[Cactus Jack]

Truly hard to believe that the first CFP rankings come out Tuesday Nov. 5th.

This season has flown by.

I think the committee got it mostly right with this week's rankings.

Two of the major gripes I have:

#1. I don't think Boise State should be 12th. Their only blemish is on the road to #1 Oregon. I've talked about why that game might have been a bit of a mirage (i.e., they have a history of playing one another, one of the big home advantages that they have in travel was negated, and the Ducks weren't playing their best at the time) but I still think the optics are bad. Boise State has been there before and are a national brand. I can see a world where they'd be favored against Indiana, BYU, Notre Dame, and possibly Miami, Tennessee, or even Penn State on a neutral field. I hate to borrow from Calipari here, but I think making them the #12 is more of a punishment to whoever gets #5. If I'm Ohio State or Texas, I'd much rather host an Indiana program that is rather unproven and has never been there.

#2. Miami at #4 is a bit high. I definitely don't think they're better than #5 Texas. ***This is a discussion of the team's rankings, not the seeding that forces a Big XII champion such as BYU or ACC champion such as Miami or SMU into the top 4.