Alabama barely beat a lot of mediocre teams. They only made it because the SEC commissioner bullied them in.
Alabama beat the team that just beat the snot out of FSU. Bama was the SEC conference champion. The SEC is a far more competitive conference than the ACC is, and tonight’s game proved that. As much as anyone might hate Bama, they deserved the nod in this instance. The committee made the correct choice, IMHO.