What did Pardon My Take think of the first College Football Playoff rankings?

Big Cat said the committee made a mess of the first rankings but welcomed the debate, since Saturday's games would settle much of it. He called Alabama at fifth insane when Tennessee, which beat Alabama, sat 13th, and questioned Ohio State at 12 above a USC team that beat them. The one call he backed was Notre Dame at 11, which leaves the Irish needing to win against Miami.

Big Cat said undefeated UCLA at eighth was too low and suggested swapping UCLA and Alabama.
PFT Commenter mocked committee members hanging up their playoff committee hats before entering the room and suggested Steve Kornacki run it instead.
Wake Forest at 16 struck the hosts as low, though it has a path through the ACC title game.

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