re: The answer is an 8 team playoff set up this way

My idea has always been 6 team playoff. Top 6 conference champions using a BCS computer ranking for seeding. The conferences are responsible for declaring their champion. The top 2 teams get bye weeks. Seed 3 and 4 play the games at home. The top 2 seeds play the second round at home. The championship is a rotating neutral site location.

This makes regular season conference games important. Big time OOC games can boost your resume for better seeding. The home games are bigger rewards for seeding and improve the college game atmosphere.

Hypothetical 2016 Playoffs:

Round 1

Game 1: (5) Oklahoma at (4) Penn State
Game 2: (6) Western Michigan at (3) Washington

Round 2

Game 3: Best Seed to Advance from Round 1 at (2) Clemson
Game 4: Worst Seed to Advance from Round 1 at (1) Alabama

Round 3

National Championship: G3W vs G4W in Tampa, FL

If the conferences went closer to a non division title game setting it would serve as a play in game to the playoffs potentially. It would be epic imo.