Ppl are arguing two different points IMO. One side is saying that the best-talented team with the most upside, regardless of losses should have been in the playoffs. The other side is saying the most deserving team, given how the selection process is set up should have been in the playoffs.
I agree with the second idea - you can't use the outcome of a game to go back and then determine who should have been in the playoffs. That's just 20-20 hindsight and faulty reasoning I think.
When the top 4 were announced I was pretty good with those 4 getting in at the time. But that's just me.
Yep it would be like letting a team in besides their results just because of their recruit rankings because maybe for that one game they will be good or something. TCU proved they weren't a fluke when they beat Michigan and many national championship games have been blowouts including 3 of the 4 the Gators played in.