TL;DR: The College Football Playoff committee colluded to make sure that an SEC team made it to the playoff, so undefeated Florida State University got cut, and the playoff is between Michigan, Washington, Texas and Alabama, with FSU and UGA as 5 and 6.
This only happened because Georgia lost to Alabama in the SEC championship game imo, but it’s still fucking horrendous that it did happen.
I know you don't really care, but I live and breathe College Football so:
SEC - South Eastern Conference. A league formed by teams in Florida, Alabama, Missouri etc. It's probably the strongest league because (a) they have the easiest access to black players; and (b) they have somewhat relaxed academic requirements, so the black players can be admitted to the schools.
FSU - Florida State University, the darling of early 90's college football. The play in the Atlantic Coast Conference, which is less strong than the SEC.
UGA - University of Georgia. SEC school. The strongest team for the last three years.
ok that makes more sense now