Well thank god the playoff is increasing to 12 next season because the committee blinked today and didn't have the guts to leave out Alabama and the SEC.
Florida state should be in there, no ifs ands or buts and the committee didn't have the balls to make the decision and used the fact their QB is out as a scapegoat.
They didn't follow their own guidelines that rewards power 5 conference winners, especially undefeated ones. The committee couldn't leave Texas out because of the head to head win at Bama but you can bet your bottom dollar that if they were both 12-1 without a head to head match up they would have left Texas out in favour of Florida state.
Florida state win the ACC undefeated and beat 2 non conference power 5 teams on the road. Some may say Bama will be more competitive and that may be the case, they might even win the thing but that is not what the committee is supposed to decide. If we are being serious, Georgia and Ohio state are probably better than Washington and Texas but they both lost one game that mattered.