re: For those who support a 12+ team CFB playoff…

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BCS Era CFB had the most meaningful regular season. Now 3+ loss teams will be able to compete for a title. Crazy

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Many CFB fans that first time a major end of season rivalry game sees one side benching a bunch of their starters

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BCS Era CFB had the most meaningful regular season. Now 3+ loss teams will be able to compete for a title. Crazy

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With a 12 team playoff and the bowl system gone entirely, we have reduced the post season from 80+ teams down to 12. So now, when a shitty Texas AM squad goes 9-3 and doesnt make jack shite...then we will see if the regular season is less "meaningful" to you. This lazy take from the anti playoff expansion crowd is pathetic. We currently live in the least meaningful regular season system in college football history. 6-6 teams make bowls. It is literally the welfare generation of college football. Good riddance to the bowl system...FINALLY!!!

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BCS Era CFB had the most meaningful regular season.

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This is the primary reason behind a lack of quality home and homes. Money and annual rivalry is the a huge reason why we get most of them. For this season we get the following SEC OOC:

Alabama @ Miami (Chik-fil-A game)
Arkansas @ Texas
Auburn @ Penn State
Florida @ FSU (every year)
George @ GT (every year)
Kentucky vs Louisville (every year)
LSU @ UCLA
Mississippi vs NC State
Missouri @ BC
Ole Miss vs Louisville (Chik-fil-A game)
South Carolina vs Clemson (every year)
Tennessee vs Pitt
Texas A&M @ Colorado
Vanderbilt vs Stanford

There is very little incentive to get on the road and play a quality OOC opponent. If you lose, you just lost your shot at the playoff for nothing. But if you win, good for you, it doesn't really get you much as a P5 school. The trade off isn't really there with a huge downside and only a minimal upside. If I just play cupcakes for OOC and win my conference I go, so why play a tough OOC opponent? Perfect example is Washington a few seasons back.

In an expanded playoff situation, if you lose, you only "sacrifice" a potential at large bid and could effect your seeding. But if you win, you gain a potential at large bid if you drop a game in conference and possibly get higher seeding. So the trade off flips to there being a bigger upside and a minimal downside. Because of this I think you will end up with more quality matchups in the regular season.