I don’t have a lot to say that hasn’t already been said about FSU being left out of the College Football Playoff this year. If you’re picking playoff teams by who’s most deserving, then the team should be in. If you’re going off of who’s best, then they shouldn’t.
Without Jordan Travis, the Seminoles are no better than No. 10 Penn State. The selection committee’s guidelines tell them to pick the four best teams, but in the past they’ve mostly gone by the four most deserving. Should they have been consistent with their past actions or actually hewed to the guidelines?