You're gonna give the Sun Belt and CUSA and MAC an auto-bid, and leave out a top 10 team?
Your 2015 playoff looks like this
edit: I ordered the ranking stupidly, they wouldn't put the at-larges at the end
- Clemson 13-0 (ACC)
- Alabama 12-1 (SEC)
- Michigan State 11-1 (B1G)
- Oklahoma 11-1 (Big 12)
- Iowa 12-1 (at large, next ranked in playoff rankings)
- Stanford 11-2 (Pac 12)
- Ohio State 11-1 (at large, next ranked in playoff rankings)
- Houston 12-1 (AAC)
- Western Kentucky 11-2 (CUSA)
- Bowling Green 10-3 (MAC)
- San Diego State 10-3 (MWC)
- Arkansas State 9-3 (Sun Belt)
With a 12 team (4 team bye) bracket, the initial matchups are 5v12, 6v11, 7v10, 8v9
Houston - Western Kentucky (Winner plays Clemson)
Ohio State - Bowling Green (Winner plays Alabama)
Stanford - San Diego State (Winner plays Michigan State)
Iowa - Arkansas State (Winner plays Oklahoma)
That would probably be 4 blow-outs, at that point, leave it at 8 in the playoff, the bad G5 teams don't deserve a shot