to many of their own teams in, your proposal would be best for CFP as a whole.

Would it lead to seam teams leaving the big boy conferences to get into a conference they could more readily win?

Imagine 10 conferences of 10 teams each. 9 team conf. play. 3 out of conference determined by how you finished previous year. if you finished 2nd, you have to play one game from a 2nd place finish from another conference, once against a 1st place finisher and the 3rd against whoever you want. how high you finished determines where the game is played.

With 16 in playoffs, and 10 conf champs in. top 5 conf champs automatic games at home, next 3 based on who is ranked higher.. 1 plays 16, 2 plays 15, etc.