College Football Playoff resume rankings: Why Kentucky should be ahead of Utah, Indiana

If we slapped the Alabama or Georgia logo on Kentucky's helmets, where would the Wildcats have landed within the College Football Playoff's first batch of rankings? What if we swapped out UK's loss to a strong Bama team with a win over an FCS opponent so the Wildcats could match Utah's zero in the loss column?

What if Kentucky were the reigning national champions like Indiana?

As it stands, UK landed at No. 6 behind the Bulldogs, Crimson Tide, Utes, and Hoosiers (and No. 1 Miami). This disrespect for UK came despite the fact that the Wildcats own the best resume score in a true meritocratic breakdown of what college football teams have accomplished entering Week 10.

Because of the CFP selection committee's seeming obsession with arbitrary cutoffs, the totality of UK's achievements is not being properly considered. That was obvious during Tuesday night's first playoff rankings reveal.

Since Kentucky has only two wins against teams ranked in the CFP Top 25 (LSU and South Carolina), its road victories over Texas A&M and Oklahoma are being undervalued. Both rank inside the top 30 of the CFB Metrics Consensus, which blends 10 reputable power rankings into a single 1-138 breakdown.

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