It would appear that support is potentially growning for a 'plus one' solution in D-I college football, as discussed in this article:

Final Four article at Rivals.com (opens in new window)

Good, but simply put, not good enough.

If the original 'bowls and vote only' system was a horse-and-carriage and the BCS gave us a Model T, then in my opinion the 'plus one' format hits somewhere around a Yugo. Yeah, it's a car and an improvement over the previous car. It's more comfortable than the old model, more reliable, can travel further from home base. But would you buy it to send your daughter to college in? Not a chance. You want something that won't need maintenance the minute she pulls out of the driveway.

The 1985 Yugo GV - on the esteemed list of all-time bad cars

The premier sport in the United States of America deserves the premier ending. I've always thought that D-I football was a fantastic movie with a horrific ending. Good enough for constant re-runs on TNT, but not good enough to make the top spot in your all-time greats collection.

My belief has always been that any of the top few teams in any of the top conferences and some others from not-so-top conferences could come out with a championship if given a chance. Four teams selected with a large voter bias simply isn't enough. Admittedly the DPS has slightly too many teams (with 12), but I can't go as low as four and feel that is acceptable. Eight is perfect number for me to eliminate biases and get the most deserving teams a shot. A top four this season would leave out high quality conference Champs from the Big Ten and PAC-12, in my opinion teams that would make some noise in a winner-take-all tournament.

So I'll be somewhat happy when they deliver my Yugo, but know for sure that I'll never live to see that Mercedes SLR in the driveway.