This is such a bad line of reasoning. Yes the Florida loss is an anchor, no denying that. But those "close wins" don't matter because "wins"
We are ABSOLUTELY being punished for playing OSU, as in...if we had played Rice instead we'd be 8-1 and there's no fucking debate about us being worthy, the loss to Florida and those bad wins taken into account.
The fact is teams like Oregon, Tech/BYU/UTAH and even ND for their joke of a schedule overall, are being rewarded for not playing a tougher schedule, and/or not scheduling tough OOC games.
You can piss and moan about how they've looked against Kentucky(which has been pretty damned good since we beat them, and Miss St) and a loss to a talented if disappointing Florida team, while not also ignoring that Texas is being downplayed because they also lost week one on the road to the best team in the nation.
Something the Committee said it would favorably in .
So yes, they should look at Texas more like a 2 loss team, than a 3 loss when it comes down to it IMO.
And this is a salient point. In the end if it's between 2 loss Utah/BYU and Texas, they probably will select Texas. They couldn't do that last year with Bama over SMU because they made HUGE spectacle about any teams already in the top 10 before the CCG's would not lose a spot just for losing that game, or it would make them worthless games(which they are, and I suspect will be done away with soon).
I think the reason they're so down on ACC/Big 12 teams this year overall, is because they don't want the same thing to happen, and have a ACC or Big 12 loser guaranteed a spot. Might still happen for BYU(and a case could be made to them being worthy with just 2 losses and one in the CCG, but not Utah).