It doesn't make any sense either.
a. Historically, only one team has been good on the road in the playoffs: Youngstown State (I think that they got screwed because they were independent for most of those wins.)
b. Yes, NDSU is 1-2, but the reason those teams were on the road because they were an unseeded team playing a seeded team.
c. Yes, NDSU is 1-2, but the two teams they lost to, one in OT and one where NDSU had a 4th quarter lead, went on to win national championships.
d. NDSU is 9-1 on neutral site games against the best of the best. Neutral site games played 1000 miles away are not home games.