(06-10-2021 01:44 PM)GoBuckeyes1047 Wrote:  In theory, this is how a 12 team playoff would've looked like the last 7 years based on what I'm seeing.

2014 - CFP Matchups
Byes: #1 Alabama^ (12-1), #2 Oregon^ (12-1), #3 Florida St.^ (13-0), #4 Ohio St.^ (12-1)
First Round Matchups:
#9 Ole Miss (9-3) @ #8 Michigan St. (10-2)
#20 Boise St.° (11-2) @ #5 Baylor^ (11-1)
#10 Arizona (10-3) @ #7 Mississippi St. (10-2)
#11 Kansas St. (9-3) @ #6 TCU (11-1)
First 2 Teams Out: #12 Georgia Tech (10-3), #13 Georgia (9-3)

2015 - CFP Matchups
Byes: #1 Clemson^ (13-0), #2 Alabama^ (12-1), #3 Michigan St.^ (12-1), #4 Oklahoma^ (11-1)
First Round Matchups:
#9 Florida St. (10-2) @ #8 Notre Dame (10-2)
#18 Houston° (12-1) @ #5 Iowa (12-1)
#10 North Carolina (11-2) @ #7 Ohio St. (11-1)
#11 TCU (10-2) @ #6 Stanford^ (10-2)
First 2 Teams Out: #12 Ole Miss (9-3), #13 Northwestern (10-2)

2016 - CFP Matchups
Byes: #1 Alabama^ (13-0), #2 Clemson^ (12-1), #4 Washington^ (12-1), #5 Penn St.^ (10-2)
First Round Matchups:
#9 USC (9-3) @ #8 Wisconsin (10-3)
#15 Western Michigan° (13-0) @ #3 Ohio St. (11-1)
#10 Colorado (10-3) @ #7 Oklahoma^ (10-2)
#11 Florida St. (9-3) @ #6 Michigan (10-2)
First 2 Teams Out: #12 Oklahoma St. (9-3), #13 Louisville (9-3)

2017 - CFP Matchups
Byes: #1 Clemson^ (12-1), #2 Oklahoma^ (12-1), #3 Georgia^ (12-1), #5 Ohio St.^ (11-2)
First Round Matchups:
#9 Penn St. (10-2) @ #8 USC^ (11-2)
#12 UCF° (12-0) @ #4 Alabama (11-1)
#10 Miami (FL) (10-2) @ #7 Auburn (10-3)
#11 Washington (10-2) @ #6 Wisconsin (12-1)
First 2 Teams Out: #13 Stanford (9-4), #14 Notre Dame (9-3)

2018 - CFP Matchups
Byes: #1 Alabama^ (13-0), #2 Clemson^ (13-0), #4 Oklahoma^ (12-1), #6 Ohio St.^ (12-1)
First Round Matchups:
#9 Washington^ (10-3) @ #8 UCF° (12-0)
#12 Penn St. (9-3) @ #3 Notre Dame (12-0)
#10 Florida (9-3) @ #7 Michigan (10-2)
#11 LSU (9-3) @ #5 Georgia (11-2)
First 2 Teams Out: #13 Washington St. (10-2), #14 Kentucky (9-3)

2019 - CFP Matchups
Byes: #1 LSU^ (13-0), #2 Ohio St.^ (13-0), #3 Clemson^ (13-0), #4 Oklahoma^ (12-1)
First Round Matchups:
#9 Florida (10-2) @ #8 Wisconsin (10-3)
#17 Memphis° (12-1) @ #5 Georgia (11-2)
#10 Penn St. (10-2) @ #7 Baylor (11-2)
#11 Utah (11-2) @ #6 Oregon^ (11-2)
First 2 Teams Out: #12 Auburn (9-3), #13 Alabama (10-2)

2020 - CFP Matchups
Byes: #1 Alabama^ (11-0), #2 Clemson^ (10-1), #3 Ohio St.^ (6-0), #6 Oklahoma^ (8-2)
First Round Matchups:
#9 Georgia (7-2) @ #8 Cincinnati° (9-0)
#12 Coastal Carolina° (11-0) @ #4 Notre Dame (10-1)
#10 Iowa St. (8-3) @ #7 Florida (8-3)
#11 Indiana (6-1) @ #5 Texas A&M
First 2 Teams Out: #13 North Carolina (8-3), #14 Northwestern (6–1)

If you're looking for the "next" way that G5 teams can be screwed with seeding, check out the 2020 and 2018 home games for the 8 seed G5 teams. The committee with its heavy P5 leans will be hard-pressed to give Cincy the higher seed over Georgia (2020) and UCF the home seed over Washington (2018). That's millions of dollars out of the p5 coffers. A simple switch of those two seeds--which is all subjective anyway--and the G5 will lose their advantage quite easily.