We will be highly ranked going into next season with a bowl victory over a top 12 team (NY6)
Next year we would have wins over the following:
Arizona (neutral)
Utah
Arizona State
Boise State
Virginia
@ USC (last game)
That schedule is more than any G5 team has gone undefeated against in any of your examples.
We will be the darling of the media, unlike UCF who still no one cares to watch or hear about. We will own the west.
I'll concede many things would have to happen to be a 1/2 seed. But We would get into CFP. To think otherwise is silly, and means we will never find happiness.