The playoff is broken. It needs to expand to 8.

10-2 Alabama and 10-2 Ohio state look forward to playoff expansion.

I guarantee you group of five teams are hungrier for national representation than the SEC.

There would no doubt be upsets.

I’m cool with Alabama being in every year.

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Theyre being held down by the Alabama and Clemson invitational

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The 3 and 4 seeds are a combined 4-8 in CFP semifinals.

In the 8 losses, they've been beaten by 39, 20, 38, 17, 31, 27, 11, and 35 points.

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Nah four is fine

The only changes needed are permanent spots

For example Alabama is college football and should always be in the playoffs

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If you give Power 5 teams automatic bids, we’ll be right back here again talking about the haves/have nots disparity.

Try this:

1) quarterfinals: 4 major bowls; go down the list of top 25 teams. Seed as many conference champions as you can in the top 25. For right now exclude lower-ranked co-champions. If there are still seeds left to be filled, go back to the top and start putting in the co-champions you left off. If there are still seeds left to be filled. Go back to the top and put in the highest ranked at-large teams.*
2) semifinals; at highest-seeded teams’ stadiums.
3) national championship; could be a neutral venue or at the stadium of highest-seeded team.

*if an at-large team is in the top 3, they auto-qualify, with seed being no higher than the lowest ranked conference champion.

Edit: Just to test out this system, here’s how it would have gone this year:

1. Alabama
2. Clemson
3. Ohio State
4. Oklahoma
5. Cincinnati
6. Coastal Carolina
7. Louisiana
8. San Jose State

Unfortunately, Texas A&M and Notre Dame wouldn’t have made it this year, as all 8 spots would have been taken up by conference champions. But sometimes, them’s the breaks for not winning your conference.

I like 8. It will never matter where you draw the line, those left out first will be upset.

I see the advantage of 8 for teams that had early season losses, but by the end of the year are much improved. With 4 teams, you can be eliminated by the 2nd week of September. And it won't matter who you beat late in the season, you are out. My 2012 Ags were on fire at the end of the year, but not even in the conversation with a couple of early season losses. OU would have a case this year.

Does a 3 loss UF or 2 loss OU team really deserve the right to play for the title?

You're crying about who should be in the 4th spot.

You'll cry about the 8th spot.

There is no fix for you, other than you need to stop being a dumbass.

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Yes. Because theyd likely be matched with an undefeated G05. That is what would prove their worth.

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No they wouldn't. UF would be matched with Clemson and would likely lose that one again. OU would be matched with OSU and that might be a decent matchup. Either way, they both lost multiple games during the regular season and don't deserve another shot.