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Originally Posted by RainMaker
I don't think you can put much logic into the choices. It's just about money. They have 11 games versus 3 to sell to the networks.
On the plus side, I guess you can make the case you'll see more top teams playing each other. Maybe teams are more aggressive in their OOC scheduling since a loss doesn't necessarily end their title hopes.
Again, it's about the money. Trying to rationalize their decision outside of that seems pointless.
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There's quite a bit that seems pointless, if we're just really cold blooded honest about it.
For example: having CUSA, MAC, and MWC be in the same "division" as the others. And that's at minimum.
In the CFP era, now approaching a decade, even under the 12 team format, the closest anyone from those would have gotten was Central Michigan in 2016. And they were at least 3 spots outside getting in even at 13-0.