UCF isn’t #1 because of strength of schedule.
That should ONLY be relevant if: a) the two teams have not met head-to-head b) the two teams have the same number of losses c) the two teams can be compared by common opponents. Well, let's start UCF vs. Alabama. a) they have not met head to head b) Alabama has one more loss than UCF. c) They DO have a common opponent - Auburn. UCF beat Auburn, Alabama didn't. Case closed. Then, let's talk UCF vs. Georgia. a) they have not met head to head b) Georgia has one more loss than UCF. c) They DO have a common opponent - Auburn. UCF beat Auburn. Georgia split against them in two games. Georgia, if they beat Bama, has more legitimate claim than Alabama but they still have one loss and UCF has zero. Strength of schedule should be irrelevant unless you have run out of other tiebreakers. It should NEVER be spoken of like the first criteria. Only an imbecile would make that argument.