While much of the focus has been on balanced schedules, automatic qualifiers and conference champions, a priority for the College Football Playoff should be rewarding the highest-seeded programs with home-field games.

That should in turn drive the playoffs to a 16-team format to provide more of those on-campus or home-field opportunities.

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