every One loss pac 12 champ has made the playoff. They have just as many people on the committee as the other schools. Whatever your personal assumptions are mean nothing.
The pac plays 9 conference games, more p5s in the preseason, and has a lot of depth. That’s why they haven’t made the playoff. If they got to play Clemson’s schedule, they’d be in every year (as proven by their complete domination of the acc)