UCF played an extra game, won their conference and beat Pitt 45-14 while Notre Dame barely beat Pitt. Notre Dame beat Navy by 22 pts while UCF beat Navy by 11 pts.
UCF beat Auburn while Notre Dame beat LSU in last years Bowl Games. Would be great if UCF beat Alabama in the first round.
The playoff system is better than BCS but until P5 teams schedule more P5 teams OOC and there is a tiered system where big boys play big boys year round, the system will still be broken.