We did trail for a good bit of the game. We didn't take the lead in the second half until that field goal with a minute and change left.
With that said, the largest deficit was 10 points at the beginning of the 3rd but for the most part, it was a tight game throughout. AND it was against an undefeated (at the time) OU and not fucking ASU.
Our strength of schedule has been above both teams since the CFP rankings started and Oregon is still ahead of us. I doubt they just decide on the last ranking to be like "oh, would you look at that". They've been ignoring it and will continue to do so.
No way unless Alabama beats Georgia something like 50-13 and we go tripple overtime with OSU
Much like Oregon has the poll momentum over us, we have the same over Alabama. If it comes down to us being the Big12 champ and them being the SEC champ, we get it via H2H and all the talking head have said as such as well. Especially after their debacle against an awful Auburn team.
Y'all need to quit arguing about Oregon. Per the metrics we should be ahead of them but the committee has made their choice and nothing that happened this weekend or will happen next weekend will move the needle. They're going to stick their guns on this one, especially with Nix in the Heisman conversation. Only way we jump them is with a Washington win in the PAC CCG and they pick up a second loss. The eventual PAC12 winner is in either way.
Our only realistic paths in at this point:
1. FSU loses - we're in
OR
2. Bama wins - we're in
I really hope there is some politic'ing behind the scenes to get us above Oregon this week in the coaches and AP poll. That may influence the CPF committee. Frankly, we should have been in front of Oregon once they lost to Washington but now after this week we've added a data point of common opponent. Hopefully that added data point can push us over the edge.
Outside of that, prepare your anus to be ranked 5th next Sunday.