So from what I can tell, at least in a historical and statistical sense, is that a team receives credit for beating a team at the time of the game. So Alabama's win over Wisconsin and Georgia count as ranked wins. Now, of course the committee (or whoever) can take into account what happened after that game when evaluating teams. I would counter though, if you look at UGA, they were undefeated when Alabama played them and they were undefeated (other than the Bama game) with Nick Chubb who was the best player on the team. Georgia ended up 9-3 but probably would have been 11-1 or 10-2 with Chubb. So, as others have pointed out in this thread, one can create whatever narrative fits their argument..