Georgia AD Josh Brooks questions 'consistency' of CFP rankings
Georgia athletic director Josh Brooks is not pleased with the “consistency” of the College Football Playoff rankings.
Brooks aired some of his grievances during an appearance on the Paul Finebaum Show on Friday afternoon in Athens.
“We have to be humble in this process, but I will say this,” Brooks said. “I know the committee made a statement that they had questions about the inconsistency of our team. I would question the inconsistency of their ranking process, quite frankly.
“But if you want to talk consistency, what has been is the strength of our schedule. And I would challenge them to think about any other team in that top 12 what their [record] would look like had they gone on the road and played the games that we’ve played.”
In addition to Georgia’s daunting road schedule against programs like Alabama, Texas and Ole Miss, the Bulldogs have also faced Clemson and Florida in neutral-site games this season. UGA has faced the No. 1 strength of schedule so far in 2024, per ESPN’s Football Power Index.
As far as Brooks’s “inconsistency” comment, he is presumably referring to a statement made by CFP selection committee chair Warde Manuel on Tuesday night. Asked why the Bulldogs dropped 9 spots to No. 12 — and out of the projected bracket — Manuel cited consistency issues on the offensive side of the ball.
Here’s video of Brooks’s comments:
Josh Brooks talking UGA’s latest CFP Ranking… https://t.co/SNndtlA6bp pic.twitter.com/xJGNprIBQv
— Paul Finebaum (@finebaum) November 15, 2024
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If the CFP committee doesn’t factor in a team’s strength of schedule, IMHO, that renders the CFP committee decisions invalid and indefensible.
It is too funny listening to all the Choking Georgia fans talk about SoS. They haven’t had a real SEC schedule in over 5 years+. They finally get one, and SoS is so important all of a sudden. Too funny.
Getting beat by UGA repeatedly sure has done a number of your psyche. Usually the goal is to not let your opponent see how much they’ve torqued you internally.
*on your psyche
Rent free.
Haven’t 6 of the East teams for both Georgia and TN been the exact same? Also, you are partially right, Georgia playing Georgia would have been much tougher than playing TN every year.
Looks like the same consistency of the Boo, Bama and Stankey let’s keep an undefeated P5 team out era, only this time it has a Big 10 twist. Where the heck is trugrrrtttzzzz? He can explain it to y’all better than I can.