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Who's been the worst team in each conference/division, during the CFP era?

Who indicated they thought any G5 team had any chance at winning the playoff?  (There is a chance, but it is obviously minimal.  They are being included for legal reasons clearly.)

The one team that made it didn't do any worse than any non helmet P5 schools, aside from TCU this year.  Hell, Cincinnati did better than Michigan in their same year, and MSU, Washington, FSU, Notre Dame, etc... from other years.

All the CFP has done is saved the teams who everyone knew were a top 2 team, but lost a stupid road game in October.  Everyone knows the teams that don't have a chance.  TCU over Michigan this year is probably the 2nd surprising result in a decade of these, after OSU over Alabama.  Because college football, played with high stakes, on a neutral field, is fairly predictable.  It was the fact that a random road game at Mississippi State, or Purdue, or Texas Tech, could ruin everything, made it interesting.  That led to some shitty NC games, and excluded some very good 12-1 teams, but it's what kept the sport from being fairly predictable

TCU could have faced someone like USC or Penn St in the NCG and lost badly.  Rising up and actually beating a Michigan becomes their Super Bowl and they are not getting back up with the same intensity again.  0% chance.
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A 12-team playoff requires them to win 3 straight Super Bowls.  It's silly. 

But isn't that way more fun than the alternative? More teams playing their Super Bowls as opposed to random exhibitions? Seems like a no brainer to me. 

So we're arguing FOR 65-7 bloodbaths?  I guess?  If you're into that.
Kinda kinky.

We get that no matter the system. The only question is whether you want some great games along the way.

I guess I just don't understand being inclusive when it comes to this.  
I know they're poorly and subjectively judged, but I consider college football to be a lot like diving or gymnastics or ice skating events.  Before the season even begins, we can generally tell who has a tough schedule, an average one, and a weak one.  Same as dives with certain elements have a ceiling on its score.....kinda like a G5 schedule.  Before the season begins, even if they go 12-0, they haven't REALLY earned a shot at the NC.  They maybe got 'up' for 2 games vs decent P5 teams, but the rest was a 3A Texas High School slate.  
Not enough triple axles, sorry.
Not enough spins and flips and shit.
Just not enough to warrant the equity.

I guess I just don't understand being inclusive when it comes to this. 
I know they're poorly and subjectively judged, but I consider college football to be a lot like diving or gymnastics or ice skating events.  Before the season even begins, we can generally tell who has a tough schedule, an average one, and a weak one.  Same as dives with certain elements have a ceiling on its score.....kinda like a G5 schedule.  Before the season begins, even if they go 12-0, they haven't REALLY earned a shot at the NC.  They maybe got 'up' for 2 games vs decent P5 teams, but the rest was a 3A Texas High School slate. 
Not enough triple axles, sorry.
Not enough spins and flips and shit.
Just not enough to warrant the equity.

I guess it just comes down to whether you want good football or not. We could have had Michigan-Georgia, which probably would have been like a 35-17 win for Georgia and everyone could have gone down for a good nap. Instead, we got two classic games and one clunker. It's easy to turn off the clunker.

But, some people like boring.

I imagine most of "us" at least think the G5s should just be chopped off, maybe you get one game a year against them.  There would still be games against "Vandy" et al.  Every game can't be like Ohio State vs Michigan.  Granted, I don't watch Ohio State playing Akron, not many others do either, unless somehow I see the score close late.

The scheme seems to work overall, perhaps better than in other sports.  Baseball seems to have excitement even with 162 game seasons for some fans.  You're not going to attract many with a poor product.