Right because a team is going to get dinged for playing an extra game."You have no idea what this committee values." A wise man once told me 13 minutes ago.
Just like the committee you said has done an excellent job when they dropped TCU in 2014 for not playing.
So basically you want to argue my point by saying what I said but ignore the fact for them to drop Clemson in your hypothetical they would be doing a chitty job and not a good job because Clemson would go down for playing an extra game when TCU went down for playing 1 fewer game.
If you wanna play this game fine. All it would be confirming is the committee sucks and can do whatever they want.