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[QUOTE="TheCusian, post: 1544159, member: 2585"]
Since 2010, the P5 has had 4-6 undefeated or 1 loss teams after conference championship games every year:

2010: 1 SEC / 2 Pac12 / 3 B1G / 0 ACC / 0 B12 = 6 (no room for a 1 loss ND team)
2011: 2 SEC / 1 Pac12 / 0 B1G / 0 ACC / 1 B12 = 4 (maybe get in over 1 loss, #3 Ok St)
2012: 2 SEC / 1 Pac12 / 0 B1G / 0 ACC / 1 B12 = 4 (ND went undefeated, but with one loss could have been interesting)
2013: 2 SEC / 0 Pac12 / 2 B1G / 1 ACC / 1 B12 = 6 (no room for a 1 loss ND team)
2014: 1 SEC / 1 Pac12 / 1 B1G / 1 ACC / 2 B12 = 6 (no room for a 1 loss ND team)

Now they were only in "play off contention" (had it existed) in one of those years (2012 - where they went undefeated) and would have been in no matter what. (In fact they've only been in "playoff contention" once since 2002.)

So - it's not that hard to go 12-1. At least 4 have done it every year since 2012. It's far more unlikely that there is a "clean" open spot for a 1 loss ND team. Usually, if you get a shot it will be against a 1 loss B12 team and SOS.
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