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IMHO, as long as the Big12 is the only major conference without a CCG (and whose teams play only 12 games), the Big 12 champion should never make it to the playoff unless it has fewer losses than the champion of another major conference.  Playing fewer games is too big of an advantage to ignore, and it outweighs virtually any other consideration.  The fact that the Big-12 schedules a bunch of OOC cupcakes (4-4 Minnesota probably is the conference's best OOC win) only strengthens my view.  If my view is correct (and I recognize it is not universally held), then a 1-loss Stanford would be in the Playoff as long as OSU, TCU, and Baylor each end with a loss. 

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IMHO, as long as the Big12 is the only major conference without a CCG (and whose teams play only 12 games), the Big 12 champion should never make it to the playoff unless it has fewer losses than the champion of another major conference.  Playing fewer games is too big of an advantage to ignore, and it outweighs virtually any other consideration.  The fact that the Big-12 schedules a bunch of OOC cupcakes (4-4 Minnesota probably is the conference's best OOC win) only strengthens my view.  If my view is correct (and I recognize it is not universally held), then a 1-loss Stanford would be in the Playoff as long as OSU, TCU, and Baylor each end with a loss.