I never quite understood why there was a need to do away with the old BCS system that used both polls and computer rankings, and replace it with a silly committee. You could have just put the 4 teams ranked 1-4 in the BCS system in the 4-team playoff.
Using the old BCS formula, here is what the ranking would have been today:
Using the old BCS formula, here is what the ranking would have been today: