Mrs. Garrison
Rock n' Roll Doggie ALL ACCESS
Obviously if a team loses 1 or more games during the season, they are not very likely to finish #1, but that isn't what I was concerned with.
The "low/unranked team finishing 12-0 and being relegated to a much weaker bowl game than they deserve" scenario is also an injustice but is also not super common.
Much more common is when Team A begins the season highly ranked and ends up with a poor record, or vice versa. If Team B beats Team A early in the season, they will receive more credit for the victory than Team C will for beating Team A late in the season when they're 6-4, and the reverse is true as well.
It sounds almost as if you are making the case for some type of playoff system, and you will not find any argument with me in that.
Of course, the scenario with the "low/unranked team finishing 12-0 and being relegated to a much weaker bowl game than they deserve" does happen. And dare i suggest that it happens because they are a good team who sailed through a weak conference and everybody knows it, hence the low ranking?
Yes they can still shock the world, trust me i know this all to well, but there is still something to be said for playing in a tough conference versus a bunch of cupcakes.