STATESBORO - Each fall, the College Football Playoff hosts several mock exercises with various constituent groups, including 14 to 15 athletic directors from various FBS schools around the country. This year, Georgia Southern AD Tom Kleinlein was selected and spent Tuesday in Dallas participating in the event.
The exercise provides a rare opportunity for participants to walk in the shoes of the selection committee members just as they will during the final meeting of the season. Participants ranked the teams using the 2011 season results after careful review of data and spirited discussion, utilizing the same computers and process of the selection committee, including seven rounds of voting.