While the BCS Era had plenty of drama and detractors during it’s time as the top ranking service in college football, many people still understood its rankings better than the ones produced by the College Football Playoff.
Rewind to two seasons ago. And then look all the way back through 1992. Find a season where a program with the prestige of an undefeated, defending National Champion Ohio State sat behind anyone this late in the season. Find anything?
Sure maybe an instance or two.
Now rewind again. Use the same criteria and find a place where a team that was not also undefeated ranked ahead of the program like Ohio State.