And yes, this is how you should do in-season rankings and playoff projecttions... solely based upon on the field results:
Dash Playoff Bracket As It Stands Today
Each week, The Dash ranks the 12 teams that should be in the College Football Playoff. As always, when the season starts anew, only the results at hand will be considered. Preseason predictions are now out the window. Games against lesser competition are given less weightif your team blew out an FCS opponent or someone from the lower reaches of FBS, it wont be ranked here. The 12 teams here have all played a noteworthy opponent (10):
LSU (beat Clemson, 5110)
Miami (beat Stanford, 456)
Notre Dame (beat Wisconsin, 4113)
Virginia (beat NC State, 348)
Mississippi (beat Louisville, 4138)
UCLA (beat California, 4524)
Oregon (beat Boise State, 3427)
Louisville (lost to Mississippi, 4138)
North Carolina (beat TCU, 1510)
Colorado (beat Georgia Tech, 1413)
Boise State (lost to Oregon, 3427)
Tulsa (beat Oklahoma State, 2410)