A national conference realignment, once and for all

Graphic by Courtney WilliamsFollowing the 2013 season, when college football moved from the Bowl Championship Series to the College Football Playoffs, fans and pundits alike lauded the move as a step in the right direction.

But while installing a playoff system was the right choice, a four-team playoff simply isn’t sufficient for the new world of college football.

There is debate about which teams should and should not make it into the college football playoff, and with five power conferences and four spots, it creates the chance for some major problems.

In part one of a three-week series, we’ll take a look at a hypothetical resolution to a real problem: realigning the Power 5 conferences into…