there needs to be a better algorithm, the polls are biased so the poll would be biased, IMHO, if you want to go
that direction, you don't have conference championships, you just have the computer pick the top 24 and start your playoff with 8 games and 8 byes the first round. Then 8 the week before Christmas, and the semis over New Years.
With 24, there is no doubt you've got the most deserving teams from every conference, but now they have to all prove it, this stuff of a bye the entire month of December is bogus. Everyone should play by Christmas.