Everyone wants to bring up all these warts that various teams have. But in a 12 team playoff, a lot of teams with warts will get in.

The following teams can very clearly say they have no warts.

• Oregon: Perfection so far. Their biggest wart is playing Wisconsin close and playing a Boise team close (that actually turned out pretty good). Biggest feathers in their cap are beating 2 likely playoff teams.
• Ohio State: 1 point road loss to the #1 team is the best loss you can possibly have. Warts beyond that are a 4 point win against Nebraska at home that didn't look great. Two very good wins in Indiana and Penn State are the key feathers.
• Penn State: 7 point loss at home to the #2 team is also very excusable, although their 1 point road win against Minnesota was not a good look. Played a few mediocre teams close like BGSU, USC also aren't great. Biggest feather is beating Illinois, which is not super impressive

  Worst warts of teams in the at-large playoff picture
  * Notre Dame vs. Northern Illinois. The worst loss of any team in the playoff picture
  * Alabama @ Vandy. A close game but Vandy is not that good.
  * Alabama @ Oklahoma. Oklahoma is underrated but losing that badly is ugly.
  * Tennessee @ Arkansas. Road games are tough and they kept it close so not awful.
  * Clemson vs. Georgia. Losing to Georgia isn't terrible, but 3 points and getting blown out is real bad.
  * Indiana @ Ohio State. Losing wasn't bad, but getting blown out and looking that inept was.
  * Texas vs. Georgia. Getting dominated at home is never a good look.
  * Miami vs. Georgia Tech. Georgia Tech isn't bad and this one is partially excusable if Miami didn't play every mediocre team close.
  * SMU vs. BYU. BYU isn't amazing butit's an excusable loss.
  * Boise St. playing Wyoming and Nevada close. Two awful teams that should have gotten blown out.
  * South Carolina @ Ole Miss. Not the worst loss but the magnitude was bad.