re: Saban said this yesterday and he is RIGHT...

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Good luck deciding the top 4 out of a 120 team league when there will probably be 20 teams with 10-2 and 9-3 records.

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How about picking 6 teams out of a 72 team league with 6 conferences of 12 teams each?

That shouldn't be too hard. Win your division. Win your conference. Make the playoffs. Top 2 teams get a first round bye, like the NFL. 12 team conferences are far easier to schedule than these 14 or 16 team conferences anyways.

Great Lakes:
Iowa St
Iowa
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Illinois
Northwestern

Michigan
Mich St
Ohio St
Purdue
Indiana
Notre Dame

Big East:
Pitt
West Virginia
Louisville
Cincinatti
Memphis
Temple

Penn State
Syracuse
Boston College
UConn
Rutgers
Army

Atlantic:
Maryland
Navy
Virginia
Virginia Tech
UNC
Duke

NCSt
Wake
Georgia Tech
Florida St
Clemson
Miami

SEC:
LSU
Arkansas
Miss St
Ole Miss
Alabama
Auburn

Vandy
Tennessee
Kentucky
Florida
Georgia
South Carolina

Great Plains:
Colorado
Air Force
Nebraska
Mizzou
Kansas
Kansas St

Oklahoma
OK St
Texas
Texas A&M
Baylor
Texas Tech

Pacific:
Oregon
Oregon St
Washington
Wazzou
Cal
Stanford

USC
UCLA
Zona
Ariz St
Utah
BYU

Only P5 team left out in this scenario is TCU, who would get in if we leave out the service academies.

Army becomes Houston and switches divisions with Temple
Navy gets switched for Tulane (S. Carolina goes ACC, Auburn goes to the SEC East, and Tulane joins the West)
Air Force becomes TCU and trades divisions with OK St.