Very simple. No automatic bids for anyone.
Top 12 teams make it, period. If that happens to include a G5 then good for them, but no more sacrificial lambs.
An ‘04 Utah, ‘09 Boise State, ‘10 TCU, ‘21 Cincy would make the playoffs, and that’s great.
JMU and Tulane would not.
Ya ya, my team lost today. Blah blah.
But these G5 teams had no business in the bracket this year. It’s honestly a disservice to the playoff and it needs to be fixed immediately.