re: Year by Year Decisions by the CFP Playoff Committee (updated)

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-As a follow up to the point above, let’s look at why those 2 non-champs made it. ’16 OSU made it over #5 Penn State because they only had 1 loss compared to 2 for psu. Ditto for ’17 bama who made it over #5 OSU, also because OSU had 2 losses compared to just 1 for bama.

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Important to remember that '16 OSU also made it because they had a signature win over big 12 champ Oklahoma in non-conf play. OSU had a marquee non-conf win that Penn State did not, and to just consider conference play is to only consider 75% of those teams' schedules.

People who say a 2-loss team won't make it over a 1-loss team should look at the penultimate rankings in 2017, when 2-loss Auburn was ranked no.2 because they had beated UGA and Bama back to back. They would have been in if they beat UGA and won the SECCG.