Lee Corso has made it crystal clear that the Cincinnati Bearcats don’t belong in the College Football Playoff.

The Bearcats are currently 10-0 and ranked No. 5 in the Playoff rankings. They host SMU on Saturday before traveling to East Carolina on Nov. 27, with a win against the Mustangs clinching their place in the AAC Championship Game against Houston. Bearcats fans and the rest of the country, though, are well aware that a loss will eliminate Luke Fickell’s team from Playoff contention.

Corso feels that they shouldn’t even be in Playoff contention in the first place, though.

“Cincinnati does not belong ranked in the top group. I don’t care if they win out or not,” he said on Saturday. “They’ve played 2 Power 5 teams. One of them is Indiana with a 2-8 record. Cincinnati should accept a New Year’s Day bowl, period.”

Corso’s comments understandably drew the ire of fans across the country. Here’s some of the reaction from social media as Corso was called out for his thoughts:

Lee Corso just said Notre Dame deserves the CFP over Cincinnati. You can’t make this up.

— Chase ♠️ (@chaseshake) November 20, 2021

Lee Corso going full boomer as usual on college game day… “undefeated Cincinnati should never be ahead of a one-loss power 5 team” smh

— Struck (@TheRealStruck) November 20, 2021

https://twitter.com/iam_johnw2/status/1462077145300226054?s=21

Lee Corso has lost his damn mind saying an Undefeated Cincinnati team should be left out of the 4 team playoff for a 1 loss Notre Dame team, that THEY beat by 11?! pic.twitter.com/1SHeBHCdtu

— Ben L. (@b_lieving87) November 20, 2021

Get Lee Corso out of there. What a clown. He's off his rocker.

Completely dissing Cincinnati SIMPLY BECAUSE it is not "Power 5". And people wonder why so many of us are clamoring for an expanded playoff?

Any expanded playoff MUST INCLUDE (at minimum) a spot for the Group of 5.

— Buzz King (@Fieldof68Freak) November 20, 2021

https://twitter.com/drose1fan/status/1462077498645229569?s=21

Someone please explain to Lee Corso that the reason that Cincinnati hasn’t played as many “power 5” opponents is because they’re not in a “power 5” conference.

Clearly they need more teams like Duke, Georgia Tech, Vanderbilt, and Kansas on their schedule.

— Michael Wilder (@iamwilder12) November 20, 2021

https://twitter.com/tarrenbland/status/1462077421205835783?s=21

Sydney Hunte

Sydney is an Atlanta-based journalist who has covered everything from SEC and ACC football to MLS, the U.S. men's national soccer team and professional tennis. His work has appeared on such platforms as SB Nation, Cox Media Group and FanSided.