Oh, I've pointed that out repeatedly in arguments elsewhere: a multi-week playoff is held at literally every other level of college football except FBS and somehow the students survive. :smile:

I’m not sure you could do a multi-week playoff without the home games that the lower divisions have. I’m not a big fan of all the home games. I’d be happy with 8 teams if the goal is to pick the best team. The 20 team playoff in FCS is ridiculous

16 or 8 teams seem like reasonable numbers to me, personally.

I think 8 especially seems reasonable for FBS because you can have autobids for the P5 champions and a G5 team. For FCS I'd put the bare minimum at 12 so you could guarantee autobids to the playoff-eligible conferences while leaving at-large spots