Ate we going to lean towards teams with an extra loss who played a more challenging schedule and have quality wins.

I just don't think you can say you are using the same criteria to put Alabama ahead of SMU but not put Arizona St ahead of Boise St.

Bama and ASU have 1 more loss but have quality wins. SMU and BSU have nothing but quality losses, but lack big wins and have actually had some close games against lesser competition.

I suspect Alabama and BSU get the respective nods which makes no sense. I think ASU would have jumped BSU but with SMU losing they can give ASU a bye without rocking the boat. But the logic is completely inconsistent.