The selection committee recusal policy remains consistent with the first seven years of the CFP, stating that:
"If a committee member or an immediate family member, e.g., spouse, sibling or child, (a) is compensated by a school, (b) provides professional services for a school, or (c) is on the coaching staff or administrative staff at a school or is a football student-athlete at a school, that member will be recused. Such compensation shall include not only direct employment, but also current paid consulting arrangements, deferred compensation (e.g., contract payments continuing after employment has ended, or other benefits. The committee will have the option to add other recusals if special circumstances arise.
"A recused member shall not participate in any votes involving the team from which the individual is recused. A recused member is permitted to answer only factual questions about the institution from which the member is recused but shall not be present during any deliberations regarding that team's selection or ranking. Recused members shall not participate in discussions regarding the placement of the recused team into a bowl game."
The CFP selection committee is responsible for selecting the top four teams in the playoff and assigning them to semifinal games, as well as ranking the other top 25 teams. The committee meets in-person beginning late in the football season and produces a ranking of the top 25 teams each week leading up to its final selections. The current selection committee members are
Mitch Barnhart (athletics director, University of Kentucky),
Gary Barta (athletics director, University of Iowa) (Chair),
Paola Boivin (professor, Arizona State University),
Tom Burman (athletics director, University of Wyoming),
Charlie Cobb (athletics director, Georgia State University),
Boo Corrigan (athletics director, North Carolina State University),
Rick George (athletics director, University of Colorado),
Will Shields (former All-American offensive lineman, University of Nebraska),
Gene Taylor (athletics director, Kansas State University),
Joe Taylor (Vice President for Athletics and Community Wellness, Virginia Union University),
John Urschel (former All-American offensive lineman, Penn State University),
Rod West (group president Entergy Corporation) and
Tyrone Willingham (former head coach Stanford University, Notre Dame, University of Washington).
For additional information on the selection committee and its weekly rankings, and to view the selection committee protocol in its entirety, please visit
CollegeFootballPlayoff.com.
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About the College Football Playoff
The College Football Playoff matches the No. 1 ranked team vs. No. 4, and No. 2 vs. No. 3 in semifinal games that rotate annually among six bowl games – the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic, PlayStation Fiesta Bowl, Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl, Capital One Orange Bowl, Allstate Sugar Bowl and Rose Bowl Game. This season's Playoff Semifinals will take place Friday, December 31, 2021, at the Cotton Bowl and Orange Bowl. The College Football Playoff National Championship will be Monday, January 10, 2022, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana.Â
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