ice hockey that the risk of subjectivity should already be dramatically reduced. At least the subjectivity should be the only reason a committee is used to determine the playoff bracket. Especially if the pool of candidates reaches a certain size. Currently there are approximately 140 schools (10 FBS conferences and 2-3 Independents) that could be selected for the FBS Playoffs. Whereas there are only 64 schools (6 conferences and 5 Independents) that sponsor DI men's ice hockey. I think the regular season is around 26 games which means a team will end up playing either 13-26 opponents during the regular season.