It's award season in college football. Watch lists are trimming down to semifinals.

So it was easy to miss the email last Friday from the Ray Guy Award. It narrowed the 66 candidates to 10 -- run of the mill stuff. And since AL.com doesn't write about these awards until they reach the finalist stage, the email just didn't register.

A second look reveals one of the more surprising omissions in recent memory. The 10 semifinalists include seven of the top 10 in terms of punting average. It even has No. 20 and No. 31 players on that list.

It doesn't include Alabama's JK Scott, No. 2 on the punting average list. Through 10 games, he's getting 48.4 yards a boot -- better than the 48.0 average he had as a Ray Guy Award finalist in 2014.

Of his 36 punts, 20 have traveled more than 50 yards. Seven topped 60 yards including one that went 62 yards in the air Saturday against Mississippi State.

Scott's placed 13 inside the 20-yard line compared to six touchbacks.

Of course, there's more to it than just moonshot punts. Oklahoma State's Zach Sinor made the 10 finalists ranked 31st with an average of 43.0 yards. He's also put 60.4 percent of his punts inside the 20. Scott's percentage is 36.1.

Scott doesn't benefit from playing for an offense that's allowed just 36 punts. That doesn't crack the nation's top 100 in terms of attempts as semifinalist Nick Conte of Virginia has 60 this fall.

Granted, there are far bigger travesties is the world today. And I'm not trying to come off like some homer beat writer carrying the school's water. It's just frankly wild to think there's a list of the nation's top 10 punters that doesn't include JK Scott.

Update: The Ray Guy Award committee responded to a request for comment on the semifinal selection process:

"The list was determined from statistics available through week ten of the current college season. Therefore, statistics from games played after November 5, 2016, were not calculated. Award deadlines are established and announced at the beginning of the season to allow time for voting and preparation for the award show.

The RGA committee deliberated intensely, and JK Scott was strongly considered for our top 10. Alabama, along with JK, have an impressive resume for this season. The RGA committee consistently conducts this award with fair consideration for all nominated players. Our award criteria is the same we utilized when JK was part of the semi-finalists a few years back.

While the RGA committee does look at the gross average, which JK is very high, we review many more statistics and strongly factor into our decision the following statistics: net average, percentage of punts downed inside the 20, number of punts, and percentage of punts not returned. Each year, the RGA committee is challenged with selecting the top 10 nominees reflective of the player for which our award is named, Ray Guy. Every year, the decisions are difficult to determine and while many fans may be disappointed with the outcome, we are confident in our selection process."

Ray Guy Award semifinalists by punting average

1. Mitch Wishnowsky, Utah 48.7

*2. JK Scott 48.4

3. Michael Dickson, Texas 47.8

4. Johnny Townsend, Florida 47.3

5. Cameron Johnston, Ohio State 47.2

7. Joseph Davidson, Bowling Green State, 45.7

8. Austin Barnes, Eastern Michigan 45.1

9. Brandon McKee, South Alabama 45.0

13. Nick Conte, Virginia 44.8

20. Stephen Coutts, Louisiana-Lafayette 44.3

31. Zach Sinor, Oklahoma State 43.0

*Not a semifinalist