Written by Ryan Palencer at The Comeback
When looking at the resumes of teams the College Football Playoff Selection Committee has placed at the top of the next-to-last rankings, one thing is abundantly clear: the committee values quality wins over losses.
While strength of schedule is a hot button topic for the committee, the past two seasons have shown it is more important to lose to a worse team than a quality squad, because of the value of quality wins.
Case in point: Oklahoma. The Sooners are third in the nation for the second straight week, despite the constant argument of them losing to ragtag Texas earlier in the season. Had Oklahoma lost to TCU, Baylor, or Oklahoma State, there would be a different discussion right now.
Even last year, when Ohio State lost to Virginia Tech, the Buckeyes were able to right the ship and get into the playoff. At the time, it appeared the committee put them in based on how well they were playing at the time. There may have been some merit to that, but if Ohio State had lost to either Michigan State, Wisconsin, or even Minnesota last season, we would be seeing a different defending champion.
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