If UCF beats Auburn in the Peach Bowl on New Year’s Day, the Knights will expose one of the fatal flaws in college football’s latest postseason system — the College Football Playoff.
The CFP is an improvement over the Bowl Championship Series, which was an improvement over the popularity contest that preceded it.
But college football still hasn’t plugged the largest hole in its system: It’s possible to win every game you play and not be the champion of your sport. You just won’t find that in other championship systems.
Fortunately for college football, this hasn’t happened in recent years.