Many made noise this weekend when the polls came out about how Michigan State, a team which barely beat Oregon at home, could be ranked many spots ahead of Utah, a school that crushed the Ducks by 42 points in Eugene. Add that in Utah has a win over Michigan that is more impressive than anything Michigan State has outside of defeating Oregon, and this became a talking point.
That sentiment is coming from those who believe teams should be ranked only on what they have done to this point, AKA "resume ranking."
To be clear, resume ranking is what the college football playoff committee will be doing when it sets out to figure out the top four college football teams.