re: Will the committee punish a team for making a championship game?

Sure a team could play their way out of the playoffs in a conference title game, but equally forgotten is that it will be an opportunity for some to play their way in. If I am 10-2 Alabama, Ole Miss, or LSU, you bet I want to make the conference title game to have a shot at locking in a spot instead of sitting at home potentially watching someone else leapfrog me in another conference. There will be bid thiefs from the ACC and Big 12 constantly. Example: 9-3 teams beating undefeated teams with the 3 loss team getting an auto-bye top 4 seed and the now 1 loss team still making it.