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In a college football season defined by chaos, I have no clue what the College Football Playoff selection committee will do with its first set of rankings on Tuesday.
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The 12-team Playoff has greatly expanded the pool of teams with a chance and made the committee’s job much harder than in the four-team era, when it was generally pretty simple (save for a couple of controversial calls).
But there’s one team I believe is getting overlooked this season and might be a surprise placement by the committee. That’s Louisville, up to No. 10 in this week’s Athletic 136.
The Cardinals are now 7-1, with wins at 6-2 Miami and at 7-2 Pitt, and they’re the only team to beat 7-1 James Madison. That’s a solid collection of wins. Their only loss came to Virginia in overtime, a game in which Louisville dominated in the box score but allowed two defensive touchdowns.
Louisville didn’t spend much time the national radar until that win at Miami, when they jumped out to a 14-0 lead and picked off Miami quarterback Carson Beck four times.
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