^Yet you would keep and undefeated TCU team out, who has a higher power ranking than either SEC team, and who's beaten a team playing in their conference championship game (Clemson, ACC) as well as two other top 20 teams? That's hard to justify. I could see why your logic might hold up if it were Boise State and they'd only played one good team, but Clemson's ranked #16 right now (and actually have a better power ranking than and plus they have their two wins over the ranked teams in their conference (BYU #16, Utah #15 at the time they played). Add in the fact that they chose to play another BCS conference team on the road (Virginia), instead of playing some little D-1AA or Sunbelt school, and they have a pretty strong argument that they've played at least 4 games (three on the road) that were as good as any of the teams in the discussion for the NC, and won all 4. Hard to dismiss an undefeated team who did what they needed to do in their biggest games and in the smaller games (i.e. avoiding the upset) to take an SEC team who is very good, but failed to deliver in their biggest game of the year. Especially if it's Florida. Florida is 38th in the SOS power rating as of this week, and TCU is 56. How much do you value (or devalue a team for) a loss? If a one loss Florida team plays for the NC because they're Florida, and they've won a couple recently, and leave TCU out, that's crap. Because they'd be lower in ranking than TCU, but still get in because they're Florida. That's just my opinion. I'm not trying to change your mind, just take it for what it's worth.
(power ratings)
http://www.teamrankings.com/college-football/ranking/overall-power-ranking-by-team
(SOS)
http://www.teamrankings.com/college-football/ranking/strength-of-schedule-by-team
Here's my hypothetical situation though; we know either Alabama or Florida is going to lose a game. If Texas loses to A&M, but then beats Nebraska, and Clemson beats GT in the ACC title game, Clemson will likely be in the top 10 by bowl selection time. TCU beat Clemson at home earlier this year. Does that help TCU's cause to get in over Cincy (assuming they go undefeated as well) and the one loss SEC team and a one loss Texas team? If I'm looking at this correctly, TCU would have the only win out of the current top 5, over another BCS conference's champion. Also, they will be the ONLY team with a win over another team who WILL get an auto BCS bid. Is this enough to get them into the NC game? Clemson's recent stretch of winning games has really helped TCU stay where they are in the rankings. Would it be enough to get them in the NC game, if Texas loses to A&M though?
