As this CBS Sports article muses, maybe there should be an 8-team playoff.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cbs...rout/live/amp/
Hard to say if OU could keep up with Alabama or Clemson, but we will never get to know for sure.
But I am very glad to see an SEC team lose in a bowl game, as it somewhat deflates the whole “SEC is the strongest, hardest, and bestest conference” mantra.