Sorry to disappoint you but "record" is not a qualifier. From the CFP website: "The selection committee ranks the teams based on the members’ evaluation of the teams’ performance on the field, using conference championships won, strength of schedule, head-to-head results, and comparison of results against common opponents to decide among teams that are comparable." Nowhere in that is a team's "record" mentioned and that was on purpose.
If you want to pick some random facts:
SOS from various sources
Alabama: 6/1/6/3
FSU: 55/15/13/50
Common Opponent:
Alabama 42, LSU 28
FSU 45, LSU 24.
Most difficult games:
Alabama: Texas (#3) and Georgia (#6).
FSU: Louisville (# 16)
This was going to be a judgement call even if Travis was playing. But it became a pretty simple call when FSU was without their best player at the most important position in football ...and we saw how "good" FSU was without Travis. Sorry but that pesky "performance on the field" actual qualifier gets in the way of your "logic."
I sure as heck would have loved for the SEC to have been shut out which would have happened had Travis not gotten hurt.