it would personally benefit you financially. This is a crooked reason, but it is the only reason. Herbie must have been handed a ###### last night and told "read this or you are fired". There is no way a rational football analyst would move UGA UP after losing to a back-up QB, and having 2 losses. ESPN is determined to have their SEC party at the expense of sanctity and sanity. The top 4 is easy in my opinion:
Bama Clemson Oklahoma Ohio State
Yes, I exclude ND because their entitled arses refuse to join a conference and play one fewer game that the other top teams. This should not be rewarded with an easy path to the playoff. Force them to join a conference and win it on the field. Who really thinks ND would beat OSU, OK, Clemson or Bama in a conference championship game? Not I. They get and extra week to heal and had one good win over Michigan the first week of the season. Big whoop.