My take. The committee needs to get out of the business of providing a top 25 every week. In fact, having a top 25 at all. It only confused the issue. I have no problem with the four that got in. I do, however, have a problem with the fact that the committe seemed to start from scratch in the last poll. They somehow thought that TCU's resume was good enough to jump them to #3 in the last week before the decision. Then, they decided that FSU, Baylor, and OSU all had more impressive wins than TCU. Impressive enough to leap frog all three over them. Somehow, though, it seemed preconceived that FSU, with a win, was immune from this logic. I believe FSU was in simply because the committee didn't want to go that far out on a limb. If this decision had been made by the committee absent weekly rankings, I don't think there would be any controversy whatsoever. Withour the weekly rankings, the picks make plenty of sense.
Here's the question, though. Under last year's system, would FSU be playing for the NC? I can't see how they wouldn't.