If you’ve got 13-0 Clemson, 12-0 ND, 12-1 Mich/OSU, 12-1 WVU/Oklahoma and 12-1 Georgia, Bama isn’t getting in. They’d be ranked over a 1 loss Notre Dame and probably a 1-loss Washington State but that’s it. Bama only got in last year because Ohio State lost twice and then beat Wisconsin in the Big 10 title game. Clemson, Georgia and Oklahoma all had 1 loss and got in before them and Wisconsin was the 5th. If Wisconsin beat OSU, Bama would have been out since Wisconsin was ranked 4th by the committee before the conference title game.