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College Football Playoff: 5 biggest flaws of the current playoff system

By Luke Feliciano

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2. There is no hope for Group of 5 teams

Last season, UCF made me wonder, what would happen if a non-Power 5 team miraculously entered the fray of the College Football Playoff? My revelation was realized to an extent when the Knights toppled Auburn in the Peach Bowl. For those who don’t remember, Auburn defeated Alabama and Georgia in the regular season before receiving comeuppance in the SEC Championship when it fell to the Bulldogs.

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    • I don’t enjoy using the transitive property in arguments about sports, but for the sake of this argument, I will apply it. If UCF beat Auburn who then beat both teams in last year’s National Championship game, does that make the Knights national champions? Well, UCF celebrated an “unofficial” National Championship victory and an undefeated season, but the Knights true ceiling will never be put to the test.

    That is because a Group of 5 team has never and likely will never be in the College Football Playoff. Although, that could all change if the playoff committee expands the playoff. UCF finished the season as the No. 6 team in the land in the final AP Poll, so hypothetically, it would have definitely been given a playoff spot had the playoff had eight teams instead of four.

    Obviously, even a stellar season soldered by the UCF Knights wasn’t enough to warrant a playoff spot, but maybe this type of performance should attract serious consideration for an undefeated Group of 5 team to be entered into the playoff.

    At the same time, this very prospect may never truly be fulfilled.

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