CFB Playoff Selection committee

The CFB Playoff has released their 'procedure' for selecting teams.

1. Each committee member will create a list of the 25 teams he or she believes to be the best in the country, in no particular order. Teams listed by more than three members will remain under consideration.

2. Each member will list the best six teams, in no particular order. The six teams receiving the most votes will comprise the pool for the first seeding ballot.

3. In the first seeding ballot, each member will rank those six teams, one through six, with one being the best. The three teams receiving the fewest points will become the top three seeds. The three teams that were not seeded will be held over for the next seeding ballot.

4. Each member will list the six best remaining teams, in no particular order. The three teams receiving the most votes will be added to the three teams held over to comprise the next seeding ballot.

5. Steps No. 3 and 4 will be repeated until 25 teams have been seeded.

Some other interesting comments:

It should be noted that the committee will not use a single data point such as the Ratings Percentage Index (RPI) that is used for NCAA championships.

People, not mathematical formulas, will pick the teams, and we want to make sure the committee members have all the information they want so they can make the best decisions, said Hancock.

As someone who's a big fan of numbers, this really disappoints me. I fear that 'brand name' teams will get the nod over more deserving underdogs.

The committee will rank the top 25 teams in the country and assign teams to the semifinals and to the Cotton, Fiesta and Peach Bowls in years when they are not hosting semifinal games.

Interesting that the committee assigns these match-ups, not the sponsors. I'm curious to see how these teams are selected; most deserving teams, or best traveling teams?