12/11/2014 11:12 AM
Eventually, there will be an 8 team playoff, possibly even the top 16. But, with Conference championships, the teams ranked 9 - 16 had a chance and didn't make it to the top 8.
8 teams is perfect and fits in with the major bowls - Rose, Orange, Sugar, Fiesta, Cotton and ?. Those bowls will rotate each year for the semifinals. The Championship game will be held somewhere different each year like the Super Bowl.
Basically - 1 v 8, 2 v 7, 3 v 6 and 4 v 5 in the 1st round of bowls on Christmas weekend.
The semifinals on News Years Day and the Championship game 10 days later.
Oregon over Alabama in the Championship.