I think it is obvious that the selection committee is tiring, (possibly like many others), of seeing the Stagg Bowl turn into the Purple Party Bowl.  If this were Div I, one could say it's about the money as that is what THEY are into.  But this is Div III.  That leaves one wondering why UWW is not a number one and Mt Union isn't the top pick on their side of the ledger.
The problem w/all this is that people start making arbitrary decisions not reflective of what is or has transpired on the field.  Those folks on the committee might not like what has gone on the past five yrs, (and now maybe six), but what's right is after all, still right.
This should be decided on the field and not influenced by the committee.
But then again, at least they are consistent...after all, in Div I, it's the same type of people who have brought us the BCS...the Badly Convoluted System.