"Here's a fun blind comparison.

Team A: 10-2, No. 12 strength of record, losses to SP+ Nos. 39 and 51 with best win against SP+ No. 12

Team B: 10-2, No. 14 strength of record, losses to SP+ Nos. 50 and 59 with best win against SP+ No. 18

Neither of these teams will play in their conference championship games.

If you had to pick one for the playoff, which would you take?

Well, the records are the same, but Team A seems to have the edge everywhere else, right?

OK, Team A is BYU.

Team B? That's Miami.

We're not arguing against Miami, but Miami checks in as the first team out. BYU checks in behind three-loss Clemson!

Perhaps the Cougars' losses (to Arizona State and Kansas) are reason enough for exclusion (though by that logic, we should be waving goodbye to Alabama and Ole Miss, too), but the fact that BYU isn't even in the conversation is ridiculous."