CFP Committee Reportedly Will Add Strength-of Conference Metric to Bracket Selection Process

CFP Committee Reportedly Will Add Strength-of Conference Metric to Bracket Selection Process

In an effort to properly evaluate the degree of difficulty each team in a conference is facing, given the dramatically different schedules those teams face in a post-expansion world, the College Football Playoff selection committee is adding a "strength of conference" data point to its selection process.

CFP Selection Committee to Consider New Rule That Benefits One Conference Above All

If you believe there aren't enough three-loss SEC teams in the College Football Playoff (CFP), today is a good day for you.

‘Can’t Stand Him,’ ‘ESPN Is Manipulating’ — Fans Annoyed As Clip of Kirk Herbstreit Resurfaces After CFP Committee’s New Metric Announcement

Fans slam Kirk Herbstreit as an old clip resurfaces in light of the CFP announcing a new strength-of-conference metric for playoff evaluations.

The CFP’s New Metric: A Step Toward Fairness or Just Another Stat to Argue Over?

The College Football Playoff has enhanced a metric to evaluate conference strength amid concerns about SEC scheduling — a welcome nudge toward objectivity, even if the details and enforcement remain fuzzy.

Did the College Football Playoff Just Create a New Metric to Help the SEC?

The College Football Playoff is adding a strength-of-conference metric to its selection process. Here's why the change could matter for the Big 12.

College Football Playoff adds metric to evaluate conference strength amid SEC scheduling concerns

Getty Images The College Football Playoff Selection Committee will add a new metric that aims to emphasize the strength of a conference record, according to ESPN. The new metric will help contextualize the power of a conference when comparing two similar teams. It will also say how tough a conference schedule was, even in regard to teams within the same conference. With the rise of megaconferences with at least 16 teams, teams’ scheduling streng…