re: Possible New 16 Team Conferences

While I don't favor this, objectively the simplest balancing act would be for A&M and Missouri to return to the Big 12 and then all of the major conferences could/would have a conference championship game. Of course the problem with selecting 4 playoff teams from 5 conferences would remain. If TCU or Baylor had won the hypothetical Big 12 Championship game in a blowout, the committee would have been much harder pressed to select Ohio St. over the Big 12 champion. Solution: they really need to expand the playoffs to include 8 teams; 4 bowl games, 2 semi-final games and the NCG.