The "committee" is a bunch of stodgy old fucks. They don't care about the best teams, they care about "giving the fans what they want to see"
Because in their mind an Alabama - Ohio State matchup between Woody Hayes and Bear Bryant is some thrilling theater. What? Woody's not there? You sure about that?
They also think Oregon is what those crazy kids are listening to today, with all their mop-top hair and rock music.
Yep.
And Baylor is the smart school in Texas with the pretty girls. Always makes for a good homecoming.
And TCU is that team out West with Texas in the name. Good private school raising kids up to be nice Christians.
How could they have "NFL bodies" like Joe Namath and Archie Griffith?