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What the College Football Playoff selection committee got right and wrong in its rankings

SportsPulse: Dan Wolken and Paul Myerberg discuss the College Football Playoff first ranking and what the committee got right and what they blanked on. USA TODAY

Outrage season has returned to college football. The debut College Football Playoff rankings had its share of rights and wrongs, as these rankings always do, and the hope is that the muddled postseason chase settles into clarity before the first Sunday of December.

Was Alabama a deserving No. 1? Does Clemson have a case for the top spot? And what about UCF? The Knights came in at No.