(12-14-2018 08:24 PM)johnbragg Wrote:  

(12-14-2018 04:45 PM)quo vadis Wrote:  Washington doesn't have much of a case, not worth worrying about. No #9 in an all at large model ever will.

Neither does #7, frankly. So why is it a big problem that a G5 champ and a fluky P5 champ get in ahead of #7 Michigan?

MAybe if you aren't good enough to get one of the two at-large bids, you just don't deserve to be in the playoff?

EDIT: IF your unit of analysis is the individual schools, top 8 makes some sense. But in a real sense, the unit of analysis is the conference. Which means autobids.

IMO, the unit of analysis is the schools, not conferences. The point of a playoff is to crown a national champion school, not a conference. Hence, no auto-bids.