Week 15 Anger Index: The case for Texas and month-long gripes for Miami, BYU

"The first College Football Playoff rankings came out five weeks ago. They looked a lot like tonight's rankings. We've had precious little movement at the top, with a few teams jockeying up or down a slot, but effectively no seismic shifts in the landscape. BYU and Texas are the only two teams who were projected in the field in the committee's first ranking who aren't now -- and they're just barely on the outside with reasonable arguments for inclusion."

"Teams ranked in the top 18 by the committee this year are a combined 55-9, with six of those losses coming to other teams ranked in the top 18. All three outliers are courtesy of -- you guessed it -- the ACC (Louisville to Cal, Virginia to Wake and Georgia Tech to Pitt). That's a massive anomaly. Last year, top-18 teams at this point had lost 19 games, including 14 to teams outside their own grouping."

"The two words that best describe this year's playoff push are "status quo." That, of course, has been bad news for all the teams on the outside looking in -- from those with valid cases like Miami, BYU and Vanderbilt, to underdogs like USC, Utah or Arizona that might've had a shot in a more chaotic year. But the real loser in this copy-and-paste rankings season is all the fans who just want to see things get weird."

"It's a sad state of affairs when we're left to rely on MACtion and the ACC to do all the heavy lifting when it comes to college football drama. The power players need to step up -- or, perhaps, ratchet down -- their game to add a bit more drama. The good news is, the committee's ad-hoc reasoning, mush-mouthed explanations and mind-boggling about-faces still leave plenty to argue about, even if t"

The College Football Playoff rankings have shown minimal change over five weeks, with top teams holding steady and few dramatic shifts. BYU and Texas fell just outside the projected field despite reasonable cases. Top-18 teams are a combined 55-9, with most losses occurring within that group and three notable outliers from ACC upsets. This season contrasts with last year, when top-18 teams had substantially more losses to outside opponents. The playoff race is described as "status quo," disadvantaging on-the-bubble teams and frustrating fans who want more unpredictability and drama in the race.

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