This is where I disagree. I think if you forget the names and call Alabama Team A, Baylor Team B, and Minnesota Team C and just line up their resumes side by side, who they played, where they played, and what the final score was.........I think it would be plainly obvious that Team A is the best team of the three. Doesn't that mean they have the better "resume" as well?
Spent 20 minutes looking into this because I'm curious and am killing time till my dinner finishes in the oven:
Team A: 2 ranked wins, 0 losses, 3 wins over P5 w/winning record, 2 cupcakes, 4 road games, MOV over P5: 6.8
56-17 vs 2-8 FCS
63-14 vs 4-5 G5
21-13 @ 0-9 G5
23-21 vs 5-4 P5
31-12 @ #6-3 P5, ranked #24
33-30 2OT vs 4-5 P5
45-27 @ 6-3 P5, ranked #22
17-14 vs 3-5 P5
29-23 (3OT) @ 4-5 P5
Team B: 0 ranked wins, 1 loss, 1 win over P5 w/winning record, 1 cupcake, 2 road games, MOV over P5: 24
42-3 vs 4-5 P5
62-10 vs 0-9 Independent
47-23 @ 4-6 P5
49-7 vs 6-3 G5
59-31 vs 4-6 P5
47-28 @ 6-3 P5
35-13 vs 5-5 P5
48-7 vs 2-8 P5
41-46 vs 9-0 P5, Loss to #1
Team C: 1 top 10 ranked win, 0 losses, 2 wins over P5 w/winning record, 1 cupcake, 3 road games, MOV over P5: 23
28-21 vs 7-3 FCS
38-35 (2OT) @ 4-5 G5
35-32 vs 5-4 G5
38-31 @ 4-6 P5
40-17 vs 6-4 P5
34-7 vs 4-5 P5
42-7 @ 2-7 P5
52-10 vs 3-7 P5
31-26 vs 8-1 P5, ranked #9
To summarize... team B is Bama. They have less wins over P5 teams with winning records than the other two, the same amount of cupcakes as Minnesota but one less than baylor, less road games than Baylor or Minnesota, 0 ranked wins, and their margin of victory is only 1 point better than Minnesota. I don't know how you can look at that and rank Minnesota as low as the committee has. After the early close games, they have dominated almost everyone and beaten a top ten team.
The question then becomes... are Baylor's 2 more ranked wins, 1 less loss, 2 more wins over P5 teams w/winning records, 1 less cupcake, and 2 more road games worth more or less than Bama's margin of victory being 17 points better? You tell me