College Football Playoff resume rankings: Why Alabama is still No. 1 after loss to Georgia — SkimNews
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- Alabama (5-1) edges 6-0 Georgia in resume value entering Week 7, with four top-65 wins to Georgia's two and two top-15 road wins to Georgia's one
- Alabama's resume score actually rose 0.21 this week despite the loss, because its prior victims — Kentucky (+12), South Carolina (+13), and Mississippi State (+4) — all climbed in the CBS Sports 138 after their own wins
- Georgia's resume is dragged down by an FCS win over Tennessee State and a sub-100 win over Western Kentucky, while its victories over Arkansas and Vanderbilt are declining in value as both sink toward the SEC cellar
- The CFP Selection Committee releases its first official rankings Nov. 3, and head-to-head is treated as a major data point, per the Miami-Notre Dame precedent from last year
- Alabama's loss carries only a 0.08 resume penalty because the average No. 25 team would lose to the No. 1-ranked team roughly 92% of the time, per the article's model
- Georgia's lone elite win — at Oklahoma — is gaining value, foreshadowing the head-to-head debate the committee could face if both teams finish close
Why it matters: The resume-vs-record argument will directly shape the committee's Nov. 3 reveal: if Alabama and Georgia finish close, Georgia's head-to-head win becomes the tiebreaker, potentially reshuffling the No. 1 seed. The article's data shows Alabama's 0.08 loss penalty is dwarfed by the cumulative weight of its four top-65 wins, meaning a 5-1 power could outrank a 6-0 peer on resume alone.
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