Texas A&M ends up at third in the nation in the initial CFP committee rankings, which— while a positive for the Aggies' playoff hopes overall— was lower than the Aggies deserved.
Though there are ways in which this is understandable, the explanation from the committee did not exactly help things. Baylor AD Mack Rhoades came on to the ESPN studio show to defend the committee's choices, and it only served to enfuriate Aggie fans further.
CFP Committee's decision to rank Texas A&M no. 3 made only murkier with strange comments
Here's what Rhoades had to offer:
"When we looked at tape and we looked at metrics, we felt like Ohio State was a little bit better up front on the offensive line and we thought they were better defensively.