Flaw:  Counting the hits and not the misses.

Let's look at Week 14 for 2008. We have the following games:

Ball State v Western Michigan
Navy v Northern Illinois
Texas v Texas A&M
Pittsburgh v West Virginia
Eastern Michigan v Central Michigan
Mississippi v Mississippi State
Ohio v Miami (OH)
East Carolina v UTEP
Temple v Akron
Kent State v Buffalo
Arkansas v LSU
Nebraska v Colorado
Bowling Green v Toledo
Boise State v Fresno State
Arizona State v UCLA
Georgia Tech v Georgia
Cincinnati v Syracuse
North Carolina State v Miami (FL)
Clemson v South Carolina
Virginia Tech v Virginia
Kansas v Missouri
UAB v UCF
Arkansas State v North Texas
Nevada v Louisiana Tech
Utah State v New Mexico State
Southern Miss v Southern Methodist
Alabama v Auburn
Florida v Florida State
Texas Tech v Baylor
Boston College v Maryland
North Carolina v Duke
Memphis v Tulane
Rice v Houston
Tulsa v Marshall
Florida Atlantic v Florida International
Tennessee v Kentucky
Oregon v Oregon State
Wake Forest v Vanderbilt
Oklahoma v Oklahoma State
USC v Notre Dame
Hawaii v Washington State

Of those 26 games, only four had any possible bearing on the 2008 national championship (Alabama, Texas, Oklahoma, Florida). Even if we are generous and include #5 USC, that still means that only 20% of the games had any meaning. More specifically, over 80% had absolutely no bearing on determining the champion.

In week 14 of the NFL, of the 16 games played, 14 of those games either had some bearing on one of the teams making the playoffs or on home field advantage in the playoffs.That translates to 87.5% of the games late in the season still affecting the championship.

Generally, when someone makes the asinine argument about college football's regular season, they are only counting most of the games for the teams in the top five. I say most, because there are still ridiculous matchups like #4 Florida's 70-19 pasting of Citadel in week 13 of 2008. The people that make this argument ignore teams like Temple, Western Kentucky, and Washington State. After one loss for a less prestigious school, they have no shot at winning the title even if they win every other game.