The Army-Navy Game actually had no impact on how the college football playoff would have been seeded if the Baggaley rankings were used. That is because Army would still be the fourth highest ranked conference champion. Army falls to #13, but Clemson also dropped to #15.:
If the Baggaley Rankings were used to determine the seedings of the CFP...
(Now that the championship games have been played, we are using the winner of each game as the conference champion, of course.)
Game 1 #12 Clemson Tigers @ #5 Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Game 2 #11 SMU Mustangs @ #6 Ohio State Buckeyes
Game 3 #10 Ole Miss Rebels @ #7 Texas Longhorns
Game 4 #9 Penn State Nittany Lions @ #8 Indiana Hoosiers
Game 5 Winner of Game 1 vs. #4 Army Black Knights
Game 6 Winner of Game 2 vs. #3 Georgia Bulldogs
Game 7 Winner of Game 3 vs. #2 Boise State Broncos
Game 8 Winner of Game 4 vs. #1 Oregon Ducks
Note that no Big 12 teams play in the playoff at all at this point the way our evaluation works out. The highest rank Big 12 team is still the BYU Cougars, at #16, even though the Big 12 Conference Champion is #19 Arizona State Sun Devils. The ACC Conference Champion (#15 Clemson Tigers) is the fifth automatic bid. They are still ranked lower than the now #10 SMU Mustangs.
Conference representation: Big Ten - 4 teams, SEC - 3 teams, ACC - 2 teams, MWC - 1 team, AAC - 1 team, Independent - 1 team.
First four teams outside the CFP: Miami Hurricanes, Alabama Crimson Tide, South Carolina Gamecocks, and BYU Cougars.
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