Poll is compiled from votes by 60 sportswriters and broadcasters from across the country including Cecil Hurt from The Tuscaloosa News and John Solomon from The Birmingham News. They also come from places like Idaho, Hawaii, New Jersey, and New York (real hotbeds of college football, right?