TCU, Kansas, Arkansas fans furious Michigan got the shot over them
#1 Missouri (12-1) did what they could, playing a vicious 2014 schedule.
They played #2 Michigan (11-3) twice, #5 Kansas (13-1) twice, and #4 Arkansas (12-1). They also played bowl eligible Arizona State, Arizona, Oklahoma, and Army. That's 5 games against top 5 competition, plus 4 other challenging games. Missouri went 12-1 against that schedule, and deserves the title of national champion.
#2 Michigan did not deserve their rematch against Missouri. They were one of two teams to play Missouri close, but they also lost to 5-7 Notre Dame.
#3 TCU (13-1) beat 2 ranked opponents, not to mention played 6 more bowl eligible teams, and their only loss was to #7 Oregon (11-2).
#4 Arkansas (12-1) only beat one ranked team. They only lost to Missouri though, and beat 6 other bowl eligible teams.
#5 Kansas went 12-0 in the regular season, but due to the pod-nature of the Big XII had to face then #5 Missouri again for the championship, and lost. Kansas only played one ranked opponent, that was Missouri twice (55-48 win, 58-36 loss). They played 7 bowl eligible opponents during the regular season, and the only close games they had were against Missouri. Besides that and a close call to Duke early on nobody came within more than 10 points. Infact besides Baylor, Duke, and Missouri, nobody finished without 20 points of the Jayhawks.