The College Football Playoff committee owes Georgia an apology

It is no secret at this point how bad the College Football Playoff committee got it wrong last Tuesday when they released their updated rankings. After losing on the road to a ranked Ole Miss team, Georgia football fell nine spots all the way to No.12. This ranking but UGA on the outside looking in when it comes to the 12-team playoff field, which if you have watched college football this season made no sense.

Not only did Kirby Smart and Georgia feel disrespected by this, so too did a lot of national reporters. Many spoke out about how putting a team with Georgia's resume that far down in the rankings makes no sense. But at the end of the day, none of that matters. Georgia was in the position they were in and there was nothing they could do it about it until this Saturday.

And Georgia did everything they could and more to prove the committee wrong in their win against Tennessee.

What does the committee do now?

The committee clearly has two things they must do now. First, they owe Georgia an apology for doing what made no sense by dropping them all the way to No. 12. While Georgia definitely deserves an apology, it's unlikely that will come in a traditional sense, but the committee will show they are sorry based on the second thing they must do.

The committee now has to move Georgia up in their rankings this week. Not just a couple spots, but Georgia needs to be comfortably inside the committee's 12-team field now. No team has a better resume than Georgia with their wins over Clemson, Texas and now Tennessee. Sure Ole Miss and Alabama currently sit right in front of Georgia in the rankings, but their resumes do not stack up with Georgia's, so UGA should jump them even though they lost to both.

It will be interesting to see how the committee handles Georgia this Tuesday when the next set of rankings come out. Will they finally put some respect on Georgia's name or will their third massive win this sesaon still not move the needle? Those questions will be answered on Tuesday.

But it's clear that the committee was wrong last Tuesday, and it's time they make up for that this week.