From: rsfcmoderator@gmail.com   
      
   On Tuesday, December 19, 2023 at 12:56:28 PM UTC-5, JGibson wrote:   
   > On Tuesday, December 19, 2023 at 9:13:35 AM UTC-5, RSFC Moderator wrote:    
   > > On Monday, December 18, 2023 at 11:54:50 AM UTC-5, RSFC Moderator wrote:    
   > > > If we had next years conferences and rules and this years teams, how   
   would a playoff play out?    
   > > > #5 is a good place to be: getting the 2 weakest autobids---- most years   
   this is probably an easier spot than 1,2 or 3.    
   > > Thinking about this a little more: the #5 seed will often (40%? ) be the   
   second best team by quality or results. Sometimes they will be the best team.   
   So, it's not crazy that they have a reasonable easy path. That said, having   
   the easiest path to the    
   semis seems a touch too easy.   
   > Did they for sure stick with the top 4 conference champions get the top 4   
   seeds and the byes?   
      
   Hmm.      
      
   In 2022 they said:   
   "As previously announced, the expanded 12-team playoff will be made up of the   
   six conference champions ranked highest by the committee (no minimum ranking   
   requirement), and the six highest-ranked teams not among the conference   
   champions. The four highest-   
   ranked conference champions would be seeded Nos. 1 through 4 and receive   
   first-round byes. The other eight seeds — Nos. 5 through 12 — would play   
   in the first round."[1]   
      
   In 2023 they said:   
   "The new 12-team College Football Playoff field will include the six   
   highest-ranked conference champions, which will receive automatic bids. The   
   top four teams will receive a first-round bye to the quarterfinals.  The six   
   highest-ranked teams remaining    
   will round out the 12-team format."[2]   
      
   Both are slightly dated, because they have reduced the conference autobids to   
   5.   
      
   I think the 2023 wording means the same as the 2022--- the "top four" are   
   selected from conference champions before the field is rounded out--- but it's   
   more ambiguous than the 2022 wording.      
      
   This year, the top 5 CFP teams are all conference champions but it's probably   
   the last time that happens.   
      
   -rsfcm   
      
   [1] https://www.ncaa.com/news/football/article/2022-12-01/colleg   
   -football-playoff-expand-12-teams-starting-2024-season   
   [2] https://www.ncaa.com/news/football/article/2023-12-03/how-12   
   team-college-football-playoff-will-work-teams-schedule-bids   
      
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