Should FSU Have Been in the 4 Team Playoff?

No. Honestly, they should have been the first team in. Undefeated defending champs... You should be ranked 1. Bama dodged the bullet getting Ohio St instead of TCU. There's no way you could not put fla st in the playoff. No way

There is no way you can't have them in. They were the only undefeated team in college football fergodsakes. We got the 4 team playoff exactly for this reason. It would have been Alabama versus Florida State otherwise. 

predict those turnovers! That's what killed them.

They were the only ones who were undefeated and the defending champions. I think so.

No.
TCU deserved to be in over them. The other three deserve to be in the playoff...unless this game is a blowout too

it be the 4 best resumes, not the 4 best teams?  FSU won all of their games and were in a better conference than the SEC....

Let's see how badly OSU gets beat before answering.

Yes. They went undefeated 13-0 through the ACC. They deserved it. One extremely bad meltdown does not change that.

The playoff, while already pretty dubious, loses all credibility if you leave out a team that went undefeated in a power 5 conference. 

29 in a row, defending national champs. They deserved being there.

Yes. Easy answer.

Definitely should have been in. I just wish TCU would've stayed at 3 and played Oregon

What did TCU do today to show that they would have faired better against Oregon today? Or any other team for that matter? Maybe Oregon would have rolled Alabama that way today. That is why we play the game. You play those teams ten times and you will get ten different results and I am pretty sure that FSU answers the call they didn't today.

Yes. Going undefeated is tough, and should be rewarded.

FSU belonged in playoff. You can't keep an undefeated power 5 team out who also happens to be the defending champion. Very glad for playoff because they did not belong in title game.

werenthe defending national champions and had last year's Heisman trophy winner...yes they deserved to be there. Just because they got smoked in the second half by a great QB and team and State got beat up by a pissed off Baylor team does not change anything.

They won 26 in a row and are the reigning national champs. They are also the only no loss team in the top 4, so they should have been there.

They just had a bad day. Couldn't find the end zone and had crazy fumbles.

That is like saving the broncos should not have been in last years super bowl cuz they got blown out too, they won the games on their schedule they just werent good enough tonight!

Yes. You don't leave an undefeated power 5 team out. 29 games in a row was no fluke.

Yep they belonged..... They just got quacked!

they should have. Only team in power 5, maybe even all of FBS to finish the regular season undefeated. If any of the top 4 didn't belong, it would most certainly be OSU.

Yes, 25-20 game in the 3rd quarter before all the turnovers. Game simply got away from them.

They belonged. They did what they were supposed to do. 1 game anything can happen.

Yeah, they earned it and deserved to be there...but obviously they didn't play like a top four team today!

Everyone else botched at least 1 game. No debate.

Yes. They were one of four conference champs. SEC West got rocked in the bowls; no one (at ESPN) will say didn't deserve their rankings.

Seriously? Why is this even being discussed?

Are u serious, this team had t lost for 29 games. Win by 1 or win by 20 they won!!!! OSU shouldn't be there playing s that's the team who sneaked in, TCU and Baylor were both royally screwed!

Undefeated.  One of the 5 conferences.  Quality nonconference schedule.  

Not b/c they were champions last season should count for nothing.

They were undefeated, no brainer

Last year Oregon wouldn't even have been in the championship game, because the traditional polls would've kept FSU at #1 all year.

All four of the CFP playoff teams played and won a 13th game against a quality opponent. Baylor and TCU got byes since there was no conference playoff game in the Big 12.  The winner of the Big 12 will need to have an undefeated season to qualify for the CFP playoffs. 

Are they a top 4 team? Clearly, no. But they did go undefeated, and there's something to be said about that.

Really, there's no good answer here.

Without reading the other comments... Yes. How do you leave out a 13-0 team in a power 5 conference?

Yes. Doesn't need to be an explanation. It should be obvious

They had a bad game and were champions and undefeated 2 years straight. Stupid to even go off hindsight.