It’s all just the BCS, no matter how many teams there are, as long as there is a selection committee and teams are in based on ranking. You want conference play to matter and be able to call it a real playoff, then you have to have the conference champions playing each other. If you think some conferences (NFL East bother you?) aren’t strong enough, then re-align the whole damn thing into 8 conferences of 12 teams each and they all a) play 9 game conference game schedules and b) play their other 3 games are from the other 7 conferences.
It’s all just the BCS, no matter how many teams there are, as long as there is a selection committee and teams are in based on ranking. You want conference play to matter and be able to call it a real playoff, then you have to have the conference champions playing each other. If you think some conferences (NFL East bother you?) aren’t strong enough, then re-align the whole damn thing into 8 conferences of 12 teams each and they all a) play 9 game conference game schedules and b) play their other 3 games are from the other 7 conferences.