CFP releases committee members, ranking schedule
The College Football Playoff selection committee on Thursday released the in-season rankings schedule and the recusals lineup for 2019 – two pieces of information that might be far from mind now but will take center stage in a few months.
Here are three brief lists for your perusing pleasure now, but make sure they’re handy when November arrives and the angst begins: *** No. 1: The committee members Chair: Rob Mullens, athletic director (Oregon)
Gary Barta, (Iowa)
Frank Beamer, former coach (Virginia Tech)
Paola Boivin, former sportswriter (Arizona Republic)
Joe Castiglione, athletic director (Oklahoma)
Ken Hatfield, former coach (multiple schools)
Chris Howard, former player/current president (Robert Morris) Ronnie Lott, former player (USC) Terry Mohajir, athletic director (Arkansas State)
Ray Odierno, former player/chief of staff (Army)
R.C. Slocum, former coach/current athletic director (Texas A&M) athletic director
Todd Stansbury, athletic director (Georgia Tech)
Scott Stricklin, athletic director (Florida) *** No. 2: The recusals Members can provide factual information on the team from which they’re recused but cannot vote or participate in selection/seeding discussions of that team. Arizona State: Boivin and Slocum Arkansas State: Mohajir Florida: Stricklin Georgia Tech: Stansbury Iowa: Barta Mississippi State: Stricklin N.C. State: Odierno Oklahoma: Beamer and Castiglione Oregon: Mullens Texas A&M: Slocum Virginia Tech: Beamer *** No. 3: The rankings schedule (All times Pacific) Tuesday, Nov. 5 (ESPN, 6 p.m.) Tuesday, Nov. 12 (ESPN, 4 p.m.) Tuesday, Nov. 19 (ESPN, 4 p.m.) Tuesday, Nov. 26 (ESPN, 4 p.m.) Tuesday, Dec. 3 (ESPN, 4 p.m.) Sunday, Dec 8 (ESPN, 9 a.m. – CFP selections)
The shows on Nov. 5 and Dec. 3 are 30 minutes. Those on Nov. 12, 19 and 26 are an hour. (ESPN needs the programming, and CFP talk is better than billiards.) – Jon Wilner Oregon athletic director Rob Mullens.