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Originally Posted by eazyb81
Well first off, the all conference champs plan likely sets the NCAA up for antitrust issues if it excludes independents like ND or BYU, or non-power conference teams like Boise. ND is in the playoff committee along with conference commissioners. If no one valued ND they would have been excluded.
Second, any playoff that could potentially not include teams ranked #2 or #3 would not be acceptable to the public. The point of this entire process is to improve the system of crowning a champion.
I think we will see a straight 1-4 ranking system, but the Big Ten and Pac want to ensure that they have access to the Rose Bowl.
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If the Big 10 and Pac 12 insist on the conference champ model, they will get it. If they don't care that much about it, they wont, but it seems to me they do care about the conference champ model a great deal. The antitrust issues don't really exist because the independents do have a (slim, but theoretical) road, and they could easily join a conference if they wanted to. By opting out of a conference, UND pretty much chooses to make it harder on themselves for no really good reason.