Rece Davis pushes back on auto-bids in College Football Playoff

ESPN college football analyst Rece Davis believes that the current system of automatic bids in the College Football Playoff is unfair

Davis argued that the system gives an advantage to Power Five conference teams and leaves out deserving teams from Group of Five conferences

ESPN college football analyst Rece Davis believes that the current system of automatic bids in the College Football Playoff (CFP) is unfair. Davis argued that the system gives an advantage to Power Five conference teams and leaves out deserving teams from Group of Five conferences.

Davis said that the CFP selection committee should be able to select the four best teams in the country, regardless of conference affiliation. He said that the current system makes it difficult for Group of Five teams to make the CFP, even if they have a better record than a Power Five team.

Davis's comments come after the CFP selection committee left out Cincinnati from the CFP despite the Bearcats finishing the regular season with a 13-0 record. Cincinnati was ranked No. 6 in the final CFP rankings, but the committee selected No. 5 Alabama instead.

Davis is not the only one who has criticized the current CFP system. Many other college football analysts have argued that the system is unfair to Group of Five teams. The CFP selection committee has defended the system, saying that it selects the four best teams in the country, regardless of conference affiliation. However, the committee has not released any data to support this claim.

The CFP is a four-team playoff that determines the national champion in college football. The playoff was created in 2014, replacing the Bowl Championship Series (BCS). The CFP selection committee is responsible for selecting the four teams that participate in the playoff.