Clemson athletic director Dan Radakovich, who spent the past four seasons as a member of the College Football Playoff selection committee, estimated there are about 250 metrics available to help the group determine its weekly top 25 rankings.
Each committee member whittles that down to a manageable amount of statistics that matter to them most -- though every person in the room will tell you strength of schedule is extremely important, especially when analyzing teams with the same win-loss record.
"That's where you're looking for those little glares on the schedule, where you can see whether they played [an opponent] that can give you some kind of a glimpse into the team that they are," said Tyrone Willingham, a former committee member.