How do you define “the best”?

Allow me to indulge for a bit.

If you follow college football in the U.S., you are probably aware of the controversy in the selection of the 2023 playoff teams. An undefeated Power 5 conference champion was left on the outside looking in for the first time, ever.

For those not familiar, the “major” division of college football has a single-elimination tournament at the end of the…