The 2023 season has already enjoyed its share of outrage, from Ryan Day's feud with Lou Holtz to Dabo Swinney's lecture to a radio show caller, but today marks the official start of outrage season.
Yes, the first priority of the College Football Playoff rankings is to determine which teams are best positioned to make a run at a national championship. But only slightly less important is the giant tub of gasoline the rankings inevitably throw on the simmering fires of fan anger.
Throughout the final weeks of each season of the four-team playoff, we've reenacted some version of the same drama.