It seems that the committee doesn't really penalize for bad losses or give credit for "good" losses very much at all. They mainly give credit for good wins.
And because they do it that way, it is better to lose to a bad team than to lose to a good team. If you lose to a good team then you miss out on getting the credit for the good win. If you lose to a bad team it doesn't really hurt you because you weren't going to get much credit for the win anyway.
That seems to be the thing with Notre Dame right now. They lack the good wins of the others, and the "good" loss to Clemson seems mostly irrelevant.
It played out the same last year with TCU and OhioSt. When TCU lost to Baylor they missed out on getting a good win on their resume. OhioSt. beat the good teams on their schedule, but lost badly to VaTech (6-6 in 2014) at home. OhioSt. arguably had the better wins. OhioSt.'s bad loss seemed to be irrelevant, and TCU's "good" loss seemed to be irrelevant.
I don't really agree with the logic, but they are being consistent with last year on this criteria.
Last edited: Nov 25, 2015