It's the only college sport where looking like a top four team instead of winning your way to the top is what wins the championship. Every other sport has a tournament where a reasonable amount of good teams get a chance. And winning gets you the championship.
But that does not get you the championship in division one college football. Instead you have to play the silly game of trying to look good and figure out how to schedule so that you're one of the four teams at the end. This is why everybody is debating over whether or not to play...