that finished in the top 25, including one of them that had spent the majority of the season ranked #1. Makes sense to me to crown that team #1.

As for a bowling green that went undefeated. If they ran through their conference and also beat 4 non-conference opponents that were ranked in the top 25, including a team that was ranked #1 for most of the season. I'd have no problem whatsoever including them in the playoff.

If BYU were 5-0 at this point and Michigan won the Big 10 and UCLA finished second or third in the Pac-12 and Boise continues to do what they are doing this year, how would you keep BYU out of the playoff and perhaps even not seed them #1 in the playoff. They couldn't.

That's what I mean. You should be rewarded for beating the teams you beat. And I'll repeat, in 2008 Utah beat 4 teams that finished ranked in the top 25 and Utah was also the only team that didn't lose a game, in the ENTIRE COUNTRY, that season. They deserved to be #1.

But it's no use arguing this point anymore, because it doesn't matter any more, the next time Utah goes undefeated in a season, and perhaps even a year in which it loses only 1 game (as long as that game is early in the season and to a tough team) they will be national champions.