Shortly before the SEC Championship kicked off Saturday, I said the only way Alabama could be left out of the College Football Playoff would be if the Crimson Tide lost to Georgia by 40 in Atlanta.

The eye test might be the most important factor for the College Football Playoff selection committee as they decide which seven teams get the at-large bids in the 12-team field. The problem is, the ...

Over the last two years, BYU has been discounted by the College Football Playoff committee for not passing the "eye test". Close games, especially late in the second, had been used against BYU. BYU ...