Game. But I think the moment SMU made their conference championship game and we didn’t, it was over for us in the case that the committee was choosing between SMU and us for an at large spot.

Yes, I can see the argument for us over SMU on the head to head. But I can also see the argument for not ‘punishing’ a team for losing their conference championship game VS a team that lost two out of their last three games and didn’t even make theirs.

To answer the question, what it says is don’t expect to make it in if you don’t make it to your conference championship game, unless you’re in the SEC or Big 10. That might not be a perfect criteria, but it’s a defensible one.