Having watched all our games this year, do you think we should be ranked higher than any of those teams? If we played them tomorrow, would we be favorites or underdogs? Should the committee take that into any consideration at all? Just curious how you would go about your task if you were on the committee.
If it were me, I would do something like this to attempt to keep the focus on resume without disregarding eye test, while not overly weighting recruiting rankings:
0 points for wins over bad teams at home
1 point for wins over bad teams on the road
1 point for wins over fair teams at home
2 points for wins over fair teams on the road
2 points for wins over good teams at home
3 points for wins over good teams on the road
3 points for wins over elite teams at home
4 points for wins over elite teams on the road
-0 points for elite losses; -1 for good losses; -2 for fair losses; -3 for bad losses
up to 3 points bonus for eye test (1 offense; 1 defense; 1 margin of victory)
(true neutral site games split the difference; close neutral sites = home)
Doing that, Clemson scores better than I gave them credit for. In fact, they'd be in my top 4 based largely on quality road wins. TCU would be 5th or 6th.
Tennessee: 0+2+0+2+3+3+0+2=12+bonus 3 = 15
Clemson: 2+0+0+3+2+1+3+2=13+bonus 2 = 15
Georgia: 3+0+2+0+2+2+0+2.5=11.5+bonus 3 = 14.5
Ohio State: 2+0+0+1+1+2+2+3=11+bonus 3 = 14
Michigan: 0+0+0+2+3+2+2+1=10+bonus 3 = 13
TCU: 1+0+1+1+3+2+2+2=12+bonus 1 = 13
Alabama: 0+3+0+0+2+2-0+1=8+bonus 3 = 11
Oregon: -0+0+1+2+1+1+2+2=9+bonus 2 = 11
How would you do it, Wex?