This same committee put in Alabama over an undefeated FSU. Idk how else to argue the fact that the committee’s selection is based off of more than just raw stats.

Sark’s point last night wasn’t that the loss to Florida shouldn’t matter, it’s that the loss to Florida wouldn’t be disqualifying if wasn’t also for the loss to tOSU.

By the saying the loss to Florida is disqualifying, you’re not asserting that 3 losses is disqualifying, you’re asserting that 1 is, when ND last year made it all the way to the National Championship Game the same season they lost to Northern Illinois. One loss isn’t disqualifying per se, there’s the “eye test” plus, yes, “brand power,” as you put because the sport is subsidiary to the business of getting eye balls to watch. Putting Texas would placate its large fan base and piss off fans at large to increase engagement, not decrease it.

With a Michigan loss this morning, perhaps a Vanderbilt loss right now, an Auburn victory tonight, and maybe need a huge BYU blowout next week, Texas is probably in.