Ever since the first four-team tournament in 2014-15, I’ve been thinking a lot about playoff expansion. And after years of deliberation, countless notes on my iPhone, excessive text messages to friends to check out my next scheme, I finally have it: the 18-team playoff. Buckle your seatbelts, this is going to get weird.
Currently, there are ten conferences in FBS (though with Texas and Oklahoma bouncing to the SEC, that could be subject to change). All ten conference champions plus the next eight highest-ranked teams in the final College Football Playoff rankings advance to the playoff in my system.