The College Football Playoff rankings have been released, and why am I not surprised? BYU falls to 12th after an admittedly stifling defeat to the now 6th-ranked Texas Tech Red Raiders. At a glance, this makes perfect sense. Right in front of 13th-ranked Utah, a team that BYU took down just a few weeks ago, this was about as far as the Cougars could have reasonably fallen, so that's exactly what happened.
But at second glance, all of a sudden, the craftsmanship of this top 25 seems... off. The rungs on the ladder seem a bit shoddily-crafted, the wood is splintered, cracked, and termite-bitten.