NCAA football should institute a 16 team playoff. This means not only the champion, but who gets to play for the championship, is decided on the field.
Many people favor 8 teams, which is pandering to the NCAA complaint of missed class time. Missed class time that is completely ignored in all other NCAA sports, especially basketball. And not just the tournament. ESPN had that 24 hour kickoff which had games played overnight and all day long, causing players and students to miss class.
Since we know a playoff would give automatic bids to 6 conference champs, 16 teams would guaruntee all teams that anyone could argue for would be in. You wouldn't even need polls or a BCS. 16 teams means you just get in by record. You have a tie-breaker based initially on head to head and common opponents, only resorting on a poll when all else fails.
I would bet you would rarely get teams with more than 2 losses. Big conferences would still have an advantage of being able to get 2 plus teams.
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