If you can’t win your own conference, then you shouldn’t be eligible to win the national championship!
but you should be eligible win the NC if you’ve lost more games than the team that didn’t win the conference...
OK, gotcha...
I’m sure you’re aware that Florida could win its championship after losing three regular season games...using your logic, Bama, after losing 0 regular season games, would be ineligible to play for the title...
This is the argument for 8. With 8, the five power conferences champs get in and three wildcard slots. I think they should drop a regular season game too. These boys get tore up, especially in the smash mouth SEC.
Yes, I am fully aware that Florida could win the SEC and by my standards that would put them in the tourney over Alabama. The same could happen with Colorado vs Washington and with VT over Clemson.
Yes, I would be completely fine with all of those outcomes. It should be decided on the field of play. Period. If the Conference Championships are to mean anything, then it should be the ticket to the tourney.
If the CFP wants legitimacy, then they need to take the role of “opinions” out of it.
Of course, if they expanded to 8 teams, they could take all 5 conference champs (making me happy) and then 3 at large bids (making you happy.) Until then, let it be decided on the field.