I disagree with you. Using your Washington example, one of the Senators, Patty Murray is a graduate of Washington St. So, she will be OK with Washington St. being excluded? What about Oregon? Oregon St.'s enrollment is 50% larger than Oregon's. And, in a state like Pennsylvania, you are going to exclude Temple, St. Joe's, Penn, Villanova, Drexel, Bucknell, Duquesne, LaSalle, Lafayette, Lehigh, Robert Morris? Or are New York senators going to help Syracuse over SUNY Buffalo, SUNY Albany, SUNY Binghamton, Niagara, Canisius, LeMoyne, Colgate, Columbia, St. John's, Marist, Siena, St. Bonaventure, Hofstra, SUNY Stony Brook, Wagner, West Point, Fordham, Manhattan, Wagner, Iona,... ? In California, there are 22 basketball schools not in the P4 vs 4 schools in the P4. In Illinois, there are 11 basketball schools not in the P4 and 2 that are in the P4. In SEC country, the non P4 schools overwhelms the number of P4 schools.
