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Would you want an 8 or 16 team playoff in CFB?
Posted on 11/19/13 at 10:25 pm
Posted on 11/19/13 at 10:25 pm
People are always saying how "awesome" a larger playoff with 8 or 16 teams would be. I think 4 team playoff is absolutely perfect, it keeps the regular season important like it is now and basically guarantees that the best team in the nation will get a shot at the title.
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Posted on 11/19/13 at 10:26 pm to benhamin5555
yes
Posted on 11/19/13 at 10:29 pm to benhamin5555
6 should be the largest the playoff ever gets
Posted on 11/19/13 at 10:30 pm to benhamin5555
Should be 8 the same as FCS ( previously DII)
Posted on 11/19/13 at 10:36 pm to benhamin5555
8 is perfect.
Posted on 11/19/13 at 10:37 pm to benhamin5555
I like 6 personally with the top two getting a bye. Only going to 4 kind of seems like a waste. Absolutely it should never go more than 8.
Posted on 11/19/13 at 10:38 pm to benhamin5555
4 teams
Posted on 11/19/13 at 10:40 pm to benhamin5555
They could do an expanded playoff like 14 teams and have bye weeks - Then there is still something to play for in the regular season and we have more teams.
Realistically though I never see it going higher than 8. 4 is not enough though IMO.
Realistically though I never see it going higher than 8. 4 is not enough though IMO.
Posted on 11/19/13 at 10:43 pm to benhamin5555
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This post was edited on 1/11/21 at 11:38 am
Posted on 11/19/13 at 10:52 pm to benhamin5555
2 teams is all you need
Posted on 11/19/13 at 10:57 pm to benhamin5555
6 team. Gets you all 5 conference champion plus 1
Posted on 11/19/13 at 11:22 pm to benhamin5555
4 team or 8 team playoff accomplishes nothing. Unless every conference champion is included in the playoffs it is pointless
Posted on 11/19/13 at 11:22 pm to benhamin5555
4 team or 8 team playoff accomplishes nothing. Unless every conference champion is included in the playoffs it is pointless.
Posted on 11/19/13 at 11:25 pm to benhamin5555
32!! 
Posted on 11/19/13 at 11:31 pm to benhamin5555
8 with no auto bids or only auto bids for the ACC, Big 10, Big 12, SEC, and PAC 12 feels perfect to me.
I'd even be in favor of nixing Conference championship games and going back to 11 regular season games if it meant getting an 8 team playoff. Everyone else who doesn't make it can play in bowls.
I'd even be in favor of nixing Conference championship games and going back to 11 regular season games if it meant getting an 8 team playoff. Everyone else who doesn't make it can play in bowls.
Posted on 11/19/13 at 11:33 pm to benhamin5555
quote:
I think 4 team playoff is absolutely perfect,
Posted on 11/19/13 at 11:33 pm to benhamin5555
100% yes
Posted on 11/19/13 at 11:38 pm to benhamin5555
8-12 max
16 is too many
16 is too many
Posted on 11/19/13 at 11:50 pm to benhamin5555
8
You can't give the two top teams a bye. Would be way too unfair.
You can't give the two top teams a bye. Would be way too unfair.
Posted on 11/20/13 at 12:45 am to benhamin5555
Here's something I crafted a while back. If we'd had an 8-team playoff the entire time and based the eight teams on the BCS standings:
- Have an East bracket of four teams and a West Bracket of four teams. Games played on higher seed's home field.
- BCS #1 and #2 will be split into East and West.
- BCS #3 and #4 will be split into East and West by geography, not seed.
- BCS #5, #6, #7, and #8 will be split into East and West by geography, not seed.
- Arrange the two brackets by seed.
- East winner plays West winner at neutral site for the title.
Here's what we'd have right now:
East
2 Florida State vs. 7 Clemson
3 Ohio State vs. 6 Auburn
West
1 Alabama vs. 8 Missouri
4 Baylor vs. 5 Oregon
Obviously these will change, but there's an idea. I did it for every past BCS season (and I have nothing against post-season rematches, btw). Just to give you an idea of what we could have been watching all these years.
2012
East
1 Notre Dame vs 8 LSU
3 Florida vs 7 Georgia
West
2 Alabama vs 6 Stanford
4 Oregon vs 5 Kansas State
(A&M was #9. Holy crap the meltdown.)
