re: Pretend LSU beats Alabama in 2 weeks..

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No, Kyle...a 13-0 ACC champion is not getting left out for an 11-1 team that didn't win their division. FFS.

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Tell me when Alabama has not received the benefit of the doubt when there is a debate?

2009- Bama and OK State are both 11-1. OK State has a conference Championship but Bama does not. Alabama's one loss was at HOME to a team that the media decides they should get a rematch with despite the fact that game had already been played on Bama's home field. Not saying Bama wasn't the better team, but that decision was completely not fair to LSU who beat them when it was supposed to matter in Tuscaloosa. LSU played a much tougher schedule that season (Top 5 Oregon), had to play an extra game in the SEC Championship Game, and the committee basically said that it wasn't good enough, that Bama should get another shot at them despite the results on the field. It was more unfair to LSU than it was to OK State.... but either way, whether Bama was the best team in the country (which they likely were), they were given a second chance when they in no way deserved it.

2017 is the same thing. Ohio State despite having two losses DESERVED the spot ahead of Alabama. The committee tells us Conference Championships are supposed to matter greatly. Yes, Ohio State had 2 losses to Alabama's one.... but they also won their Conference while Bama failed to win their division.

Ohio State played #2, #6, and #9, and #16 that season.
Alabama played #7, #17, and #23

Bama didn't have a single win over a Top 15 team. A team without a Top 15 win who doesn't win their division should have zero claim to a Playoff spot ahead of a conference champ that has two Top 10 wins on their resume. Replace Alabama with any other team's name with the same resume and it would have never been a debate... Ohio State would have gotten in.