Vanderbilt football fans are disappointed as their team, despite a historic ten-and-two season, was left out of the College Football Playoff. The Commodores, led by Heisman Trophy candidate Diego Pavia, were ranked number fourteen by the playoff committee. This decision has sparked debate about the subjectivity of the selection process. Vanderbilt launched a marketing campaign urging for data-driven selections, and football analytics expert Bill Connellys model placed them at number ten nationally. This suggests that the current college football playoff selection process might be lagging behind other sports in adopting data-driven decision-making.

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