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Message: [QUOTE="sufandu, post: 3159435, member: 874"] There's no equation anymore. That was the old BCS system. The committee decides the playoff now independent of any polls. They release their own ranking beginning in november. Clemson has made the playoff twice despite losing a game. Largely because the committee assessed they were one of the top 4 teams at the end if the year, despite having a loss. It doesn't look like they could survive one this though. That's what I like about the committee, though. They can see if a team has improved throughout year and may be better than another team that has remained static despite having a similar resume. Had this system existed in 2000, Miami likely plays the the NC. Instead a bunch of computers didn't account for the improvement they made after having a close away loss in their first game with a new qb on the opposite side of the country. [/QUOTE]