LogFAQs > #930617572

They deserved it more than they would this year but it was more circumstances and a shitty system that put them in.

The alternatives were:

An Ohio State team that looked better than them with a stronger SOS but had a ridiculously unforgivable loss on their schedule

A Wisconsin team who effectively got punished for having to play a championship game that Alabama didn't (i.e. they were unbeaten in regular season but lost the Big Ten title game by 1 score to Ohio State)

A Penn State team who had the #2 SOS in the country with 2 losses on the road by a combined 4 points. 1 to a walk off FG and another to a ridiculous 4th quarter comeback to lose to Ohio State by 1 point

An unbeaten team who had as many ranked wins as Alabama but because they played outside the P5 they would never be considered

I mean I get it, the committee would have had to be ballsy as fuck to pick anyone but Alabama. Really though they got in because the committee didn't dare put any of the above in rather than because they deserved it. I think 3 of the 4 above probably had a legit chance to win it all like Bama did