Since the BCS was created humans have been trying to remove humans from the process of selecting the teams that will compete for a Division I national championship.
The problem is that any system that tries to pare down the list of eligible participants too narrowly invariably involves bias. We found this out with the BCS where only the top two teams were selected to play for the title. Oklahoma State blew that mostly computerized system to pieces, but what rose from the ashes is much worse.
While fans got a little of what they wanted…an actual playoff…it was limited to four teams that were now being chosen by….