The College Football Playoff committee might have an agenda against Georgia. That may be a wild thing to suggest, but for the second time in three years the committee's handling of Georgia in their final rankings makes absolutely no sense.
This year the Bulldogs somehow held steady at No. 3 even after beating Alabama in the SEC Championship game by 21 points. Even Ohio State losing the Big Ten Championship game on Saturday wasn't enough for Georgia to move up one spot as the Buckeyes were gifted the No. 2 seed.
The committee unfortuantely has the power to do whatever they want, and sometimes that means they contradict a decision they made in the past. And when comparing Ohio State this year to Georgia in 2023 it's clear that the committee has some explaining to do.
CFP committee’s lack of consistency costs Georgia for the second time
In 2023 Georgia entered the SEC Championship game 12-0, the No. 1 team in the country and the reigning National Champion. Ohio State conveniently entered the Big Ten Championship game with those same characteristics as well. Georgia unfortunately lost to Alabama in the SEC Championship game that year by three points which is the same margin Ohio State just lost to Indiana by this year.
One would assume that the committee would handle Georgia and Ohio State in this scenario very similarly, but that was not the case.
In 2023 Georgia fell all the way to No. 6 and were left out of the playoff altogether. Ohio State however only dropped one spot to No. 2. So Ohio State would have still made the playoff even if it had never expanded beyond four teams.
Things can be different season to season, so it isn't fair to expect the committee to do the exact same thing in these scenarios. But dropping one team five spots and another only one spot is a huge difference that devalues the CFP committee's agenda going forward.