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<blockquote data-quote="dmurdock" data-source="post: 981990" data-attributes="member: 381"><p>I started to add that the ACC would be seeded to always have an away game at an SEC school, then remembered about the first round byes for the top 4 conference champions. I think the SEC & B1G would love to eliminate that provision but they don't get to make that decision by themselves (yet). The original setup of 6 conference champions was to get the G5 conferences to buy in on the format. The conference champions getting byes provision was probably necessary to get the ACC, Big 12 and Pac 12 to agree. At this point I don't see any way that the ACC, Big 12 or any of the G5 conferences agree to change the byes from conference champions to a "best 4 teams" based selection. So, no, I think the top 4 ranked conference champions will continue to receive first round byes for now.</p><p></p><p>Keep in mind that at some point in the future, the ACC champ may be ranked lower than a G5 champ, and thus the ACC champ could be on the road at an SEC location (not sure if there is a provision for conference champions that are not top 4 are guaranteed to host in round 1). It's also not out of the realm of possibility that the ACC champ is ranked below 2 G5 conference champions and the ACC could be completely left out of a 12-team playoff; not likely but who would have thought an undefeated FSU wouldn't be selected to a 4-team playoff.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dmurdock, post: 981990, member: 381"] I started to add that the ACC would be seeded to always have an away game at an SEC school, then remembered about the first round byes for the top 4 conference champions. I think the SEC & B1G would love to eliminate that provision but they don't get to make that decision by themselves (yet). The original setup of 6 conference champions was to get the G5 conferences to buy in on the format. The conference champions getting byes provision was probably necessary to get the ACC, Big 12 and Pac 12 to agree. At this point I don't see any way that the ACC, Big 12 or any of the G5 conferences agree to change the byes from conference champions to a "best 4 teams" based selection. So, no, I think the top 4 ranked conference champions will continue to receive first round byes for now. Keep in mind that at some point in the future, the ACC champ may be ranked lower than a G5 champ, and thus the ACC champ could be on the road at an SEC location (not sure if there is a provision for conference champions that are not top 4 are guaranteed to host in round 1). It's also not out of the realm of possibility that the ACC champ is ranked below 2 G5 conference champions and the ACC could be completely left out of a 12-team playoff; not likely but who would have thought an undefeated FSU wouldn't be selected to a 4-team playoff. [/QUOTE]
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