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not sure why that excludes bama, they were the highest ranked 'everyone else', unless you limited it to 1/conf.
also, i don't like the hard set rule of conf champs in. i do not want to see 2012 gt (6-6 going into acccg), 2012 wisky (7-5), 2015 usc (8-4), 2011 ucla (6-6), and the many 3 loss teams that have played in all conf title games. all of those specific teams listed all lost, but eventually 1 will win and some 3 loss teams have won.
i'd be perfectly fine adding a "nd" type caveat, that if you're a p5 champ and in the top 8/10, you're guaranteed a spot.
but not a cut/dry line of conf champ. i value a 1 loss non champ over any 3+ loss team.

Actually, I was thinking P5 conferences only get conference champs in. I know this sounds like a rule to get ND in, but that's actually not my thought; it's to get the "little sisters of the poor" (end sarcasm) their shot. Also, in the last 10 years, I think ND would only qualify something like twice (once when undefeated, and once when #10 at 10-2). Or, it could be your way, which is just the highest ranked non-conference champ, but that defeats my purpose, which is to make the conference championship the primary goal for every P5 team. Or an interim step would be any non-P5 that is in the top 8 (which would reward quality OOC scheduling), and if no such team exists, then the highest ranked non-Champion. 
And yes, this means some weak P5 champions will get in from time to time because of some oddities, but if they lose, who cares, and if they win (which would be really rare), that will mean they had to beat three top 6 teams. Is that so bad?

Utah won 28 games in three years, rising to No. 3 one year and No. 11 the next.
TCU won 11 games three times in four years and has three top-10 finishes.
It’s weird, these teams seem to do more than jack squat.

Ehhh, Utah went from 2 undefeated seasons in 5 years to......nothing.  Highest finish ranked 17th since joining the PAC.  No division titles.  They don't matter.  Fun slant you tried to put on it, though.
TCU has done well, but 3 things on that:
1 - continuity at HC (Patterson)
2 - they're in the XII
3 - Texas has been hibernating

UW played defense really well and OU didn't. I think Big Red could hang with them or even beat them on a neutral field. Not sure the Cotton would be neutral for UW though.

I'd rather they play in the Sugar or Orange (and not Miami in the Orange).

What I do know is that UW could not "out Bama" Alabama. Not enough depth to even think about winning against them.

I'd like to see Bama play OU this year. I think that would be an excellent game to watch.

For Sooner fans, it's easy to blame the loss to Georgia on our crappy defense.
But here's what has struck me.  We knew we had a crappy defense going in.  But we also "knew" we had the best offense in all of CFB.  Most Sooner fans figured that if we could get a few stops on Georgia, and hold them to FGs instead of TDs a few times, we would score enough to win.
Well, we got six (6) stops on Georgia, and we held them to three (3) FG attempts (if you count just before halftime and the 1st OT).  AND we got a defensive score, which I don't think we had done all year long.  That should have been enough.
And it would have been enough if our offense had done more in the second half than score one (1) time in 8 possessions in regulation.
And our kicking game sucked too.  Good kickoffs, but bad coverage that on at least one occasion almost gave up a TD.  Poor punting in the 2nd half.  No return game.  And no blocking on our FG attempt in 2nd OT.
Would have been interesting to see UW in the playoff, but I agree with you that the Badgers could not have out-Bama'd Bama.

Oh, yeah.  I don't want any expanded playoffs.  I'd rather go back to 2 than expand to 6 or 8 or 10.

Actually, I was thinking P5 conferences only get conference champs in. I know this sounds like a rule to get ND in, but that's actually not my thought; it's to get the "little sisters of the poor" (end sarcasm) their shot. Also, in the last 10 years, I think ND would only qualify something like twice (once when undefeated, and once when #10 at 10-2). Or, it could be your way, which is just the highest ranked non-conference champ, but that defeats my purpose, which is to make the conference championship the primary goal for every P5 team. Or an interim step would be any non-P5 that is in the top 8 (which would reward quality OOC scheduling), and if no such team exists, then the highest ranked non-Champion.
And yes, this means some weak P5 champions will get in from time to time because of some oddities, but if they lose, who cares, and if they win (which would be really rare), that will mean they had to beat three top 6 teams. Is that so bad?

yes, it is. i don't want to see a .500 team have a shot at the playoffs.

back when the giants beat the undefeated pats, i hated it. it just confirmed to me that getting into the nfl playoff was to easy. whether that's because  there's too many teams, or the guranteed spots aren't well set up, or something else, or combination, i don't know and doesn't matter. 

with the disparity and dissimilarity in schedules in cfb, i can understand and agree with the thought that a 1 or even 2 loss team can be better and more deserving than even an undefeated, but that's about the max i'm willing to go.

i'd be perfectly fine saying conf champs get auto bid IF they can meet certain minimum requirements, like be ranked in top 10. i think that's a fair compromise. hell, it's what we're willing to give nd for bcs consideration, why not everyone?

Ehhh, Utah went from 2 undefeated seasons in 5 years to......nothing.  Highest finish ranked 17th since joining the PAC.  No division titles.  They don't matter.  Fun slant you tried to put on it, though.
TCU has done well, but 3 things on that:
1 - continuity at HC (Patterson)
2 - they're in the XII
3 - Texas has been hibernating

9-4, No. 24 in final poll
10-3, No. 17 final poll
9-4, No. 23
I suppose if it's nothing in terms of contending for a national title, sure. But not nothing. If that's nothing, most of the sport accomplishes nothing. (Also seems worth noting, Utah also benefitting from coach continuity, but anyway)

Ehhh, Utah went from 2 undefeated seasons in 5 years to......nothing.  Highest finish ranked 17th since joining the PAC.  No division titles.  They don't matter.  Fun slant you tried to put on it, though.
TCU has done well, but 3 things on that:
1 - continuity at HC (Patterson)
2 - they're in the XII
3 - Texas has been hibernating

And yet they've beaten teams from the B1G, SEC and PAC in bowl games in recent years.  They hold their own outside the XII too.

Utah and Florida both became a lot of nothing when Urban left