2011
East
2 Alabama vs. 8 Kansas State
3 Oklahoma State vs. 6 Arkansas
West
1 LSU vs. 7 Boise State
4 Stanford vs. 5 Oregon
2010
East
1 Auburn vs. 6 Ohio State
3 TCU vs. 5 Wisconsin
West
2 Oregon vs. 8 Arkansas
4 Stanford vs. 7 Oklahoma
2009
East
1 Alabama vs. 8 Ohio State
3 Cincinnati vs. 5 Florida
West
2 Texas vs. 7 Oregon
4 TCU vs. 6 Boise State
2008
East
2 Florida vs. 8 Penn State
3 Texas vs. 4 Alabama
West
1 Oklahoma vs. 7 Texas Tech
5 USC vs. 6 Utah
2007
East
1 Ohio State vs. 6 Missouri
3 Virginia Tech vs. 5 Georgia
West
2 LSU vs. 10 Hawaii (or 8 Kansas if you have no heart)
4 Oklahoma vs. 7 USC
2006
East
2 Florida vs. 7 Wisconsin
3 Michigan vs. 6 Louisville
West
1 Ohio State vs. 8 Boise State
4 LSU vs. 5 USC
2005
East
2 Texas vs. 8 Miami
3 Penn State vs. 7 Georgia
West
1 USC vs. 6 Notre Dame
4 Ohio State vs. 5 Oregon
2004
East
2 Oklahoma vs. 8 Virginia Tech
3 Auburn vs. 7 Georgia
West
1 USC vs. 6 Utah
4 Texas vs. 5 California
2003
East
2 LSU vs. 8 Tennessee
4 Michigan vs. 7 Florida State
West
1 Oklahoma vs. 6 Texas
3 USC vs. 5 Ohio State
2002
East
1 Miami vs. 8 Kansas State
3 Georgia vs. 5 Iowa
West
2 Ohio State vs. 7 Oklahoma
4 USC vs. 6 Washington State
2001
East
1 Miami vs. 6 Tennessee
3 Colorado vs. 5 Florida
West
2 Nebraska vs. 8 Illinois
4 Oregon vs. 7 Texas
2000
East
2 Florida State vs. 7 Florida
3 Miami vs. 5 Virginia Tech
West
1 Oklahoma vs. 8 Nebraska
4 Washington vs. 6 Oregon State
1999
East
2 Virginia Tech vs. 8 Michigan
4 Alabama vs. 5 Tennessee
West
1 Florida State vs. 7 Wisconsin
3 Nebraska vs. 6 Kansas State
1998
East
1 Tennessee vs. 8 Florida
3 Ohio State vs. 6 Texas A&M
West
2 Florida State vs. 7 Arizona
4 Kansas State vs. 5 UCLA
- Have an East bracket of four teams and a West Bracket of four teams. Games played on higher seed's home field.
- BCS #1 and #2 will be split into East and West.
- BCS #3 and #4 will be split into East and West by geography, not seed.
- BCS #5, #6, #7, and #8 will be split into East and West by geography, not seed.
- Arrange the two brackets by seed.
- East winner plays West winner at neutral site for the title.
Here's what we'd have right now:
East
2 Florida State vs. 7 Clemson
3 Ohio State vs. 6 Auburn
West
1 Alabama vs. 8 Missouri
4 Baylor vs. 5 Oregon
Obviously these will change, but there's an idea. I did it for every past BCS season (and I have nothing against post-season rematches, btw). Just to give you an idea of what we could have been watching all these years.
2012
East
1 Notre Dame vs 8 LSU
3 Florida vs 7 Georgia
West
2 Alabama vs 6 Stanford
4 Oregon vs 5 Kansas State
(A&M was #9. Holy crap the meltdown.)
2011
East
2 Alabama vs. 8 Kansas State
3 Oklahoma State vs. 6 Arkansas
West
1 LSU vs. 7 Boise State
4 Stanford vs. 5 Oregon
2010
East
1 Auburn vs. 6 Ohio State
3 TCU vs. 5 Wisconsin
West
2 Oregon vs. 8 Arkansas
4 Stanford vs. 7 Oklahoma
2009
East
1 Alabama vs. 8 Ohio State
3 Cincinnati vs. 5 Florida
West
2 Texas vs. 7 Oregon
4 TCU vs. 6 Boise State
2008
East
2 Florida vs. 8 Penn State
3 Texas vs. 4 Alabama
West
1 Oklahoma vs. 7 Texas Tech
5 USC vs. 6 Utah
2007
East
1 Ohio State vs. 6 Missouri
3 Virginia Tech vs. 5 Georgia
West
2 LSU vs. 10 Hawaii (or 8 Kansas if you have no heart)
4 Oklahoma vs. 7 USC
2006
East
2 Florida vs. 7 Wisconsin
3 Michigan vs. 6 Louisville
West
1 Ohio State vs. 8 Boise State
4 LSU vs. 5 USC
2005
East
2 Texas vs. 8 Miami
3 Penn State vs. 7 Georgia
West
1 USC vs. 6 Notre Dame
4 Ohio State vs. 5 Oregon
2004
East
2 Oklahoma vs. 8 Virginia Tech
3 Auburn vs. 7 Georgia
West
1 USC vs. 6 Utah
4 Texas vs. 5 California
2003
East
2 LSU vs. 8 Tennessee
4 Michigan vs. 7 Florida State
West
1 Oklahoma vs. 6 Texas
3 USC vs. 5 Ohio State
2002
East
1 Miami vs. 8 Kansas State
3 Georgia vs. 5 Iowa
West
2 Ohio State vs. 7 Oklahoma
4 USC vs. 6 Washington State
2001
East
1 Miami vs. 6 Tennessee
3 Colorado vs. 5 Florida
West
2 Nebraska vs. 8 Illinois
4 Oregon vs. 7 Texas
2000
East
2 Florida State vs. 7 Florida
3 Miami vs. 5 Virginia Tech
West
1 Oklahoma vs. 8 Nebraska
4 Washington vs. 6 Oregon State
1999
East
2 Virginia Tech vs. 8 Michigan
4 Alabama vs. 5 Tennessee
West
1 Florida State vs. 7 Wisconsin
3 Nebraska vs. 6 Kansas State
1998
East
1 Tennessee vs. 8 Florida
3 Ohio State vs. 6 Texas A&M
West
2 Florida State vs. 7 Arizona
4 Kansas State vs. 5 UCLA
This post was edited on 11/20/13 at 12:47 am
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