Play your own pod (3).
Playing other pod (4).
Play a pod from another P5 conference (4).

Autobid for top win% from each conference. 11 at-large teams. 16 team playoff.

No pods. Alabama is not planning to move to make the newcomers happy. Why was Missouri added to the East in 2011 when they are clearly West. I think this time OU will be added to the East and tu to the West. They become cross rivals so they play every year and a 9th conference game is added.

It's the SEC way to add teams like this. Pretty simple.

Tsips first schedule will look something like:

Week 1. Non conference
week 2. Non conference
Week 3. Ole Miss at home
Week 4: At Alabama
Week 5. Arkansas home
Week 6. At Georgia
Week 7. Miss State home
Week 8. At Auburn
Week 9. Texas Aggies at home
Week 10. At LSU
Week 11. Non conference
Week 12. Ou in Dallas Friday after TG.

I could see the SEC going to 10 conference games if we keep the permanent rival.

I highly doubt the sips and ou move their game from mid/late October during the state fair to rivalry week.