Cut out this conference biased crap. Teams have played who was placed on their schedules. Not the winning teams fault that the opponent sucks really bad for the rest of the season. Winning teams should not be penalized for winning cleanly and clearly in their respective conferences....whether popular or not....whether the conference is the toughest or not.
If they expand the playoffs to 8 where all conference champions even with 1 loss is in.
If a conference champion happens to have 2 losses....unfortunately they are out. .......and their spots will go to the next best unbeaten or 1 loss team from wherever conference .....kind of like the next best At Large Team if you will. This is just to make sure we have 8 of the best.
Play the 4 playoff games 2 weeks after the official selections are announced and made.
The next 2 weeks play the 2 playoff games that features the final 4 teams...........then 2 weeks after that.. the 1 championship for all the marbles...the glory....and all the bragging rights.....etc...