NICK SABAN, KIRK HERBSTREIT IN AGREEMENT ON 1 CFP CHANGE THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN
The excitement around college football is at an all-time high with the second season of the 12-team College Football Playoff—but there are still clear flaws in the system.
On Saturday, ahead of the conference championship games, Kirk Herbstreit made it known that something needs to change in with the CFP during a segment on ESPN’s “College GameDay.”
Each week, the selection committee releases its rankings to the public, a process that frequently draws criticism — especially now with 12 teams, where evaluations are far more complicated.
Herbstreit suggested that the weekly Tuesday rankings, which begin midway through the season on ESPN, should be scrapped.
“If you talk to the conference commissioners, honestly, I think we should remove, with all due respect, the Tuesday night show,” Herbstreit said. “Because truly, until all the data is in – conference championships, head-to-head, I think all the data comes in, then you can look at this fairly.
“But to look at this week by week, I just think it sets us up for things like, ‘well that doesn’t make sense, how could you do that? You’ve had Notre Dame ahead of these guys all week, they didn’t even play, how are you going to flip Miami now? It’s really not supposed to be the real rankings until the season is over.”
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It’s very hard to make it up as you go, especially when there’s still a lot left to unfold.
Combined with the repetitiveness of the committee having to explain each week why one team is ahead of another, along with analysts breaking down their opinions, it’s understandable why Herbstreit voiced his concerns — and Nick Saban revealed that he agrees.
“I agree with you because you put yourself in a box,” Saban added.
Whether this change ever comes to fruition or not, the College Football Playoff will never be a perfect system, no matter how much it’s expanded.
That said, it has certainly drawn more eyes to college football than ever before, and the first year — despite some structural issues, many of which have since been addressed with the automatic-bid and bye systems — proved to be a major success overall.
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2025-12-06T17:48:42Z