So what if these bowl games weren’t “meaningless”?

As it stands right now if you’re not in the top 4, you just go to a bowl game.
What if the bowls were all playoff games?
Top 25 - (skip all these conference championship games and go straight to the playoffs. No 1 seed has a bye until final 4.

First week in December Round 1 - 12 games (use these crappier bowls for that or just play at one of the schools)

Second week December Round 2- 6 games (the less crappier but still very irrelevant bowls used here)

Third week December Round 3 - 3 games (NY6 caliber bowls here)

Last week December / Jan 1st - Round 4 - No 1 team plays No 4, No 2 plays no 3 - 2 games (Use these bowls / locations as they already are)

Second week January- Championship game.(Rotates like it has been)

Now everyone playing on a Top 25 Team has a shot and the games actually matter.

It would be bigger than the March Madness IMO, and the player attrition rate would be hampered significantly.