Originally posted on 11/25/2015:

Eight is the perfect number for a playoff.

Give the winner of each power 5 conference an automatic birth and let the committee select the last three teams in rather than select all the teams in.

That way, going into the season, every team in the power 5 conferences knows what they have to do and they can "play their way in".

The three at large spots could be used for teams like Notre Dame, whatever mid-major is good (Navy this year), and another really good power 5 team.

As for that cluster f*ck scenario in which everyone loses....I would love to see what would happen. It would probably still be the SEC champ, Clemson, Big 10 champ and then whatever other team they decided to throw in. Probably Notre Dame or Stanford.