Look at every other ranked P5 school...they have matchups much better than 8-4 UAB.

#14 Oregon v. #16 Oklahoma on Dec. 29
#15 Iowa v. #22 Kentucky on Jan. 1
#17 Wake Forest v. #25 Texas A&M on Dec. 31
#18 NC State v. 8-4 UCLA on Dec. 28
#19 Clemson v. 7-5 Iowa State on Dec. 29
#21 Arkansas v. 7-5 Penn State on Jan. 1

#13 BYU v. 8-4 UAB
#20 Houston v. 6-6 Auburn on Dec. 28
#21 Louisiana v. 7-5 Marshall
#24 SDSU v. 12-1 UTSA

I would have been OK with the UTSA matchup. I can't believe they dodged us and am disappointed that the Independence Bowl and BYU couldn't put more pressure on CUSA and UTSA to make the BYU v. UTSA matchup occur.