I've been thinking this for years. To make everything fair, the only way you make the playoff is you have to win your conference, and EVERY conference gets a bid. What will happen, over time, you will see some high ranking recruits going to lower conferences because they know all they have to do is win the conference and they get to go to the playoffs. Eventually, you would see more parity in the league and less brand names holding all the power. And hey, maybe some of those brand name teams decide to move to lower conference because they think they can win and get to the playoffs easier. Will it happen? Never, because it's not about creating fairness, it's all about money and TV contracts, and for a sport that is made up of mostly public institutions, that's just sad.