Will we start to see conference challenges in CFB?

Title made my brain hurt, but I think it would be really cool. Don't know if it would work though.

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It's a good idea but football is a tough sport to do this. Not enough games.

It's the same reason I don't think 4 teams is enough to determine a champion. 12/13 games is such a small sample size to determine the 4 best teams out of 130, especially when you only have 3-4 non conference games that are what determine the strength of leagues.

I think it would be really cool to rotate it on a 2 to 3 year basis. SEC/Big 10 for 2 years, then SEC/PAC12 for 2 years, so on and so forth for everyone. Would go a long way in determining strength of leagues

Doubtful. Too many schools already have a permanent OOC rivalry game that they play every year (UGA-GT, Clemson-SC, Florida-FSU just off the top of my head) and then with some conferences having 9 conference games, that leaves you with 2 or 3 open slots each year. I doubt many of the schools with a permanent OOC would want to add another P5 team to an already difficult schedule and possibly only have room for 1 cupcake.

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I doubt many of the schools with a permanent OOC would want to add another P5 team to an already difficult schedule and possibly only have room for 1 cupcake.

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If every conference had to do it, I think strength of schedule would go even more into playoff committee rankings. For instance I think you could see more 2 loss teams being ranked ahead of 1 loss teams or 1 loss ahead of undefeated if teams had to match up with multiple high ranked OOC teams in a year. Say the SEC had the Pac 12 in the scenario and UGA draws a #10 ranked Oregon and loses and also has their yearly game with Tech who is ranked #20 in this scenario, and they also lose but run the table and win the SEC finishing 11-2. They would be a playoff team over a 12-1 team that didnt play the two hard OOC teams imo.

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Doubtful. Too many schools already have a permanent OOC rivalry game that they play every year (UGA-GT, Clemson-SC, Florida-FSU just off the top of my head) and then with some conferences having 9 conference games, that leaves you with 2 or 3 open slots each year. I doubt many of the schools with a permanent OOC would want to add another P5 team to an already difficult schedule and possibly only have room for 1 cupcake.

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Clemson plays a permanent P5 team each year in South Carolina yet we still make sure to schedule a major OOC opponent every single year. We've played Auburn, UGA, ND and will play Auburn and Texas A&M going forward.

I expect the committee will reward that and more teams will start scheduling that way.

ND is a conference opponent

The B1G is mandating that the teams play at least one P5 team.

What better way than to team up with another conference?

I bet the B1G will be the first to do this.