Here's one of the many possible brackets it could be if a selection committee picked the top 8 teams, regardless of conference:
1 Notre Dame
8 Texas A&M
4 Oregon
5 LSU
3 Florida
6 Kansas State
2 Alabama
7 Stanford
Playoffs ruin the regular season? Of course they don't! Every game over the last two weeks could completely jumble this bracket beyond recognition. The excitement would be considerably amped up just in the regular season, and the playoffs would be even better. Luckily, this format will probably happen after a few years of the 4-team committee-selected format.
1 Notre Dame
8 Texas A&M
4 Oregon
5 LSU
3 Florida
6 Kansas State
2 Alabama
7 Stanford
Playoffs ruin the regular season? Of course they don't! Every game over the last two weeks could completely jumble this bracket beyond recognition. The excitement would be considerably amped up just in the regular season, and the playoffs would be even better. Luckily, this format will probably happen after a few years of the 4-team committee-selected format.