If there's one thing we've learned from the debate between the Big Ten, SEC, ACC and Big 12 over the future of the College Football Playoff, it's that committees are awful. They get it wrong nearly every year despite the fact that they've mostly gotten it right.
Of course, Top 25 lists are no better. You know who votes in those? Reporters and coaches. Reporters clearly don't know ball, and coaches don't have the time to watch the games. We can't trust them either.
There was a time when we entrusted computers with assembling a proper ranking of teams.