LOOK: CFB fans complain about SEC bias after 2-loss LSU team gets No. 7 spot in Playoff rankings
By Adam Spencer
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The second College Football Playoff rankings of the 2018 season were released on Tuesday night, and boy, were they wild for those who think the committee is biased toward the SEC.
We’re probably going to need someone to go check on Danny Kanell soon, as his head may have exploded when a two-loss LSU team was ahead of one-loss teams like Washington State, West Virginia and Ohio State and an undefeated UCF squad.
Kanell won’t be alone in claiming SEC bias this week, though, as Twitter was abuzz with people who didn’t understand how the Tigers were still No. 7 in the latest rankings.
As you can see below, there were a lot of unhappy football fans out there on social media on Tuesday night:
How many points did Alabama need to beat LSU by for LSU to fall farther than 7th?
— Stewart Mandel (@slmandel) November 7, 2018
Lmao LSU got waxed by Alabama and currently has two losses but is still ranked 7th. You’re a hack @NCAA @NCAAFootball
— 7’2” Norm Bissett Sr. (@DK4balls) November 7, 2018
https://twitter.com/Sooners247/status/1060000356401381376
LSU staying above Ohio State after the Tigers were just shutout at home against Alabama for their second loss of the season tells you all you need to know about how the College Football Playoff committee feels about the Buckeyes and the SEC this season.
— Josh Poloha (@JorshP) November 7, 2018
LSU at number 7 ???? that's it, OU has to move to the sec!
— Taylor Ross (@JT_Ross23) November 7, 2018
Seeing LSU at 7 pic.twitter.com/2U1X8YVRdP
— Derek Duke (@DerekDuke25) November 7, 2018
The fact that Florida is still in the top 15 after getting smoked at home by Mizzou and LSU laying a goose-egg at home and is still in the top 10 is why nobody likes or can trust the @CFBPlayoff rankings. #bias
— Matthew Whitney (MAcc) (@MWhitney71) November 7, 2018
LSU got shutout and lost by four touchdowns. And the Tigers are ranked ahead of three one-loss teams.
The #CFBPlayoff selection committee might as well hold these meetings in Birmingham.
LSU at No. 7 is a joke.
— RJ Young (@RJ_Young) November 7, 2018
https://twitter.com/realmikeowens/status/1060000271567331329
Pretty wild that LSU gets shutout at home by 29 points and only drops four spots.
— Austin Toflinski (@AToflinski) November 7, 2018
How can LSU get they tails cut by 29 at home and STILL BE OVERRATED?? Must be nice to be in SEC…
— Terrance Singleton ? (@TDSingleton_) November 7, 2018
LSU scores less than 20 points to Florida and zero to Alabama AT home and is 7? pic.twitter.com/GjMKewDW1K
— Chris America 8-3 ?????? (@THEChrisAmerica) November 7, 2018
LSU got shutout AT HOME this week. They weren’t even competitive and they dropped 4 spots. Still 7th. Can you imagine if Michigan, Notre Dame, or Oklahoma lost 29-0 at home? Ridiculous.
— Jacob Kennedy (@jacob_kenn2) November 7, 2018
Adam is a daily fantasy sports (DFS) and sports betting expert. A 2012 graduate of the University of Missouri, Adam now covers all 16 SEC football teams. He is the director of DFS, evergreen and newsletter content across all Saturday Football brands.
