And I'd bet they found ND the better team despite it.
But who knows, maybe they're just collectively incompetent.
Alabama lost to Florida St., should they be behind Florida St.? No, of course not. Alabama's record is far superior to Florida Sr. But by the committee's logic yes they should.
ND's and Miami's losses are not similar so that a head to head comparison is not appropriate regardless of how close they were in the poll. Miami lost to two unranked teams. ND lost to two top 12 teams.