Back in the BCS Era, I would rank championship worthiness by a simple formula of win and loss points scaled by the opponent's Sagarin standing: for Sagarin Top 10 teams 2/-1 pts for a win/loss, for Sagarin Top 30 teams 1/-2 pts for a win/loss, for all other teams 0/-3 pts for a win/loss. This accumulates resume points to tier the teams (with Sagarin SoS as a tie-break).

Below is the "sagarin resume" tiering. Not perfect but reasonable, and with no human/conference bias.

Note, BYU lands competitively, Texas and Ohio State on the playoff bubble!, ND = SMU, and Army over Boise?

Resume-----A = Sagarin------( Schedule)
Points-------A = Rating-------( Strength)

3 Oregon A = 91.02 8 0 71.33( 40) BIG TEN
3 Miami-Florida A = 86.68 8 0 70.60( 48) ACC

2 Georgia A = 92.48 6 1 77.43( 6) SEC
2 Texas A&M A = 86.19 7 1 74.44( 23) SEC
2 BYU A = 82.49 8 0 72.91( 29) BIG 12
2 Tennessee A = 87.62 6 1 72.60( 32) SEC
2 Penn State A = 87.60 7 0 71.28( 43) BIG TEN

1 Iowa State A = 84.59 7 0 71.37( 38) BIG 12

0 Alabama A = 90.47 6 2 77.63( 4) SEC
0 LSU A = 85.88 6 2 76.74( 9) SEC
0 Texas A = 90.88 7 1 70.16( 51) SEC
0 Ohio State A = 91.32 6 1 70.16( 52) BIG TEN
0 Pittsburgh A = 79.71 7 0 67.85( 65) ACC
0 Indiana A = 82.89 8 0 63.94( 91) BIG TEN
0 Army West Pt A = 73.19 7 0 54.36( 145) AAC

-1 Kansas State A = 85.22 7 1 75.40( 14) BIG 12
-1 Notre Dame A = 90.40 7 1 69.50( 56) I-A IND
-1 SMU A = 81.88 7 1 69.26( 58) ACC
-1 Clemson A = 84.93 6 1 68.48( 61) ACC
-1 Boise State A = 81.64 6 1 67.81( 67) MWC