Georgia makes statement, wonders aloud what CFP committee is looking for

A statement win and then an open question defined Saturday for No. 12 Georgia.The Bulldogs put together what head coach Kirby Smart considered the most complete team effort of the season with a 31-17 win over No. 7 Tennessee, then pointed their curiosity to the big picture question left for the College Football Playoff committee to answer on Tuesday.”I don’t know what they’re looking for. I really don’t,” Smart said of the selection committee. “I wish they could really define the criteria. I wish they could do the eyeball test where they come down here and look at the people we’re playing against and look at them. You can’t see that stuff on TV, and so I don’t know what they look for. But that’s for somebody else to decide. I’m worried about our team.”Smart held Tennessee under 20 points and kept the Vols off the scoreboard in the second half to put themselves in position to rejoin the projected 12-team playoff bracket when the third iteration of the CFP rankings launch on Tuesday. At No. 12 entering the game, Georgia would have slotted behind Boise State by virtue of the Broncos being a conference champion.Georgia was No. 3 before a loss to Ole Miss, and committee chair Warde Manuel explained inconsistent offensive play was part of the reason the Bulldogs were dropped nine spots.

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