1. As I said, the 14-team playoff works well for the P2 because their champs will get byes, and they don’t want to devalue their conference championship games. That’s why the 16 team playoff is unlikely in my view. 2. Not sure about a conference selection committee. I think each conference will choose the AQ teams they are sending. Most likely, I think they’ll use conference standings with complicated tiebreaker rules. 3. Non P2 conferences don’t have much leverage here. Let’s say the ACC boycotts the CFP changes and tries to start a new non-P2 playoff instead. What would the Big 12 do? They’d have two choices: - Option 1: Join the ACC in the non-P2 playoff. This would likely generate a lot less money. - Option 2: Join the P2 and send a couple of teams to the P2 playoff. This would likely bring in more money and cut the ACC out of the national picture. You know which option Yormark would choose. 4. In my opinion, the only credible threat the ACC or non-P2 conferences can make is potential antitrust litigation. At least, this may lead to change the language and they may say the “top two” conferences get four bids and the third and fourth conferences get two bids, instead of specifying conference names.