In my opinion, QPR are so head and shoulders above the championship, that even if they did end up in the play offs, they'd win them.
I know teams that unexpectedly miss automatic promotion generally struggle, but that's usually as they've lost form.
The teams that end in the play offs this season are wildly inconsistent and have been all season, the only team to fear would be Reading, but even they managed to **** themselves last week against Sheffield United.
The powers that be in this country don't have the bollocks to deduct that many points, even though the rules were made black and white after the Tevez affair.