The executive director of the college football playoffs, Bill Hancock, announced Thursday that the variety committee will not release its first rating until November 24, a week with the original plan.
Hancock told HEATHER Dinich of ESPN that the replacement comes after the 10 FBS meetings to play football in the fall, after some postponed the game in the spring due to the coronavirus pandemic. The final rating will be published on December 20.
“Now that we know the start dates of all the conferences, this replacement will allow the committee to discuss some other week of games,” Hancock said. “There will be 4 ratings before the day of varieties. The committee members have studied the groups and I saw the video, and I know they are ready to roll up their way and meet. “
The announcement comes after the PSC’s control committee rejected a proposal to enlarge the playoffs to 8 for the 2020 season due to logistical disorders created through the pandemic, a concept driven by Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott.
“They who do this now would be such a big change, and would be accompanied by so many challenges, especially given the timing of the season already underway, that they concluded that the most productive result would be not to make adjustments to the format, “Says Dinich.
The platoon will remain in 4 groups and the schedule is set, the semi-finals will take place on New Year’s Day, followed by the national championship in CFP form on January 11, 2021.
Ratings published this unprecedented season, conducted through AP and Coach surveys, were forced to adjust on the fly. The Big Ten and Pac-12 groups withdrew for a short period of time before returning after confirmation of an autumn campaign.
The state of Ohio, among the Big Ten, is the ranked team that has not yet played a game in sixth place in any of the polls. Clemson, Alabama, Florida, Georgia and Notre Dame are in the five most sensitive rankings.
However, the calendar is adjusted. The Big Ten calendar has no days off and the convention name set is scheduled for December 19, one day before the PSC selections. to discuss distorted resume groups.
In that sense, a one-year build-up in the number of groups in the playoffs would have made sense, as there would possibly be more than 4 undefeated groups given the limited number of games.
The outlook is expected to be much clearer when the variety committee publishes its first rating on 24 November.
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