Right you are! It's infuriating, as I too remember the importance they put on conference championships and head-to-head results.
I'm not a Penn State fan, but if they emerge as the Big 10 champs, they deserve a spot in the Final Four. Not Ohio State!
I’m with you both. In fact, given that they only have 4 spots, the only decision from the committee should be which conference champ is left out. In my opinion, the current 4 slots should only be awarded to conference champions.
If you can’t win your own conference, then you shouldn’t be eligible to win the national championship!
If they want to include teams that don’t win their conferences, then they need to expand their playoff to 8 teams. Take all power 5 champs and then 3 at large teams.
If they take any team that is NOT a conference champion, they will show that their system is bunk! I don’t care if OSU (or UM) is higher ranked than the winner of PSU/UW. Decide it on the field! Period!
My dream would be that Colorado beats Washington, VT beats Clemson and Florida beats Alabama. What would the “committee” do then? Hmmm...
Oh, and go WMU Broncos! It’s nice to have a season for my alma mater to pay attention too....
Penn State should not have lost twice. Two losses hurts. OSU has five wins against teams that were ranked in the top 10 at the time.