Why there were automatic byes ...

[Tharvot]

That's probably where they end up. It won't be stated that way ... it will be top 2. In that Oregon and UGA, the two teams that would get byes in a CFP-14, both lost in the quarter-finals, it is going to be difficult to argue the SEC/B1G get the byes. Just say top 2 and that will almost always be the B1G/SEC Champs.

With 14, you still would get 2 of OM, USCjr, Bama, and Miami bitching. I think any of those 4 are better teams than ASU, SMU, Clemson, and Indiana. But they all had warts, and there will always be someone bitching. BYU, as an example.

Yeah that's what I was thinking as well. It's basically always going to be those 2, but i guess they can't outright say it right now.

 

[osubuckeye89]

That's probably where they end up. It won't be stated that way ... it will be top 2. In that Oregon and UGA, the two teams that would get byes in a CFP-14, both lost in the quarter-finals, it is going to be difficult to argue the SEC/B1G get the byes. Just say top 2 and that will almost always be the B1G/SEC Champs.

With 14, you still would get 2 of OM, USCjr, Bama, and Miami bitching. I think any of those 4 are better teams than ASU, SMU, Clemson, and Indiana. But they all had warts, and there will always be someone bitching. BYU, as an example.

On the field results have to matter at some point.

You basically get a 2 loss mulligan if you are a Big 10 or SEC team. It's gonna take a real whacky year for a 2 loss team from those conferences to miss out. So teams that lose that 3rd game bitching can STFU.