[SamuelMcF]

The dichotomy of Alabama's and Stanford's schedules SCREAMS for every conference champion to have a spot in the playoffs.

These teams (all of them, not just Stanford and Alabama), simply aren't on equal enough playing fields to let pure record dictate who plays for championship glory.

But OF, all the teams on Bama's schedule have to play Bama! And if they lose a game, they lost to a team that beat Bama! /s

[SamuelMcF]

The dichotomy of Alabama's and Stanford's schedules SCREAMS for every conference champion to have a spot in the playoffs.

These teams (all of them, not just Stanford and Alabama), simply aren't on equal enough playing fields to let pure record dictate who plays for championship glory.

But OF, all the teams on Bama's schedule have to play Bama! And if they lose a game, they lost to a team that beat Bama! /s