season - and the conference championship games - for a larger group of teams. Look at the rough top 8 at the end of any season - you still can't lose more than one game to be in the hypothetical mix as an at-large (not a conference champ).

Besides, I like the idea of, say, a 10-3 VT team playing in an 8-team playoff (as ACC champs) in a season like this. Would we win the title? Not likely, but depending on our matchup we could win one to get to the "final four," and things like that are nothing but positive for the teams involved.