re: I am in the camp that

The polls definitely had issues. The best team may not win in a 12 team play offs, but at least they will have their chance. Steve Spurrier said Bowden would have won more titles than anybody at Florida State if there was a play off system in place at the time. He may have been right. Bowden had a lot of good teams. Only two of Saban's six titles at Alabama were undefeated. I think he lost a game at LSU when he won that title (AP poll had USC #1 that year). Tennessee shanked a chip shot field goal in the closing seconds which would have beat us in 1966. Competition makes the world go round. Enjoy the competition.