Kirby Smart reacts to Georgia falling to No. 12 in the CFP rankings

In case you missed the news, Georgia football dropped to No. 12 in the updated College Football Playoff rankings on Tuesday. This came after a disappointing 28-10 loss to Ole Miss on Saturday.

Many people felt this large of a drop (nine spots to be specific) was far too large of a punishment for Georgia for losing to the Rebels on the road who the committee just named their No. 11 team. Even Paul Finebaum attacked the committee for doing this.

After seeing the many reactions online throughout the day, everyone wanted to know how Kirby Smart felt about this. Thankfully he was asked this on Wednesday and had a fair amount to say.

"Yeah, I don't have a lot of control over it, you know?" Smart said via 247sports.com. "It's one of those things. I'm so worried about this game and focused on it, I didn't get to really see or hear anything from last night. I tried to really tune all that out because the most important thing we can do is improve, play better, and try to play well. So I'm not interested in excuses. I do know that playing on the road in the SEC is one of the hardest things to do. I've always said that. Nobody knows this league better than I do. I do know that when you go on the road and play in this league, it's extremely hard and tough, and we've played some really good teams, especially on the road."

Kirby Smart thinks Georgia deserves more credit for playing on the road

The one counterpoint that Smart had to share about Gerogia's updated CFP ranking is that he feels road games, specifically winning on the road, is not weighed enough in the committee's decision.

Nobody in the country has had a more difficult schedule than Georgia thus far this year. They have played true road games against Texas, Alabama and Ole Miss, all of which are in the top 11 of the CFP rankings. They also have neutral site games against a ranked Clemson team and a sneaky Florida team. These difficult games have led Georgia to have the No. 1 strength of schedule in the country.

Sure Georgia didn't win all of these games, but would any team in the country? Likely not. So should Georgia really be punished this harshly for losing two of these difficult games?

While Georgia didn't win all of these games, it's not like they lost them all either. They routed Clemson in their season opener and also dominated Texas on the road a few weeks ago. Those two wins are better than at least half of the teams ranked above Georgia's best win.

Unfortunately for Georgia, none of this matters. All they need to do is prove the committe wrong on Saturday and beat Tennessee. If they do that, then this ranking will take care of itself.