There is an article on ESPN about strength of schedule being a huge factor next year and beyond once the committee is in place to pick the 4 playoff teams. I saw this quote:

"A lot of teams are going to be at the mercy of their strength of their conference."

In other words only SEC, ACC, PAC-12, BiG 12, and BIG 10 teams will be considered. Occasionally maybe an AAC team. I hate the idea of a committee choosing everything. I don't know why they don't use the BCS formula and take the top 4 teams regardless of conference. If 2 of those teams were in the SEC then who cares? The playoff should be for the 4 best teams. Under this model Boise State, Utah, and TCU would have made the playoffs as a non-AQ. Would the committee have voted them in? Sounds like they are already getting their excuse in order to exclude teams from the non-AQ leagues.