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Four teams is better than two. Eight is better than four.Why? If you're starting from generally subjective rankings, then all you're left with is more discussion of why 9, 10, 11 teams got left out instead of why 5, 6, 7 teams got left out.
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Perhaps if there were exactly eight conferences and being a conference champion was a requirement to be a national champion, so there would be no committee at all, so the conference season is the “first round” of a playoff process...That's kind of my point. In the NFL, each conference champion plus wild card teams goes to the playoffs, based solely on win/loss record. In the NBA, the top 8 teams based solely on win/loss records go into the playoffs. In MLB, the Division winners and wild card teams get in based on win/loss record.
This is only an issue in college football because there are so many teams, and every college wants an opportunity to go to a "bowl" to make extra money.
Slowguy
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