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8 teams is too many for CFB but 6 may be ok
Posted on 12/4/16 at 8:40 am
Posted on 12/4/16 at 8:40 am
A lot of years you'll see a conference champ or two that clearly aren't very deserving or there won't be a decent at large team much less a few of them. I'm fine with 4 but I think 6 would work well.
Take the 5 power 5 champs and 1 at large. Seed them. 3 vs 6 and 4 vs 5 play 2 weeks after the conference games at the higher seeds field.
Then play the rest as is.
So that would put roughly two weeks from play in to semis as well.
This year I'd seed it
1 Alabama
2 Clemson
3 Ohio State
4 Washington
5 Penn State
6 Oklahoma
Take the 5 power 5 champs and 1 at large. Seed them. 3 vs 6 and 4 vs 5 play 2 weeks after the conference games at the higher seeds field.
Then play the rest as is.
So that would put roughly two weeks from play in to semis as well.
This year I'd seed it
1 Alabama
2 Clemson
3 Ohio State
4 Washington
5 Penn State
6 Oklahoma
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Posted on 12/4/16 at 8:41 am to rolltide32
Anything that has automatic conference qualifiers that doesn't include the Group of 5 is going to be a tough sell.
Posted on 12/4/16 at 8:43 am to rolltide32
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Take the 5 power 5 champs
No. This is garbage with the current structure of those conferences.
Posted on 12/4/16 at 8:43 am to BayouBengals03
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doesn't include the Group of 5 is going to be a tough sell.
The at large spot leaves the door open.
Take this year's Houston as a hypothetical. If they had ran the table and gone 13-0 they would have had ano argument against OSU. In most years a 13-0 G5 like that isn't up against a 11-1 P5 at large and gets the nod
Posted on 12/4/16 at 8:48 am to rolltide32
Nah. Expand conferences to 16 teams, teams play 2 more conference games leaving 2 OOC P5 games on the schedule, eliminate conference championship game.
8-team playoff, top 8 get in. Regardless of conference.
8-team playoff, top 8 get in. Regardless of conference.
Posted on 12/4/16 at 8:48 am to DisplacedBuckeye
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Take the 5 power 5 champs
No. This is garbage with the current structure of those conferences.
How convenient.
Posted on 12/4/16 at 8:52 am to rolltide32
I hate the idea of 6 teams. A bye is ridiculous, especially when you'll still take 3 or more weeks to finish the playoffs with 6 or 8.
8 is enough because you can give the conference winners a bye, which preserves the regular season and actually increases intrigue IMO. You'll have room for 3 at large bids and you can make the G5 teams an auto bid if they hit a certain mark. You won't miss any worthy teams, and you can leave it up to the conferences how they want to handle their schedules given the added weight.
8 is enough because you can give the conference winners a bye, which preserves the regular season and actually increases intrigue IMO. You'll have room for 3 at large bids and you can make the G5 teams an auto bid if they hit a certain mark. You won't miss any worthy teams, and you can leave it up to the conferences how they want to handle their schedules given the added weight.
Posted on 12/4/16 at 8:54 am to rolltide32
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This post was edited on 4/10/23 at 2:52 pm
Posted on 12/4/16 at 9:00 am to slackster
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convenient
It isn't about convenience. It's about getting the best teams. Any system that automatically says 7-5 Wisconsin or 6-6 UCLA could be the best team in the country is stupid.
I'm fine with conference champions, but there would need to be significant changes.
Posted on 12/4/16 at 9:11 am to rolltide32
You have to seed the conference champs 1-5 and the wild card 6. Were just completely calling conference championships meaningless at this point.
Posted on 12/4/16 at 9:35 am to slackster
If you give buys then you have the same arguments about who deserves a buy and who doesn't.
They will never increase the teams because the schedule would have to go back to 11 games and schools will not want to give up the revenue the 12th game brings in.
They will never increase the teams because the schedule would have to go back to 11 games and schools will not want to give up the revenue the 12th game brings in.
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