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After following CFB for 40+ years, the sport is more screwed up than ever.

I am more sick of college officials on high saying strength of schedule was going to be a component of the playoff selection system and then proceeding to penalize conferences that tried to improve their SOS. Put in the conference champions and stop the damn beauty contest.

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6 Teams comprised of the 6 highest ranked FBS conference champs/ND
This year Washington and the Pac12 would have been left out.

The 'downside' to basing it on winning the conference is that all non-conference games become almost meaningless and would only matter if a non-conference win/loss moved you in/out of the top 6 highest ranked champs
 
^^^^ THIS ^^^^
6 Teams comprised of the 6 highest ranked FBS conference champs/ND
This year Washington and the Pac12 would have been left out.

The 'downside' to basing it on winning the conference is that all non-conference games become almost meaningless and would only matter if a non-conference win/loss moved you in/out of the top 6 highest ranked champs
You have it backwards. If the non-conference games become "meaningless" from a playoff perspective, then teams could benefit (improve and generate more revenue) by playing better teams out of conference. Much better for the fans as well.

Besides, 95% of all non-conference games are currently meaningless. The current system rewards playing a bad non-conference schedule.
 
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We should not have gotten into the playoff in 2016. The regular season has to matter. You can't debate who's playing best at the end of the year. Every week needs to be a part of the playoff. We lost to Pitt. Sorry, but that's the end of any chance for the final four. Same with USC that year. They were playing better than anyone at the end of the year but lost two games in the regular season.

I have yet to hear anyone argue that the best team hasn't either made the playoff or won the national championship since the committee was formed.
Just to be clear: The best team makes the playoff in every other sport. And it does in every level of football. A playoff does not deny the best team a chance at all the marbles.
 
^^^^ THIS ^^^^
6 Teams comprised of the 6 highest ranked FBS conference champs/ND
This year Washington and the Pac12 would have been left out.

The 'downside' to basing it on winning the conference is that all non-conference games become almost meaningless and would only matter if a non-conference win/loss moved you in/out of the top 6 highest ranked champs

8 teams
5 power Conf champs
3 at large teams (1 must be non power 5)

This would encourage teams to schedule the best OOC games as possible as a loss doesn’t kill your shot but a win certainly helps your wild card shot
 
Why?? Why, should a champion from a conference get an automatic berth simply by being the "best" in a conference. I believe atleast 4 teams from the SEC would have won the Pac12. Bama, Georgia, Florida and LSU would have probably won the Pac12. So we give an automatic bid to say Washington because they are the champ of the Pac12........... even though they would have been the 5th best team in the SEC???
The difference is every team that wins a championship has earned the right to test heir championship against others.

The difference is exactly what you said... you “believe”. In a playoff with champions first, the teams get to prove it, not play a game from the eye test.
 
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