re: Who would be more deserving of a playoff spot

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It depends on who the 2 losses are to. If they're both to ranked teams, and they have no other "big wins" ( a la Notre Dame) then what's the difference between that situation and Ohio State?

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Exactly.

In fact, the entire discourse (from the media to the committee to questions such as this one in the OP) would be better put to shift in focus from "losses" to "quality wins."

I would like to believe that the committee won't use number of losses as such a discrete first elimination criteria but I'm not holding my breath.

However, like the basketball selection, it's hard to argue that a team which went 3-2 against other top 25 opponents is automatically less deserving than one who goes 1-1.