Rece Davis and the ESPN College Football Playoff rankings crew, including Greg McElroy, Joey Galloway and Booger McFarland, recently reviewed the updated bracket heading into conference title weekend.

Many have argued that the committee has long favored Alabama, which has made the College Football Playoff 10 times in the postseason's 12-year history. Their latest ranking—given both their 9–3 record and their two-slot jump from No. 13 last week—had the college football community up in arms on Tuesday night:

Is this fair for Army? Probably not; the Black Knight's only loss is against the current No. 4 team in the country, and they have a chance to win their conference this weekend. That seems like the exact kind of team the College Football Playoff was expanded to include, but that will not be the case in year one of the expanded field.