UCF goes undefeated two straight years and finishes #7 in the polls.
College football is stupid and broken.
But hey, 3 Mountain West schools finished the season ranked.
While I agree that the playoff selection system is broken, UCF is not worthy of a top 4 selection. In their run their best win was last year again Auburn, who was completely unmotivated due to being left out if the top 4 last season.
Other than that, they've beaten Memphis 3 times, Cinny a couple and that's really the only notable teams.
And for arguments sake who's spot so you think they should have? Alabama, Clemson and ND, all undefeated as well with much harder schedules. So that leaves Oklahoma and Ohio St. Oklahoma has multiple wins over ranked opponents, only loss by 3 pts to highly ranked Texas which they avenged in the title game. Ohio St multiple wins against ranked teams, the thing that hurts their chances is a bad loss to Purdue.
It's the same story every year for smaller conference schools. They just don't play anyone. You give Alabama UCFs schedule and they'd look like the greatest team ever assembled. Where if you give UCF Bamas schedule they are 3+ loss team.
I wish there was a feasible way to accommodate the smaller conference schools but their really isn't unless your expand the playoffs to a bigger number like 8 or even 16. Then throw in to of that the NCAA is still a business and bottom line is making money, small schools aren't making the playoff with it being 4 teams, they can't generate the money necessary. It's sad but true.