There was a lot of shakeup in the second CFP rankings that dropped on Nov. 10. But Nick Saban, who has made a living out of being unimpressed, is unimpressed.
Saban earlier in the week on the "Pat McAfee Show" was unfiltered in talking about the rankings, which saw Miami fall six spots from No. 1 after losing to Notre Dame and Indiana dropping five spots to No. 9 after literally not playing. "To be honest with you, I think at this point the rankings are a little bit [expletive] if you wanna know the truth about it," he said on the show.
"I think there's so many games to play, and so many scenarios and all that, that who wins what is gonna determine ... There's just so much
out there. And I think these games as you see people move up and down based on wins and losses. I mean Indiana didn't even play and they dropped back like five spots or something."
Saban expounded on Saturday's "College GameDay" with a more G-rated take.
"The bottom line is, I like all the BS you guys got about all this, but none of this really matters," Saban said from Boise. "This was about the time of the year, we're starting the fourth quarter of the season right? This was about the time of the year that I would give my speech that 'don't listen to what anyone on ESPN says about what we're gonna do because it's all about how you finish the season' ... Where they're ranked right now, doesn't really matter."
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The second week of the CFP was viewed by many as a course correction in some ways, with Notre Dame ranked too low and Indiana ranked too high. But as Saban pointed on the "Pat McAfee Show," none of those corrections ultimately matter. It's what these teams do in the homestretch that will determine their ranking. Not where they are now or how much they moved week to week.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Nick Saban has a blunt message about the CFP rankings: None of this matters
