This is my proposal for the postseason (12 team playoff/bowl season) and a continuation of my regular season proposal with a 13 game schedule. This provides more inventory for ESPN and other networks if they bid for bowls, which are divided into 4 Tiers (Examples of Tiers 1 & 2 from 2017-2020 seasons below). This also eliminates 5 or 6 ESPN bowls while adding 3 or 4 more games to the postseason (not counting all-star games), which I think is in ESPN's best interests, but the FBS conferences could try to use multiple networks for their games. This also puts importance on having a winning record to get into a Bowl Game rather than 6-6 or 5-7 rewarding teams on a successful season. I know there are many bowl games that most won't care about, but I think this is a reasonable result. Dates could be adjusted as well since the committee is looking to extend the season further into January, but I feel like that would be pushing the season too long and I think the CFP would have a better time competing against the NFL regular season rather than the playoffs.

Bowl Season
- Starts: Monday after 1st Round
- Ends: Friday before National Championship
Bowl Game Eligibility: 7 Wins (8 Wins also an option)
- No Bowl Tie-ins outside NY6 (Listed Below)
Total Games: 45 or 46 (37 or 38 with 8 win eligibility)
- 11 Playoff Games + 34 or 35 Bowls Games (26 or 27)

12 Team Playoff:
- Top 6 Conference Champs + Top 6 At-Large Teams
- Top 4 Conference Champs Receive 1st Round Bye
- Could include option for undefeated Independent ranked in Top 2 to recieve a 1st Round Bye
1st Round:
- 5-12 ranked teams hosted on campus of 5-8 teams
- 2nd Weekend of December
Quarterfinals:
- 4 bye teams hosting 4 1st round winners on campus
- No Reseeding
- 3rd Weekend of December
Semifinals & Championship Game:
- Semifinal format same as done with 4 Team CFP rotating NY6 Bowls (preference for Saturday around New Years or NYD)
- 4 Semifinalists are reseeded
- Championship Game potentially moved to 2nd Saturday in January

Tier 1 (Playoff Revenue):
- 12 Team CFP (includes 2 NY6 Bowls hosting Semis)
- 4 NY6 Bowls host 8 eliminated playoff teams
- NY6 Conference Tie-In Spots not filled become At-Large
- G5 Champ(s) take At-Large Spot(s)

NY6 Year 1 Tie-ins
Cotton: Big 12 vs. At-Large
Fiesta: Big Ten vs. PAC-12
Orange: ACC vs. At-Large
Peach: SEC vs. At-Large
Rose: CFP Semis
Sugar: CFP Semis

NY6 Year 2 Tie-ins
Cotton: CFP Semis
Fiesta: Big 12 vs. At-Large
Orange: CFP Semis
Peach: ACC vs. At-Large
Rose: Big Ten vs. At-Large
Sugar: SEC vs. At-Large

NY6 Year 3 Tie-ins
Cotton: Big 12 vs. At-Large
Fiesta: CFP Semis
Orange: ACC vs. At-Large
Peach: CFP Semis
Rose: Big Ten vs. At-Large
Sugar: SEC vs. At-Largeio

Tier 2 ($5-6 million):
- Remaining CFP Top 25 Teams
- All Unranked Conference Champions (G5 Champs can't play other G5 teams)
- Remaining spot(s) go to best team(s) with most wins
Alamo
Cheez-It (formerly Camping World)
Citrus
Duke’s Mayo
Holiday
Liberty
Music City
Outback
Texas

Tier 3 ($3-4 Million):
Fenway
Gator
Guaranteed Rate
Independence
Las Vegas
LA
Military
Pinstripe
Quick Lane
Redbox
Sun

Tier 4 ($1-2 million):
Armed Forces*
Birmingham*
Boca Raton
Famous Idaho Potato
First Responder
Frisco?
Gasparilla*
Hawaii
LendingTree
New Mexico
New Orleans
* = Tier 4 Bowl Games Kept if Bowl Eligibility Increased to 8 Wins

