TheDayMan
Day Butt Ass the sadgaydayboy
I would argue that Penn State in 2016. Won the conference title AND beat Ohio State in the same season that Ohio State was put in the CFP. Yes, Penn State lost to Pittsburgh. But if the point is to find the best teams in the country, how is Ohio State better than the team that beat them?
They lost to Pittsburgh and got absolutely bent over by Michigan. A top 4 team can lose a game, especially if it’s a good game and to a good team (which penn state was). They could have survived just the Pitt loss, they might have been the only team to make it in with two losses had the Michigan loss been competitive, but those losses together suggest they have flaws that a top 4 team doesn’t have.