Bill Hancock, representing the College Football Playoff (CFP) committee, announced that the outcome of the Army-Navy game will not influence the final rankings for the playoff selections. This decision, confirmed during the CFP meetings, is due to the game being scheduled six days after the selection day. Despite this, if either Army or Navy is the highest-ranked Group of Five champion, they will still be eligible to advance to the CFP. The decision was made to maintain the historical scheduling of the game, despite the expansion of the playoff field to 12 teams.
The Army-Navy Game won’t be a part of the 12-team CFP process, changing the original CFP policy. Plus the CFP won’t back down to the NFL for the first round weekend. Story from CFP meetings: https://t.co/ubF0do4Cbh
Army-Navy result won’t affect College Football Playoff selection process for 12-team field https://t.co/TT6aDbiUyS
The CFP has decided the Army-Navy game will have no bearing on playoff selections, per @RossDellenger and others. Mentioned back in December amid Army's move to the AAC how both sides wanted to keep the game when it's historically been played. https://t.co/fAAUerHLG8
Army-Navy Game will not be part of the selection committee process, Bill Hancock says. Final rankings are on selection day. The game is six days later. Army and Navy both did not want to move the game to before selection Sunday.
The Army-Navy game will not be considered for College Football Playoff contention because it takes place after the CFP selection day.
Hancock said the committee will establish the final ranking on selection day and the result of the army navy game won’t be considered. But those schools can be considered for the CFP.
CFP has made a decision on Army-Navy: The game - played six days after selection day - will have no bearing on selections. If Army or Navy is highest-ranked G5 champ, it advances to the CFP despite playing the other 6 days later. Our story in February - https://t.co/zVLtTsRY0P