This is a joke. A bad joke. A bad joke that keeps getting worse the closer we get to Selection Sunday.
If you thought the College Football Playoff selection committee gave outrageous preferential treatment to members of the Power 5 conferences last week at the expense of the outsiders, we have an update: They doubled down on the favoritism this week.
In the latest flagrant case of brand-name bias, Florida was dropped exactly one spot in the Top 25 after what was easily the worst loss all season for anyone ranked in the CFP top nine. The Gators were 23 1/2-point favorites at home against an LSU team that came into The Swamp 3–5, with key players opting out and injured, with a freshman quarterback making his first college start.