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14 to 16 team playoff is coming

Posted on 2/16/25 at 8:00 pm
Posted by The Egg
Houston, TX
Member since Dec 2004
81780 posts
Posted on 2/16/25 at 8:00 pm
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Within the SEC and Big Ten, momentum is building to further expand the playoff to 14 or 16 teams, assign multiple automatic qualifiers per league — as many as four each for themselves — and finalize a scheduling arrangement together that may fetch millions in additional revenue from TV partners, sources told Yahoo Sports.

The playoff format change would clear the way for SEC administrators to, finally, make the long-discussed move to play nine regular-season conference games and would trigger, perhaps, all four power leagues to overhaul their conference championship weekend.





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Posted by JamalMurry27
Tennessee Titans
Member since May 2023
5263 posts
Posted on 2/16/25 at 8:01 pm to
Cfb sucks
Posted by LegendInMyMind
Member since Apr 2019
65904 posts
Posted on 2/16/25 at 8:02 pm to
Meh. It is already ruined. Might as well ruin it more.
Posted by ned nederlander
Member since Dec 2012
5036 posts
Posted on 2/16/25 at 8:04 pm to
They should go back to having a 12 week playoff where a loss basically eliminated you, and one or two fan bases bitched endlessly about being robbed at the end.

It was a better system. Truly.
Posted by JamalMurry27
Tennessee Titans
Member since May 2023
5263 posts
Posted on 2/16/25 at 8:05 pm to
Just do 68 like basketball and be done with it. It's already ruined
Posted by dukke v
PLUTO
Member since Jul 2006
213221 posts
Posted on 2/16/25 at 8:06 pm to
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Posted by nicholastiger
Member since Jan 2004
50349 posts
Posted on 2/16/25 at 8:09 pm to
Anything to get bama in
Posted by DownSouthCrawfish
Lift every voice and sing
Member since Oct 2011
39534 posts
Posted on 2/16/25 at 8:09 pm to
Can we just go straight to 64 or whatever the number is for the ncaa tournament. Not really interested in the buildup
Posted by hg
Member since Jun 2009
126198 posts
Posted on 2/16/25 at 8:12 pm to
Dad, what was the BCS National Championship like?

Posted by 1BamaRTR
In Your Head Blvd
Member since Apr 2015
23795 posts
Posted on 2/16/25 at 8:14 pm to
8 teams was the most they should’ve expanded too if they wanted expansion

But money says no
Posted by Bunk Moreland
Member since Dec 2010
62057 posts
Posted on 2/16/25 at 8:14 pm to
Three loss Bama, OSU, and UGA duking it out every year will be amazing.
Posted by burdman
Louisiana
Member since Aug 2007
21708 posts
Posted on 2/16/25 at 8:18 pm to
quote:

8 teams was the most they should’ve expanded


100%. 8 would be great.

And if they’re going to expand, just go to 16. I think the byes are dumb. Don’t have balanced scheduling, so not a fan of the “eye test” deciding who gets byes.
Posted by UncleRuckus
Member since Feb 2013
8662 posts
Posted on 2/16/25 at 8:22 pm to
So dumb
Posted by The Third Leg
Idiot Out Wandering Around
Member since May 2014
10664 posts
Posted on 2/16/25 at 8:25 pm to
Wow, the SEC needs more guaranteed spots to increase their level of competition to playing full house schedules like the other power league does instead of scheduling FCS schools in November.

Maybe ESPN can just weigh in with more propaganda to help them avoid this atrocity.
This post was edited on 2/16/25 at 8:27 pm
Posted by SportsGuyNOLA
New Orleans, LA
Member since May 2014
19941 posts
Posted on 2/16/25 at 8:38 pm to
Should be a guaranteed minimum of 6 SEC schools

Otherwise the SEC schools should exit from the NCAA and have their own championship tournament

I guarantee you they would crush the rest of the NCAA in ratings
Posted by PeteRose
Hall of Fame
Member since Aug 2014
17481 posts
Posted on 2/16/25 at 8:51 pm to
I remember the counting down to the season each year with excitement. But it’s hard to get up for this watered down product.
Posted by RLDSC FAN
Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Member since Nov 2008
55788 posts
Posted on 2/16/25 at 9:06 pm to
Greed is destroying our beloved game of football
Posted by bcoop199
Kansas City, MISSOURI
Member since Nov 2013
7942 posts
Posted on 2/16/25 at 9:33 pm to
quote:

8 teams was the most they should’ve expanded too if they wanted expansion But money says no


Nope, 6 if the perfect number. The 1 and 2 seed get byes. 3 plays 6 and 4 plays 5. Lowest seed winner from those games plays the 1 seed the next week then of course those winners play for the Title.

Posted by OWLFAN86
Erotic Novelist
Member since Jun 2004
188570 posts
Posted on 2/16/25 at 9:35 pm to
Regular season games won't be worth the injury risk
Posted by The Third Leg
Idiot Out Wandering Around
Member since May 2014
10664 posts
Posted on 2/16/25 at 9:41 pm to
If it is all SEC teams, Georgia and Tennessee won’t get humiliated by 7 and 8 seeds by combined scores of 65-27 while never being in the games.
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