re: Horrible job by the committee

This year is turning into a very bad year for the committee.

It was created to prevent another 2011 type of matchup (LSU-Bama from the SEC), and 4 teams were put in, among other reasons, to create a more even representation.

As it now stands, the ACC has the 2 and 3 seeds. You think that will work itself out, but let's suppose that Clemson beats Miami in an alltime classic in OT. Maybe Clemson gets the benefit of a late controversial call in that game.
That would leave Miami and Clemson both a 12-1, and little real differentiation between the two.

Let's then suppose that Alabama beats Auburn, then loses a similarly close game to Georgia, with a similarly questionable call. That would have Georgia, currently on the outside looking in, as the SEC champ, and Alabama with a legit claim as one of the 4 best teams in the country.

That creates a lot of potential problems. If Wisky wins out, you are faced with leaving either Miami, Alabama, or both out (you can't leave an unbeaten team from the Big 10 out when they might be the only one left). You would think they wouldn't dare leave Alabama out, but then do you screw over the ACC and defending champ, or the current SEC champ? Do you bump both out for Oklahoma, if that happens? And what if they do, and Oklahoma gets drilled?

Similar problems come about, if the following occurs:
Miami, Wisconsin, UCF and Auburn win out, and Oklahoma wins. Alabama wins other than the Auburn game, which was a nailbiter. You then are looking to pick from the following teams:

13-0 Miami (in), 13-0 Wisconsin (in), 12-1 Oklahoma (almost definitely in), 11-2 SEC Champ Auburn, 12-0 UCF, 11-1 Alabama.
Do you dare tell Auburn their record isn't good enough? Do you leave a 1-loss Bama out? Do you avoid the issue entirely by giving the bid to Cinderella? Do you screw Oklahoma?

Or let's say Oklahoma loses another game in that last scenario. That will leave you with 2 undefeated teams certainly in, a 1 loss traditonal powerhouse in Alabama in serious danger, a group of 2 loss Power 5 champs (with the Pac 12 maybe also in that mix), and another undefeated D1 team getting shut out due to lack of respect.