2021 FCS Playoff Bracketology I honestly think it should go solely by ranking, like March Madness. #1 through #8 get the auto-bye, then your #9 team plays #24 or whatever auto-bid puff conference champion has to offer. The point of the playoffs is mixing it up, airfare be damned, I want to see a team like Montana play Kennesaw State, I want to see EWU take on a UT-Martin, mix the damn thing up.
One of the best games I ever saw was the Aggies hosting Northern Iowa, by wins and losses, you'd think Davis would've dominated, but UNI played a hard fought game and the quality of their conference showed as they had a pretty good game plan.