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It's an interesting anomaly, to me.  Otherwise, I would post on the thread.

We all know we'll have "unusual" situations arise due to the way 1-4  and 5-12 get selected.  Team 4 may well be pretty weak fairly often.  Team 12 may be a real pastry at times.

It’s hard to go back at previous years to prove the point because the conferences were constructed differently.  You have to project forward.  But it isn’t hard to imagine a scenario like this.

1. Georgia 13-0 (CFP rank #1)
2. Michigan 12-1 (CFP rank #2)
3. Clemson 13-0 (CFP rank #3)
4. Ok St 10-3 (CFP rank #15)
5. Alabama 12-1 (CFP rank #4)
6. Ohio St 12-1 (CFP rank #5)
7. Oklahoma 11-1 (CFP rank #6)
8. Oregon 11-1 (CFP rank #7)
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12. James Madison 12-1 (CFP rank #23)

You think there is a possibility Georgia, Michigan, and Clemson are looking at Bama’s draw and thinking playing an extra game AT HOME against JMU might not be a bad trade off to get Ok St in the Quarters?  Maybe, maybe not, but it’s an interesting thought.

This, exactly!

#5 Bama's draw is the weakest two teams then #1 in the semi-final.

yes, the #5 seed might be at an advantage over the #4 and maybe the #3 seed, but............ it's because they were a top 5 team, maybe top 3.

They earned it on the field, so I'm good with it.

I'm also good with giving a conference champ the #4 seed with a couple losses
as long as that conference is the Big Ten or the SEC.

Okay, then it's weird that so many here insisted on including a G5 program in the playoff only to now refer to it as a layup or tune-up game.

Why include them, if that's the case?

Because if you don't include them, then you have a bifurcated system where the G5 have no legitimate opportunity to EVER play for the national championship. 

So you have to either find a way to at least give them a long shot opportunity, or you have to split the big boy conferences off officially and not keep this system where we pretend they're all in the same group. What you shouldn't do is lie and say they're all have the same opportunity when you have a structural impediment to half of the teams ever having any opportunity at all.  

Because if you don't include them, then you have a bifurcated system where the G5 have no legitimate opportunity to EVER play for the national championship.

So you have to either find a way to at least give them a long shot opportunity, or you have to split the big boy conferences off officially and not keep this system where we pretend they're all in the same group. What you shouldn't do is lie and say they're all have the same opportunity when you have a structural impediment to half of the teams ever having any opportunity at all. 

And if you leave them out you get anti-trust actions and Congressional interference. 

@OrangeAfroMan , I'm completely in agreement with you on the facts but as a practical matter they cannot be excluded.

Okay, then it's weird that so many here insisted on including a G5 program in the playoff only to now refer to it as a layup or tune-up game.

Why include them, if that's the case?

The nature of sport, mostly. 

Access is good and healthy and at a low cost. 

I’d actually like to see them go to on campus sites until the championship game.