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I am going to assume for a moment you want an honest, serious discussion. No one argues that on field results don't matter. Everyone thinks that on field results matter. It is for that reason that your school has been lauded the past few years.
But, in an imperfect system where you can only have 4, for now, teams playing for the national championship, you have to look beyond the record. Obviously, one has to look at how that record was achieved, and against what talent it was achieve. The SOS formulas are an imperfect attempt at that, which is why they are just part of a larger set of metrics that are considered. You don't need a formula to see that your perfect record 2 years ago was accomplished against far inferior competition. Not your fault, you won every game you could win. But in determining the best 4 teams to play for the championship, where a large field tournament is not possible, one has to weigh the level of talent that each team played, even if it is imperfect.
I am going to ask you a serious question ... do you honestly believe that your team goes undefeated playing an P5 schedule in the P5? With your lack of talented depth, playing tougher teams week in and week out, it's far more likely you lose several games. Hell, Bama, Clemson and other of the best P5 rarely go undefeated because over 12 games against really good teams you lose players and you have to have depth your team simply did not have. Never mind a comparison of the talent level at the top.
So, within the imperfect system we currently have, you simply don't play enough good teams each year to get into the top 4. It really is that simple.
The math of UCF's 2017 season is much better than the perception. Based on winning percentages going one, two, three generations deep, UCF finished in the top four in all three. Their math beats that of 2009 and 2010 TCU which finished in poll/BCS top four. UCF is one of only two undefeated non power teams over the past 40 seasons to own at least three AP top 25 wins. Yet, perception treated them like they were 1998 Tulane and 2007 Hawaii.