It is clear that style points (ie. margin of victory) is being considered, or at least being made an issue, this year in determining whether a school such as BYU is worth of the playoffs or NY6 bowl. I have always been a proponent of this in the past, because it is only sensible that a school that plays weaker competition can demonstrate how good they are by killing weaker teams.

But margin of victory seemed to have largely been excluded from the conversation, my theory being that it favored the non-BCS schools who regularly had blow-out victories, vs. top-10 BCS teams that would squeak by teams in the conference schedule but claim that didn't matter because they played a tough schedule (the 'just win' mentality). Therefore, the old system of one win is the same as any other win was better, because the BCS teams could rely on their SOS alone.

Now, all of a sudden margin of victory is being considered. What accounts for the change? All I can think is that it is attempt by the P5 to keep moving the bar to avoid true inclusion. BYU will end up with a better SOS than all the previous BCS busters, and I wouldn't be surprised if BYU has a similar SOS (within 15) to one of the schools that ends up being included in the playoff. Yet, even if BYU wins out, they are 99% certain of being excluded from the playoffs because the rules of the game keep changing. I hope that BYU and BYU fans up the pressure on the media and playoff committee the closer BYU gets to going undefeated.