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The College Football Playoff Committee suggested an overhaul of the playoff structure, attempting to address dissatisfaction with past rankings. The proposition entailed removing automatic byes for conference champions and instead allowing a more flexible seeding system based solely on rankings. This idea unnerved Yormark, who firmly believed that his conference should not only participate but also be fairly represented in the playoff rankings. Past grievances regarding the inequity of rankings have made Yormark cautious—a sentiment echoed by other commissioners who feared being sidelined if the new plan went into effect.