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Kevin Sherrington: Even in a College Football World Where Anything Is Possible, Texas Shouldn’t Make the CFP
Texas Longhorns face playoff exclusion due to three losses and inconsistent performance, with committee metrics and ESPN's strength-of-record ranking them 13th, below the cutoff.
- This year, the Texas Longhorns face the prospect of missing the College Football Playoff because of three losses and week-to-week inconsistency, with CFP committee boss Hunter Yurachek noting Florida dominated their loss at the Swamp.
- CFP committee changes this year included the new `record strength` metric rewarding tougher opponents, while ESPN schedule rankings placed Texas Longhorns eighth, highlighting schedule disparities in evaluations.
- Notably, the Longhorns' resume includes wins over A&M, Oklahoma, Vanderbilt, but they went 2-2 against Top 25 opponents with narrow road overtime wins at Kentucky and Mississippi State this year.
- Substituting analytical models shows Texas would not qualify even if ESPN’s computer rankings kept the five conference-champions provision, with ESPN strength-of-record placing Texas, Notre Dame and Miami 12-14.
- Looking at the system overall, season oddities like the Navy over North Texas ranking and LSU’s Lane Kiffin contract detail underscore unpredictability driving calls for CFP selection process reform.
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Kevin Sherrington: Even in a college football world where anything is possible, Texas shouldn’t make the CFP
DALLAS — Now that LSU will pay Lane Kiffin for every postseason game Ole Miss wins this year without him, it seems like nothing’s out of the realm of possibility these days. Except Texas making the College Football Playoff. Unless…
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