“if you can’t win your conference you do not belong in the playoffs.”
What famous coach said that? Nick Saban. But it wasn’t this season.
FYI, there are no preseason games in college football.
Oops. You are right. I meant non-conference games. Sorry.
That would be a reasonable rule. But Nick Saban lost that argument last year when Ohio State made the playoff (and proceeded to get beat soundly). I bet the Big 10 wishes it never got rid of Saban's reasonable rule last year. Ohio State wasn't Big 10 champ, but made the playoffs and promptly got thumped. That, coupled with Michigan State's dismal playoff performance in the 2015-2016 playoffs revealed that Big 10 teams don't deserve to be in the playoffs.
Hillarys Gate Cult wrote: ““if you can’t win your conference you do not belong in the playoffs.” What famous coach said that? Nick Saban. But it wasn’t this season.”
You’re overlooking the Alabama Rule which states that:
1. If Alabama is undefeated, then they’re in the playoffs.
2. If Alabama has been defeated, they’re in the playoffs.