It's just really intellectually unsatisfying. Alabama already lost to LSU, at home. How can beating them on a neutral field make you the national champs. At best, you are even. You certainly aren't "the champion" of anything.
I'm on the opinion that Alabama should have been eliminated. Nobody knows if Alabama is better than OSU, Stanford, ect.. they never played. But we know LSU is better than Alabama. Accordingly, OSU or Stanford should get a shot. Alabama gets a free pass based upon the SEC's reputation and them being a blue blood. It's stupid.