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How will the match-ups between conferences be determined?

The conferences will be paired tournament style based on an RPI type rating for all schools involved. Since there will be eight teams involved, No. 1 will face No. 8, No. 2 will face No. 7, and so on.

The higher ranked team will serve as the host team.

Here is what the match-ups may look like based on the current standings, and using next year

Interesting theory. I just do not see giving a conference a first round bye just because it has a championship game.

C-USA is going to have a Championshp game too. So how would that work?

I know MWC fans would not like this but:

Here's what I want to see:

Shorten the season where you are allowed to play only 10 or 11 games...then a conf. championship makes 11 or 12...

1-The Big Ten add a team to make them twelve....
2-The PAC-10 grab two teams from the MWC to make twelve....proably BYU and Utah.....
3-The MWC then add six teams from the WAC...such as New Mexico St., Fresno St., Hawaii, UTEP, Nevada, and Boise St. That makes 12 for them....
4-Then force the WAC and Sun Belt to mix to make a 12+ team conference....
5-And somehow get the Big East to twelve or have that conference disperse and deliver the teams to all the other conferences...

What does that give us?
12 teams in all these conferences..
Big Ten
PAC-10
MWC
WAC/Sun Belt
ACC
SEC
Big XII
MAC
C-USA
Big East

Make all those teams have Conference Championships.....

Then have 6 at-large teams....
That makes for a 16-team playoff....
Have the AP and coaches decide the seeds...
Five weeks for the playoff....
That's 17 or 18 weeks of college football...
You can start in the first week in september or last week in august and end sometime in January....
I think this would be perfect...