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SEC and B1G officially have deciding power on playoff format going forward.

14 team:  4 guaranteed spots go to SEC and B1G
2 guaranteed spots go to XII and ACC
1 guaranteed spot to sacrificial lamb "other" conf champ
last spot goes to ND if it qualifies or an at-large team (probably from SEC/B1G)
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16 team:  4 for SEC/B1G, 2 for XII/ACC, 1 for "others", 3 for ND/at-large
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Only plus to this is freeing up programs to schedule tough OOC games, as you merely need to finish in top-4 of your conference
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Josh Pate's idea is to replace traditional CCG weekend with the top 2 seeds of each conf having the week off, and doubling up the football, having 3 vs 6 and 4 vs 5 in each P4 conference, in order to identify the top 4 going to CFP.
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I'd also specify no byes, as that proved to be worthless this year, but with 14 that's built-in.  Just go to 16 and have 2 rounds of home-field games @ better seed.

Ugh.

^^^ That doesn't add much to the conversation, but it's the best I've got.  

I'll wait and see, like I did on the 4 team and 12 team playoffs

I don't really need to wait and see.  The trend is apparent.

Old Bowls > BCS/Alliance > 4 team playoff > 12 team playoff.  We're going the wrong way.

Nah I like the auto-bids.  Keeps the conference championship race more meaningful for the conferences not named SEC and B1G.

Because South Carolina and Illinois are definitely title contenders.