(01-21-2020 09:50 AM)stever20 Wrote:  yeah the independents added in the last 7 years are utterly meaningless to anything. New Mexico St, UMass, Liberty, and UConn. Wow. That's not going to drive the CFP to change anything.

The CFP isn't going to accommodate indys. Boise State decisionmakers know it. That door is shut in the current format.

Now, if there's an 8-team playoff after the CFP runs out, the political maneuvering will be interesting.

The message board assumption is that there would be a G5 autobid in an 8-team playoff like there's a G5 autobid for a CFP bowl game.

But... Does Notre Dame have enough clout to get a rule that provides an autobid for the highest-ranked team that is not in a P5 conference, i.e., including indys as well as G5 teams? Can the SEC push through what they probably want, i.e., three at-large bids and no autobid for indys or G5 teams, which would give the SEC a good shot at putting 3 or possibly 4 teams in an 8-team playoff? Maybe we'll find out in about 5 years.