College Football Playoff Selection Committee

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NCAA Division I FBS body college football organization sports selection committee

The College Football Playoff Selection Committee is the group of experts responsible for ranking teams and selecting the four participants in the NCAA Division I FBS college football playoff.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
College Football Playoff selection committee	4
College Football Playoff Selection Committee canonical	3
College Football Playoff rankings	2
College Football Playoff selection committee rankings	1

How this entity was disambiguated

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Target entity: College Football Playoff Selection Committee
Context triple: [Rob Mullens, memberOf, College Football Playoff Selection Committee]

A. NCAA Division I Football Championship Committee
The NCAA Division I Football Championship Committee is the body responsible for overseeing and administering the postseason playoff and national championship structure for NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) teams.
B. College Football Playoff
The College Football Playoff is the postseason system that determines the national champion of top-tier U.S. college football through a bracket-style tournament of elite teams.
C. NCAA Division I Football Oversight Committee
The NCAA Division I Football Oversight Committee is the primary governing body that shapes policy, competition structure, and strategic direction for Division I college football.
D. Bowl Championship Series Presidential Oversight Committee
The Bowl Championship Series Presidential Oversight Committee was a group of university presidents and chancellors responsible for high-level policy and decision-making for the former Bowl Championship Series in college football.
E. NCAA Football Rules Committee
The NCAA Football Rules Committee is the body responsible for developing, reviewing, and updating the official playing rules and regulations for college football in the United States.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: College Football Playoff Selection Committee
Target entity description: The College Football Playoff Selection Committee is the group of experts responsible for ranking teams and selecting the four participants in the NCAA Division I FBS college football playoff.

A. NCAA Division I Football Championship Committee
The NCAA Division I Football Championship Committee is the body responsible for overseeing and administering the postseason playoff and national championship structure for NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) teams.
B. College Football Playoff
The College Football Playoff is the postseason system that determines the national champion of top-tier U.S. college football through a bracket-style tournament of elite teams.
C. NCAA Division I Football Oversight Committee
The NCAA Division I Football Oversight Committee is the primary governing body that shapes policy, competition structure, and strategic direction for Division I college football.
D. Bowl Championship Series Presidential Oversight Committee
The Bowl Championship Series Presidential Oversight Committee was a group of university presidents and chancellors responsible for high-level policy and decision-making for the former Bowl Championship Series in college football.
E. NCAA Football Rules Committee
The NCAA Football Rules Committee is the body responsible for developing, reviewing, and updating the official playing rules and regulations for college football in the United States.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	NCAA Division I FBS body ⓘ college football organization ⓘ sports selection committee ⓘ
alsoDetermines	pairings for New Year’s Six bowls ⓘ
announcesRankingsOn	television ⓘ
broadcastPartner	ESPN ⓘ
chairRole	spokesperson for rankings and decisions ⓘ
competition	College Football Playoff ⓘ New Year’s Six bowl games ⓘ linked to: New Year’s Six bowls
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
decisionType	subjective evaluation ⓘ
firstSeasonOfUse	2014 ⓘ
formedForSeason	2014 college football season ⓘ
governsLevel	NCAA Division I FBS ⓘ linked to: Football Bowl Subdivision
hasChair	selection committee chairperson ⓘ
inceptionYear	2013 ⓘ
independentFrom	NCAA governance structure ⓘ
meetingFrequency	weekly during ranking period ⓘ
meetsDuring	regular season ⓘ
memberBackground	athletic directors ⓘ conference administrators ⓘ former NCAA officials ⓘ former coaches ⓘ former players ⓘ journalists ⓘ
membershipType	invited members ⓘ rotating membership ⓘ
numberOfMembers	13 ⓘ
operatesUnder	College Football Playoff management committee ⓘ linked to: College Football Playoff Board of Managers
primaryFunction	determine College Football Playoff semifinal matchups ⓘ rank college football teams ⓘ select College Football Playoff participants ⓘ set final top 25 rankings for College Football Playoff era ⓘ
rankingPeriod	second half of regular season ⓘ
replacedMetric	computer rankings as primary determinant ⓘ
replacedSystem	BCS standings as primary selection mechanism ⓘ
selectionCriteria	conference championships won ⓘ game control and performance ⓘ head-to-head results ⓘ injuries and player availability ⓘ results against common opponents ⓘ strength of schedule ⓘ win-loss record ⓘ
selectsForRound	national semifinals ⓘ
selectsNumberOfTeams	4 ⓘ
semifinalGameType	rotating bowl games ⓘ
semifinalRotation	New Year’s Six bowls ⓘ
sport	American football ⓘ
usesRankingSystem	final selection rankings ⓘ weekly top 25 rankings ⓘ

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