Eliminated Bowls:
Arizona
Bahamas
Camellia
Cure
Myrtle Beach


2017 - CFP Matchups
- #1 Clemson (12-1)
#9 Penn St. (10-2) @ #8 USC (11-2)
- #5 Ohio St. (11-2)
#12 UCF (12-0) @ #4 Alabama (11-1)
- #2 Oklahoma (12-1)
#10 Miami (FL) (10-2) @ #7 Auburn (10-3)
- #3 Georgia (12-1)
#11 Washington (10-2) @ #6 Wisconsin (12-1)
Tier 2 Bowl Game Teams:
#13 Stanford (9-4)
#14 Notre Dame (9-3)
#15 TCU (10-3)
#16 Michigan St. (9-3)
#17 LSU (9-3)
#18 Washington St. (9-3)
#19 Oklahoma St. (9-3)
#20 Memphis (10-2)
#21 Northwestern (9-3)
#22 Virginia Tech (9-3)
#23 Mississippi St. (8-4)
#24 NC State (8-4)
#25 Boise St. (10-3, MWC Champ)
Toledo (11-2, MAC Champ)
Florida Atlantic (10-3, C-USA Champ)
Troy (10-2, SBC Champ)
San Diego St. (10-2)
South Florida (9-2)
Just Missed: Army (9-3)

2018 - CFP Matchups
- #1 Alabama (13-0)
#9 Washington (10-3) @ #8 UCF (12-0)
- #6 Ohio St. (12-1)
#12 Penn St. (9-3) @ #3 Notre Dame (12-0)
- #2 Clemson (13-0)
#10 Florida (9-3) @ #7 Michigan (10-2)
- #4 Oklahoma (12-1)
#11 LSU (9-3) @ #5 Georgia (11-2)
Tier 2 Bowl Game Teams:
#13 Washington St. (10-2)
#14 Kentucky (9-3)
#15 Texas (9-4)
#16 West Virginia (8-3)
#17 Utah (9-4)
#18 Mississippi St. (8-4)
#19 Texas A&M (8-4)
#20 Syracuse (9-3)
#21 Fresno St. (11-2, MWC Champ)
#22 Northwestern (8-5)
#23 Missouri (8-4)
#24 Iowa St. (8-4)
#25 Boise St. (10-3)
Appalachian St. (10-2, SBC Champ)
UAB (10-3, C-USA Champ)
Northern Illinois (8-5, MAC Champ)
Cincinnati (10-2)
Army (10-2)
Just Missed: Utah St. (10-2), Buffalo (10-3)

2019 - CFP Matchups
- #1 LSU (13-0)
#9 Florida (10-2) @ #8 Wisconsin (10-3)
- #4 Oklahoma (12-1)
#17 Memphis (12-1) @ #5 Georgia (11-2)
- #2 Ohio St. (13-0)
#10 Penn St. (10-2) @ #7 Baylor (11-2)
- #3 Clemson (13-0)
#11 Utah (11-2) @ #6 Oregon (11-2)
Tier 2 Bowl Game Teams:
#12 Auburn (9-3)
#13 Alabama (10-2)
#14 Michigan (9-3)
#15 Notre Dame (10-2)
#16 Iowa (9-3)
#18 Minnesota (10-2)
#19 Boise St. (12-1, MWC Champ)
#20 Appalachian St. (12-1, SBC Champ)
#21 Cincinnati (10-3)
#22 USC (8-4)
#23 Navy (10-2)
#24 Virginia (9-4)
#25 Oklahoma St. (8-4)
Florida Atlantic (10-3, C-USA Champ)
Miami (OH) (8-5, MAC Champ)
SMU (10-2)
Air Force (10-2)
Louisiana (10-3)
Just Missed: UCF (9-3), San Diego St. (9-3), Louisiana Tech (9-3)

2020* - 12 Team CFP Matchups
- #1 Alabama (11-0)
#9 Georgia (7-2) @ #8 Cincinnati (9-0)
- #6 Oklahoma (8-2)
#12 Coastal Carolina (11-0) @ #4 Notre Dame (10-1)
- #2 Clemson (10-1)
#10 Iowa St. (8-3) @ #7 Florida (8-3)
- #3 Ohio St. (6-0)
#11 Indiana (6-1) @ #5 Texas A&M
Tier 2 Bowl Game Teams:
#13 North Carolina (8-3)
#14 Northwestern (6–1)
#15 Iowa (6-2)
#16 BYU (10-1)
#17 USC (5-1)
#18 Miami (FL) (8-2)
#19 Louisiana (9-1)
#20 Texas (6-3)
#21 Oklahoma St. (7-3)
#22 San Jose St. (7-0, MWC Champ)
#23 NC State (8-3)
#24 Tulsa (6-2)
#25 Oregon (4-2, PAC-12 Champ)
Ball State (6-1, MAC Champ)
UAB (6-3, C-USA Champ)
Liberty (9-1)
Army (9-2)
Appalachian St. (8-3)
Just Missed: Marshall (7-2), Memphis (7-3), SMU (7-3)

I say:
Nuke the ESPN bowls (how does that consolidate the tiers)
Rotate the NY6