It's not the test, it's the resolution of the mixed record. There are several great teams with mixed result records and several near-perfect teams that haven't had as many tests faced during the course of the season. If we were going by record alone -- Hawaii would be #1 but they haven't faced a strong schedule. A playoff would truly determine if they were worth of more than criticism due to their schedule.
Or we can remain in the biased selective-winner process that we're in now and let writers decide who's number one -- which comes down to preference in too many cases instead of performance.
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