So what do you think happens if the top 4 in the rankings all lose this weekend and we are the only power 5 champions? Would be an interesting selection show. A 2 loss USC or 2 loss BAMA or 2 loss Clemson. Just a thought
The committee made it pretty simple. If they all lose, GA and MI still get in, OSU replaces TCU and ALA replaces USC. That's why the playoffs are about ranking the Top 4 teams and not about conference championships except as a potential tiebreaker between two close choices. Clemson winning the 5th best power conference over a fading UNC that will have lost 3 straight if we beat them does absolutely nothing to enhance our position and vault us from 9 to 4. It just doesn't work that way.
No one on the committee believes Clemson is better than the Top 6 teams from this week's ranking and those are the only teams who are still in play.