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Also depends on which P12 team. A 12-1 Oregon State would not trump ND, a 12-1 USC winning the P12 CG would trump an 11-1 ND.Ohio State had a better resume than Baylor or TCU. It was pretty simple.
There are a million variables in any season and you are defining a handful and ignoring the impact of the rest.
You are saying 12-1 PAC 12 always trumps 11-1 Notre Dame - it depends on who they beat, who they didn't, where it happened and on and on.
Does not having a title game hurt them? Some years sure, if you don't have a title game you can't lose it - and if others lose it may be a net positive.
While impossible to prove, my guess is that if it was Texas and Oklahoma that finished 11-1 in the B12 (and not TCU/Baylor), one or possibly both probably get in as the 4th team last year. The Frogs andBears name cache was lacking, and with humans making the selections that had to have been a factor, even if only subconsciously