(05-01-2021 03:12 PM)ken d Wrote:  I don't expect there to be a 12 team playoff, but if there must be one, this is how I would do it.

No autobids. Every conference champion ranked* in the Top 25 gets a spot. The four highest ranked champs get a bye to the quarterfinals played at New Years. The remaining champions plus at large teams are seeded #5-#12, with #5-8 hosting the first round games the week after CCGs.

* No selection committee. To be eligible for the playoff, a team must be ranked in the Top 25 in both the AP and Coaches' Poll. Using those polls, plus the Massey Composite, Sagarin, and one other TBD, each eligible school throws out its best rank and its worst and averages the middle three rankings. Then all are seeded for the playoff (or excluded) based on those averages. ...

I really like this, therefore I expect it has zero chance of being picked.

On the other hand, if it compromises with the seedy reality that it is media partners funding the increase in money which is driving the CFP expansion, with 5 P5 champions seeded 1-5 and any other conference champion in the top 25, as picked by a committee, I would not automatically assume it is DOA unless people with more information than I point out a fatal flaw or two.