NCAA Football: Mountwain West Proposes 8-team playoff

I still don't think this will ever happen, but the Mountain West made a proposal to the BCS for an 8-team playoff to replace the current system.

The entire proposal is available for the public to review. The proposal is very professional, and I'd suggest reading it.

Here are some highlights:
1) new criteria for determining who gets an automatic berth - the criteria currently is based on playing at least 20 games against the six power conferences and winning at least 40% of these games. Notably, this criteria results in the Mountain West conference immediately qualifying. It's self-serving, but hey, it's interesting.
2) a committee determines the remaining BCS teams in the 8-team playoff. It's like the NCAA selection committee, only with higher stakes, because you aren't arguing about the last 12th-seed in, you are arguing about 4 versus 5.
3) Their proposal also includes ranking the top 10 teams, where the #9 and #10 teams play in a bowl game. I suppose this way, we are ensured another good game AND that way we all will know the BEST team to NOT make the 8-team playoff!