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The issue with a 16 team playoff is that the top 2 teams are playing an extra 4 games on top of the regular season/conference championship game. In addition to finals, it's a lot of work that's usually put into game planning for one team and getting underclassmen prepared for the next year that's suddenly not available.

Obviously there's no perfect system and everyone has their own opinion, but I'd be in favor of an 8 team playoff. One less overall game and you are left with a more exclusive list of games. Using your rankings it would be:

FSU vs. Mizzou
Auburn vs. Ohio State
Michigan State vs. Stanford
Alabama vs. Baylor

Looks like a hell of a Saturday lineup to me.

Eh, I think you may have her on the video front though, always have that going for you.

#statsthatmatter

ACC schools in North Carolina now have a 3:1 Dave ratio at the HC position. #goacc— Beau (@BadMaroonRising) December 10, 2013

daves on daves on daves

Gift Suite is the key term in that lineup. It's a hotel room filled with goodies and the players each select what they want within a specified budget. Probably around $350-400 based on the named gifts, since the NCAA limits the giveaways to a total of $500.

I don't think anyone was really thinking it would be any other way.

In my opinion there was a much better offense in place in 2008 just from a talent perspective. That bowl game was huge to get the BCS monkey off Frank Beamer's back and the D put on a great performance. Tyrod's TD run in that game was epic; posing as he crossed the goal line with style. Great block by Danny Coale to spring the play.

I was going to reply to a post above, but it would have been similar to yours.
I think the operative two words are 'patience', and 'recruiting.'

I see our O-line being much improved after another bowl and spring practice.
I see our TE/WR's upgraded and improved next year.
Many a coach have won a lot of games on the backs of QB's that simply made the right throws at the right time and didn't turn the ball over. (Look at Spurrier at Florida: Doug Johnson, Jesse Palmer, Shane Matthews, Wuerffel, Grossman-not the best athletes by any stretch on the team, but great leaders who put the ball in the right place and protected it.) I think Leal can bring that to the table.
But these QB's were always complimented by a solid running game, which is still my biggest concern.
Not an expert like others on TKP, and much love to our current players, but I don't see our starting RB here yet.

Which brings me to recruiting: giving the new Offensive staff all of the time in the world won't mean diddly if we don't get the players.
I like the current class on paper, but we gotta close the deal on some of these kids or it's back to mediocrity.

so, i'm in complete agreement with hokie cpa above. i've always thougt 16 teams were perfect, and the conference champs with six at larges also makes sense if for no other reason than that's how ncaa tournaments work. i understand the playoffs are outside of the jurisdiction of the ncaa so maybe it would be more like what joe is talking about with just the 16 best teams. i wouldnt argue against it but i think college sports is very much about david vs goliath and i think the conference champ model would produce some epic games in both the regular and post season.

anyhoo, this is what that tournament would look like this year. the seedings are based on the bcs standings. it would take a month. first round and quarter-final games at higher seed's home field. national semis and national title game at neutral sites. i think it would be beautiful.

1.Florida State (ACC) 1.Auburn (SEC)
8. Arkansas State (Sun Belt) 8. Rice (C-USA)
4.Ohio State 4.Missouri
5.Oregon 5.South Carolina

2.Michigan State (B1G) 2.Alabama
7.Fresno State (MWC) 7.Bowling Green (MAC)
3.Stanford (PAC-12) 3.Baylor (BIG XII)
6.UCF (AAC) 6.Oklahoma

Thank you because I AGREE. I could imagine how this offense would have worked under the old offensive regime and I think it would be notably worse. That said, we still don't have a class of the Loeffler era established and in place yet. 2015 should give us a good feel, 2016 we can measure directional, and after that comes the final results of this hire.

Also, just reviewed this season compared to last and the big difference...we got HANDLED by Pitt, UNC, Clemson and da U. Cincinatti looked like the better team all game long and proved it at the end.

This year we won some ugly games but got truly handled in none of them - if you want to argue Bama handled us, there IS a case because there are THREE phases of the game.

Also, Logan Thomas spewed crap seemingly each and every game last year and in some games this year, his execution was outstanding.

Let's go win the Sun Bowl and nab our 2nd win over a top 20 team this year!

losing trey hurts, but this is caleb's chance to step up.

i've had a couple of people (one a bama bandwagoner and one a clemson alum) ask me when we were getting rid of frank. when i was all 'WHY?!?' they both said because he's not winning anymore. when i told them that you gotta have a little perspective on these things, they both looked at me like i was taking crazy pills. a lot of fans are what have you done for me lately, and lately is the last game.

i for one am excited for the future, but i think patience is still warranted. whoever the qb is next year, that young man will have a tremendous amount of pressure on him. i say we feed the rock to trey early and often, and with a lot of experience coming back all over the offensive side of the ball, if our new qb can make enough good decisions, 2014 will be another step forward.