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[QUOTE="HRE Otto IV, post: 2835200, member: 5685"]
Why IMO Top 10 is better than Top 15:

1. It would force the P5 to scrap divisions to protect from their conference champ not auto qualifying

2. It prevents an undeserving team from making it

There have been six seasons since the creation of the P5. The rankings would have yielded:

2018
Top 6 all make it. #7 Michigan gets left out in lieu of #8 UCF and #9 UW.

2017
Using Top 10 qualifier, all of the Top 8 make it. Using Top 15, #12 UCF gets in over #7 Auburn.

2016
Using Top 10 qualifier, all of the Top 8 make it. Using Top 15, #15 WMU gets in over #8 Wisconsin.

2015
Top 8 all make it

2014
Top 8 all make it

2013
Using Top 10 qualifier, all of the Top 8 make it. Using Top 15, #15 UCF gets in over #8 Mizzou.

Bids by conference w/Top 10
B1G 14
SEC 12
B12 7
ACC 6
P12 6
ND 2
AAC 1

w/Top 15
B1G 13
SEC 10
B12 7
ACC 6
P12 6
AAC 3
ND 2
MAC 1

So the biggest beneficiary of an 8 team playoff is by far the B1G. They go from having their conference champ not making the CFP the last three years to having the most teams in the playoffs. The all mighty SEC doesn’t make much of a gain.

As for the P5 auto bids, only one was outside of the Top 8 (#9 UW this year). So only one Top 8 team would fail to make the playoffs (#7 Michigan). So I am not sure what all the hubbub is about.

Moving the qualifier to the Top 15, every Top 6 team make the playoffs. If you are ranked 7th or 8th, can you really bitch?
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