re: We don't need 8 teams in the playoff, we need four balanced conferences

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Why not just get rid of "formulas" altogether?

Re-organize to eight conferences, conference champs get in. No wildcards, no byes, no formulas, no mulligans.

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No. That would destroy over 90% of teams.

Look at the SEC West. You currently have Alabama, LSU and Auburn as legitimate contenders in any given year. No wildcards would mean only 1 program gets a look, and if someone is currently hot (like Bama in this case) the others are eliminated.
So- why, as a recruit, go to LSU or Auburn? Answer- you don't; Bama is the team. Or outside to a different region; like Florida St, TCU or Ohio St.