(11-10-2015 08:57 AM)Bull Wrote: Should be definitely NO. If this happened, we may as well just separate the G5 because you would NEVER make the 4 team playoff.
Concerning the "would" part, since the CFP currently has six P5 teams with two losses ranked ahead of Houston, I think it's pretty clear that the CFP committee has no problem with voting a two-loss P5 champ over a 13-0 Houston into the playoffs.
As for "should", I think you are wrong. It should depend on the team. For example, Michigan has two losses right now and is ranked ahead of Houston. To win the B1G, they are going to have to beat #2 Ohio State and #9 Iowa. That is a far tougher gauntlet than Houston has to face, so it would make sense for Michigan to remain ahead of Houston if they both win out.
On the other hand, there are two-loss P5 teams, like UCLA, that will not have played a schedule all that much tougher than Houston, so Houston should pass them.
Bottom line: It is clear that for a G5 to make the playoffs, they have to prove themselves against a highly-ranked P5, like Memphis did against Ole Miss.
If your goal is to be the Access Bowl rep, then scheduling any P5, like Vandy and Louisville, as Houston did, is good enough. But to make the playoffs, you need to play an LSU, an Alabama, an Ohio State, a Notre Dame. Temple and Memphis did that, which is why they had a smidge of a chance at the playoffs had they won out.
Houston didn't, so doesn't. Their greatest claim to fame if they win out will be a win over a Navy team that will probably be unranked if they lose to Houston. That's not going to make the playoffs, and really, it shouldn't.