The committee will also take into account that their all-everything QB was limping around the whole game in the close loss. I agree that Utah has a really good team this year, but do you honestly think that Utah is on the same level as LSU, Alabama, Clemson, OSU, Penn State, etc.? Utah hasn't beaten Oregon yet, but you're already claiming superiority over Alabama? That's silly.

Even though they shouldn't consider it, the committee for sure will remember that, last time they let 'Bama in without winning their division, they won it all.