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Message: [QUOTE="shantydaze, post: 758189, member: 666"] My guess is that Conference Champion will be defined by the conferences. If there is a CCG, the Conference Champion will be the winner of that game. If the XII does not have a CCG, it will be based on whatever criteria is set by XII as multiple teams could finish with the same record. I would not be surprised if the selection committee first takes all of the P5 Champions and ranks them. The top three teams (not conferences) make it into the play-offs automatically. Then, the committee will look at the remaining two P5 Champions, independents, non-BCS conference champions, and the other P5 teams to determine who gets the fourth slot. I do not think, unless in a very extreme situation, you would see only two conferences being represented in the playoff. I think the number of teams will be increased to eight in a relatively short time frame depending on how this shakes out the next couple of years. For instance, what happens if a 9-3 Georgia team beats an undefeated Alabama team and the second place team in the SEC West is aTm, whose only loss was to Alabama? It is a no-win situation. ACC fans will be up in arms if a 9-3 Georgia team makes it ahead of a 10-2 ACC Champion Wake Forest. aTm fans will be pissed if Georgia gets the nod instead of them and Alabama will be pissed if aTm goes to the play-offs instead of them. Also, what will happen if the same conference's champion gets passed over every year? That is why it makes sense to go to eight teams with all five power conferences getting an official or unofficial automatic bid. As SOS and the strength of the conferences will be reviewed when ranking the at large bids, a member the XII may be penalized for only being in a 10 team league and the B1G may be penalized for playing in a league with Rutgers. [/QUOTE]

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