This is the best way to do it and I think it will happen, but they can’t do it with that kind of seeding. No one wants to see Pitt or Iowa or NC State or whoever get rolled 87-0 in Tuscaloosa every year.
You’d have to split it into to halves and seed them 1-4 on each side.
If you went with a straight bracket (using the CFP rankings for the 3 teams that didn't win their conference) it would look like this and 3 out of 4 would be horrible blowouts.:
#1 Alabama vs. #8 Pitt
#2 Michigan vs. #7 Utah
#3 Georgia vs. #6 Baylor
#4 Cincinnati vs. #5 Ohio State
If you seeded it in two halves it would look like this:
#1 Alabama vs #4 Utah
#2 Georgia vs #3 Ohio State
#1 Michigan vs. #4 Pitt
#2 Cincinnati vs. #3 Baylor
Is it perfect? No. But a whole lot better than #1 vs #8.
They are talking about doing something like I am proposing in pro playoffs:
- 8 teams in (5 conference champs, 3 wildcards).
- seed top 4 like they are today --> 1 = Bama, 2 = Mich, 3 = Ga, 4 = Cin
- 1st round games on campuses, final 4 at bowl games, etc.
- then, Bama gets to pick their 1st opponent from remaining 4 teams
- then Mich gets to pick their opponent from remaining 3 teams
- then GA gets their choice of final 2 teams
- and Cin gets the remaining team
Choosing your opponent is the ultimate advantage for the top seed and motivating factor for the chosen team.