Quote:It should be the 5 P5 Champs + highest ranked G5 team + 2 wild card teams, which is the best option for now.

It's a PLAYOFF -- not bowls. When there's only 8 teams -- lesser than the amt of conferences, you can't go by Conf Champs as any no-matter-what auto-bid.

What if the 2nd-best G5 Conf Champ is ranked higher than the lowest P5 Champ due to an upset? You'll have a sh!t-show if that #18 P5 Champ gets in, while the 2nd best G5 Champ at #16 is snubbed. "Whoops! We didn't think about that!" they'd say. :) When's the last time that happened? Less than 10 years ago, and pretty brutally, too.

Bowls are for Conference Representation -- and fandom. They don't go by ranking, although that plays a part of it for at-larges. Playoffs are different. It's the other way around. Conf Champ plays a role for at-larges, instead.

I agree that Conf Championship Winner should give you an edge over one who is not. Again, we're only talking about 8 teams. With only 4 teams, Conf Champ doesn't play any role in it -- pure rank. You can't just flip the script when you still have less slots than there are conferences for a Playoff (not a 1-time bowl). Just being realistic here.

Instead, you should have UP TO the Top 6 Conf Champs as (conditional) auto-bids, assuming they hit #x in the ranking. #13 sounds about right (just over 50% extra than # of slots).