Issues with the existing order are numerous... here's my attempt to solve some of this.

Basic rules:
- 28 team playoff
- Every conference gets to participate
- Each conference has a set number of guaranteed slots: 4 for the B1G and SEC, 3 for the ACC and Big 12.
- Conferences are 100% responsible for identifying their selected
- The G5 (G6 next year with the Pac-12 'restarting') each get 1 guaranteed slot.
- There are 6 at-large spots available to the P4 conferences + Notre Dame. No more than 2 spots can go to any given conference
- There are 3 (2 next year) at-large spots available to the G5/6 schools, no more than 1 per conference for these.
- G5/6 conferences are expected to complete their conference championship games on Thanksgiving Weekend, in exchange Week 0 is expanded to include games played in G5/6 stadia (along with existing international and FCS games)
- The 8 G5/6 schools selected for the playoff get seeds 21-28 and play a preliminary round the first week in december, with 4 teams advancing to the main draw
- The top 8 overall seeds get a bye to the 2nd round.
- The remaining 12 teams play the 4 G5/6 winners in the "First Round".

Based on that, here's my bracket for 2025:


Considerations:
- Why only 2 additional at-large per conference? Well it seems like 6 teams for the SEC/Big Ten is more than enough and helps prevent poll bias. This year it means Houston gets tossed out and Vanbertilt gets put in. This probably is a win in terms of viewership and entratinment value bu I'm sticking with my proposal.
- Why is Duke in? The ACC decided with FIVE!! teams tied for 6-2 that Duke was the best, and they won the title game, therefore the ACC decided 8-5 Duke is the best team in the league. Talk to them, I didn't make that choice.
- How did you choose the 3 G5 at larges below? North Texas and UNLV seemed deserving enough. I pulled up Jeff Sagarin's website and squinted at it and picked ODU out of a hat. Go ahead and pick someone else if you'd like.
- Why not make Notre Dame play in the G5 round since they aren't in a conference Honestly? they are a power school and if you put them in the G5 group they're pretty much guaranteed to be better than the 2nd best runner up every single year, meaning they are guaranteed to be in the playoff every year.
- How do conferences choose teams: I don't know man, up to them. I really don't care, but I wouldn't recommend emulating the ACC. The Big Ten talked about having a 3vs6 and 4vs5 game to settle the final two spots. That could be compelling TV... Iowa winning at Oregon would have put them into the playoff this year, but at the same time you could lose an at-large team if they get smacked around.
- What about the ~waves arms~ rest of college football? Good question. I think you'd still have demand for bowl games or some sort of posteason for everyone else that's used to it... at least from a TV standpoint. I doublt you'd get more than 5-10,000 fans in an MLS stadium... you could try and do 4 team tournaments (semi's on campus, finals someplace warm) to spice it up.

I don't think you can feasibly expand the playoff much beyond what is outlined above though...

Is there still a committee sadly yes, but some of their guesswork is taken from them... ultimately they select 8-9 teams and then line everyone up. I thought about giving seeding preference to conference champs, or a guaranteed bye to P4 champs... but.. well, Duke.