If someone said Alabama didn’t deserve to go, I could understand that. But they damn sure deserve to go more than 2 loss OSU.
Nothing on OSU’s schedule impresses me. The top team you played was OU and OSU got their asses handed to them. Other than that, nothing on their schedule impresses me — Michigan - No, Penn State — No, Wis. — No.
Also, compare auburn’s losses to Iowa. LOL.
Because you refuse to see, because of personal bias. OSU racked up 449 yrs against the top defense in all of college football by ypg (WIS). Outside of OSU, PSU was 10-1, losing only at #17 MSU by only 3. Michigan v OSU is a major rivalry, if not THE rivalry game in all of college football. Winning on the road by 11 to an 8-3 team with the #3 defense in the nation (by ypg) is not "nothing".
Comparing the stats:
OSU was #6 in offensive ypg, Bama #20...
Bama was #2 in defensive ypg, OSU #8...
OSU was #5 in offensive ppg, Bama #12...
Bama #1 in defensive ppg, OSU #22...
Strength of Schedule: OSU #2, Bama #10...
Again, pretty close all around (by any rational and unbiased observer), but the FCS charter says that a non-champion's resume must be clearly better to overlook a conference champion. Alabama simply isn't "clearly" better, by any stretch of the imagination. Alabama maybe gets in over PAC-12 Champion USC (11-2), not over BigTen Champion OSU.