This is the completely stupid part. If this is the case why is Washington in? Vegas would have Georgia, OSU and heck probably oregon (who was just 9 pt favs against them) in over Washington. Who actually cares your record, whoever has the most 5* just gets the auto bid.
Next stupid thing, so in the future, if a kid gets hurt teams should 100% lie about it. Star QB tears his ACL, just say it's a sprain and he will be back for the playoffs. Then they will say its OK they will get him back, even if it's total BS.
Lastly, if then it's about injuries, if team X doesn't have a player or isn't starting someone and they start out 0-5, but then that team gets player X back and goes 7-5 they should be in over a 11-1 team? I mean it's not fair to judge them on those 5 games with a "different" team.