Army-Navy Game May Cause Unbelievable Chaos With CFB Playoff Selection Sunday Taking Place The Week Before

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The College Football Playoff committee may have forgotten about the Army-Navy game. 

We may still be over two months away from the always-great game between the services, but with both teams sitting at 5-0 on the year, we can officially start looking ahead to what could end up being the most-chaotic Selection Sunday scenario anyone could have ever imagined involving both teams.

Army and Navy each have six games remaining on their regular season schedules before squaring off in D.C. at the end of the year. Of those six games, both teams should be favored in five of them, with the lone exception being when each team takes on Notre Dame. Navy and the Fighting Irish will play at MetLife Stadium on October 26, while Army will get its shot at Notre Dame on November 23 at Yankee Stadium.

Let's play out the not-so-impossible scenario in which Army or Navy knocks off Notre Dame with one of the two teams finishing the regular season undefeated and the other with one loss. This not only would set up a huge American Athletic Conference championship contest between the two, but the build-up to the Army-Navy game would be beyond epic.

The Army - Navy game this season could cause more chaos within the College Football Playoff than anyone could have ever imagined. Credit: Eric Canha-USA TODAY Sports

The 12-team College Football Playoff field will be announced on December 8, the day after the AAC title game, but six days before Army and Navy take the field against one another in the traditional contest.

There likely isn't a world where both teams would get into the Playoff, but the Playoff committee would have to give the green light to the undefeated team in this scenario before Army and Navy square off against one another. As history tells us, the best team on paper does not always win the rivalry game, but hey, two Army-Navy games back-to-back weekends would certainly be special.

While it may sound insane, it's fair to say that every single member of the College Football Playoff committee is hoping Army and Navy both lose to Notre Dame or get upset by a lesser team between now and December 8.

Every college football fan who doesn't pull for Notre Dame is hoping for the exact opposite scenario to play out and hoping for utter chaos, while you could say the Playoff committee is going against the troops.

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