[OutsiderFan]

To me, you need to see the championship games play out before settling on a Top 4 teams, and there has to be some sort of factoring in of SOS, and maybe even something like the UPS team efficiency ranking too.  Then there should be deference to winning the biggest games at the end of the season (kind of like the NCAA hoops tournament uses last 10 games played as a measure) in seedings and selections.

By this score, Alabama is out in my book.  They had the game in hand and couldn't get it done.  It would be like Stanford losing to Oregon but beating USC.  Stanford had to beat Oregon to win its division and did it.  Alabama had to beat Auburn to win theirs and didn't.

Whoever loses their conference championship game is out too.  So four teams would be eliminated this weekend.  For example purposes, let's say these teams win this weekend: Florida State, Ohio State, Stanford, Missouri.

Auburn is now out.  That makes Florida State, Ohio State, Missouri the top three.  So it comes down to Oklahoma State and Stanford for the last spot.  If Oklahoma State beats Oklahoma, they get the 4th spot, no matter what Stanford does against ASU.  But if Oklahoma State loses, then Stanford gets the 4th spot.  That's about as equitable a way I can see to apply playoff principles to an imperfect system. 

My guess is Oklahoma State beats Oklahoma, so it would be:

1. Florida State vs. 4. Oklahoma State
2. Ohio State vs. #3 Missouri

[OutsiderFan]

To me, you need to see the championship games play out before settling on a Top 4 teams, and there has to be some sort of factoring in of SOS, and maybe even something like the UPS team efficiency ranking too.  Then there should be deference to winning the biggest games at the end of the season (kind of like the NCAA hoops tournament uses last 10 games played as a measure) in seedings and selections.

By this score, Alabama is out in my book.  They had the game in hand and couldn't get it done.  It would be like Stanford losing to Oregon but beating USC.  Stanford had to beat Oregon to win its division and did it.  Alabama had to beat Auburn to win theirs and didn't.

Whoever loses their conference championship game is out too.  So four teams would be eliminated this weekend.  For example purposes, let's say these teams win this weekend: Florida State, Ohio State, Stanford, Missouri.

Auburn is now out.  That makes Florida State, Ohio State, Missouri the top three.  So it comes down to Oklahoma State and Stanford for the last spot.  If Oklahoma State beats Oklahoma, they get the 4th spot, no matter what Stanford does against ASU.  But if Oklahoma State loses, then Stanford gets the 4th spot.  That's about as equitable a way I can see to apply playoff principles to an imperfect system. 

My guess is Oklahoma State beats Oklahoma, so it would be:

1. Florida State vs. 4. Oklahoma State
2. Ohio State vs. #3 Missouri