If the committee is serious about rewarding performance over brand names, Duke belongs in.
They earned it.

They’ve got quality wins, road wins, no bad losses, and one of the cleanest résumés in the country.

Realignment only strengthens the ACC (SMU, Cal, Stanford) while weakening others, which boosts Duke even more in the new playoff era.

Meanwhile, the “power leagues” didn’t hold up:
• SEC had just 2 ranked OOC wins and loaded up on FCS games
• Big Ten got exposed outside its top two
• Big 12 had 11 losses to G5 teams

Duke played in the one league that actually proved it on the field.

Countries were labeled “Third World” because they weren’t aligned with either the U.S. or the Soviet Union during the Cold War — NOT because they were poor.

And if Duke wins the ACC title?
Pure, unfiltered chaos.
The kind that breaks the model and makes half the conferences rethink their entire strategy.

The sport is telling us who earned it this year. The question is whether the Committee will actually listen.

The Big Ten gets one first-round bye — the winner of Ohio State vs Indiana. That’s it. No more imaginary “Two Big10 or SEC teams in the top four” fluff.

Alabama absolutely must beat Georgia to get in. No win, no argument.

Should have been at home. They were deployed illegally

Its season 3 of this train wreck. They need to boost ratings by bringing back this hunting wives character to stir the pot..

The maga cult can definitely relate to enjoying a Thanksgiving meal on a plane.