Sounds like the screenplay for that movie The Village <| sep |> It ' s not that clear . You ' d be 103 and we ' d be 93 , but two of those wins were over you and Washington . That isn ' t a clear record as to who has the better record when we have the same number of losses , you have one more win , but we beat you and the conference champion who beat you . Plus one of our losses was to the undefeated # 1 team in the nation in the first game of the season with a QB who we later replaced for not being great . I think that a selection committee might be willing to just call it even between the two teams even though you ' d have one more win , and then go to headtohead play consideration . I ' m not trying to say this is a done deal or anything , I ' m just trying to point out that the Rose Bowl selection is very not clear .