If there's one thing that's obvious - conf champ guarantees skewed things by pushing teams down without good reason.
There's no reason OSU/UT should be facing each other when SMU, Indiana, Boise St, Az St, Clemson are out there.
It makes no sense to take #12 Az St and make them #4. Boise St from #9 to #3. Clemson from #16 to #12. That's all so irrational and too dogmatic.
If you want to guarantee 4 champ spots, what the hell ever.
But seed them BY YOUR RANKING. If the 5th worst champion isn't good enough to even be in your TOP TWELVE...maybe they just don't freakin belong.
Seed teams as you rank them. It's not that hard. The current model is so clearly bull**** to overly favor the smaller conferences and their champions.