the SEC doesn’t play in the game a team does. By that argument last years winner should always get to play in the title game.
That is just stupid.
It is the tough conference that causes the losses. Boise State had to live it down for the conference they played in. Face it, the Big 10 has been only a shadow of its former self for several years. Undefeated teams from 2nd class conferences don’t have much of an argument. The object is to find a national champion, not to find the team that can pad their schedule enough to go undefeated to get in a title game. If OSU gets in the title game, FSU will skin them alive.