You do realize there are 5 automatic bids for five different conferences in the playoffs, right? And the other seven are based on rankings. Nothing to do with conferences.There are only three viable conferences that have the money and a clear paths to the playoffs,and Purdue is a member of one of those three.
Purdue is a better job than it was 7 years ago......
That might change slightly, maybe it’s 4 conferences, but I don’t expect it will be much different.