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<blockquote data-quote="doneagain" data-source="post: 131127361" data-attributes="member: 1396145">If there is an expansion to 8, I think the G5 will be given access, but it won’t be an automatic bid each year. The G5 will have to have a team ranked at least 12th or somewhere like that. Access will be more about the playoffs being able to say they have created an avenue for the G5 to be included, but like the P5 teams they will have to meet criteria in order to do so.As you pointed out, most years, even just getting to a ranking of 12 is going to be too hard for a G5 team to accomplish. It will have to be a team that has been winning big for a few years to build up enough clout to get the recognition to get ranked that high like Boise has done from time to time or UCF re entry going undefeated 2 years in a row, and they will have to have some wins over P5 teams along the way.Again though it will not really be about making sure the G5 can get in as much as it will be about being able to stand in front of a judge if it ever came to that and saying, “Look, we created criteria that allows the G5 access if they can meet the provisions established.” By making the criteria that they have to only be ranked like 12th or so, they can say they are making it even easier for them than any of the P5 schools.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="doneagain, post: 131127361, member: 1396145"] If there is an expansion to 8, I think the G5 will be given access, but it won’t be an automatic bid each year. The G5 will have to have a team ranked at least 12th or somewhere like that. Access will be more about the playoffs being able to say they have created an avenue for the G5 to be included, but like the P5 teams they will have to meet criteria in order to do so. As you pointed out, most years, even just getting to a ranking of 12 is going to be too hard for a G5 team to accomplish. It will have to be a team that has been winning big for a few years to build up enough clout to get the recognition to get ranked that high like Boise has done from time to time or UCF re entry going undefeated 2 years in a row, and they will have to have some wins over P5 teams along the way. Again though it will not really be about making sure the G5 can get in as much as it will be about being able to stand in front of a judge if it ever came to that and saying, “Look, we created criteria that allows the G5 access if they can meet the provisions established.” By making the criteria that they have to only be ranked like 12th or so, they can say they are making it even easier for them than any of the P5 schools. [/QUOTE]

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