It’s interesting that two teams who didn’t have to play a conference championship game made it to the Championship Game.
Also that all four teams that had the bye week, lost their games. I think that the conference champions should host their games, instead of having them at a neutral field.
One team didn’t HAVE to play. One team didn’t GET to play. The Big Ten was over-represented in the top ten teams.
I don’t know how it works for the other conferences, but Indianapolis plays host to a lot of NCAA events, not just the Big Ten football championship. Lots of revenue there to lose. There will be a lot of squawking if that changes.
Bye weeks can have that effect, but rarely does every team with a bye lose in the next round.
I’m sure the conference gurus will make changes to the “system” again very soon, maybe even for next season.