Share of analysed episodes per month, Oct 2025 to Sep 2026: 1 of 3,272, 8 of 3,169, 11 of 3,426, 3 of 3,657, 0 of 3,818, 0 of 4,243, 0 of 3,937, 0 of 3,763, 0 of 3,778, 0 of 3,967, 0 of 3,936, 0 of 4,081.
The playoff selection committee's decision-making is inconsistent, biased, or relies on arbitrary human judgment over transparent metrics.
5 people · 5 episodes
The college football playoff ranking process is not about the criteria, but rather about the personal opinions of the people on the committee.
“I respect that they do that but it's not about the process it's about the people”
The Pat McAfee Show · Nov 2024 · 2 episodes · 816K views on this topicThe college football playoff system is flawed and appears to be made up arbitrarily to drive television content.
“It's all made for television entertainment spectacle. The whole point is to get you to argue about it. It's it's why the whole thing exists as a television special.”
LeBatardShow · Dec 2025 · 9 episodes · 139K views on this topicThe college football playoff rankings are flawed because the committee does not truly watch or understand the sport.
“I love these rankings because I actually think it's like a group of people who don't really watch college football and they're kind of dumb”
Pardon My Take · Nov 2025 · 1 episode · 115K views on this topicThe College Football Playoff committee applies criteria inconsistently.
“It's not our fault that they change it week to week, but one of the things that we've heard is we have to be more impressive, especially against common opponents. So, we've done that.”
LeBatardShow · Dec 2025 · 4 episodes · 79K views on this topicThe committee's logic for the playoff rankings lacks consistency and is often based on human judgment rather than transparent metrics.
“I think that's like totally human judgment call that I don't know what you do with that.”
LeBatardShow · Nov 2025 · 1 episode · 7K views on this topicThe expanded playoff structure negatively impacts the traditional importance of the regular season and the overall tournament accessibility.
3 people · 3 episodes
Jason Kelce believes the current 12-team playoff format is too long.
“I just don't like the I don't like the playoff thing being that long for college I don't know why maybe I'll get used to it but it was very hard to stay engaged through the whole college football playoff”
New Heights · Jan 2025 · 1 episode · 1.4M views on this topicThe current college football playoff system is flawed because it makes it impossible for half of the teams to compete in the tournament.
“you can't have a sport where it is just impossible for half of the teams to not be in the tournament. You're just saying that it's going to be Big 10 and SEC and that's going to ruin the sport even further.”
Pardon My Take · Dec 2025 · 2 episodes · 294K views on this topicExpanding the College Football Playoff diminishes the significance of the regular season, which was traditionally the most important part of college football.
“I personally care a little less about Ohio State Michigan. I know that's in that's sacrilege to say and I know that'll never be the case for Ohio State fans and I know it'll never be the case for Michigan fans, but like if that's not an elimination game in that spot, it objectively means less”
The Colin Cowherd Podcast · Dec 2025 · 1 episode · 44K views on this topicExtracted by a model; may misattribute who said what.
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