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24 team playoff
Posted on 11/9/26 at 2:35 pm
Posted on 11/9/26 at 2:35 pm
Should be selected based on power rankings, not if your a champion of a conference.
It should simply be the top 24 power rated teams only. End of story.
Certain auto bids have no business in the playoffs if they arent rated top 24.
It should simply be the top 24 power rated teams only. End of story.
Certain auto bids have no business in the playoffs if they arent rated top 24.
This post was edited on 11/9/26 at 2:37 pm
Posted on 11/9/26 at 2:38 pm to sharkfhin
Nah, I think you reward all conference champions. It's like this in every sport I don't see why it can't be true here. You have to give david vs. goliath stories a chance because they do pop up sometimes. You had your chance to win and you squandered it regardless of the difficulty. The others stare adversity and win despite their schedule. I don't see the justification for losers to get more just because they had a tougher schedule. That's the entire reason it's expanded. Now those losers will get in like LSU.
Now, if you want to make a debate losers with a weaker schedule are ranked ahead of losers like LSU who have a significantly harder schedule...that's totally different. Conference champions though? No, you reward them.
Now, if you want to make a debate losers with a weaker schedule are ranked ahead of losers like LSU who have a significantly harder schedule...that's totally different. Conference champions though? No, you reward them.
This post was edited on 11/9/26 at 2:42 pm
Posted on 11/9/26 at 2:45 pm to friendlyobservation
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Nah, I think you reward all conference champions. It's like this in every sport I don't see why it can't be true here. You have to give david vs. goliath stories a chance because they do pop up sometimes. You had your chance to win and you squandered it regardless of the difficulty.
No thanks.
I am one of the few who are extremely excited for a 24 team playoff, but that only will remain to be the case if it's set up properly.
I don't want to see the Sun Belt champ, the MW champ, the CUSA champ and the American champ automatically in the playoffs, taking up deserving spots of other teams. If those teams are ranked in the top 24, then great, they are in. I would only be fine giving 1 group of 5 an auto bid, although I think it should be a straight top 24.
You can say Power 5 CC get an auto bid. In almost every case those champions will be in the top 24 anyway, so that part just is what it is.
If an effort is made to put the legit top 24 best teams in, then sure, not all 24 will have a chance to win, but it is going to at least provide for some intriguing match ups in the early rounds. Troy vs Ohio St, UNLV vs Utah, Tulane vs Georiga....nobody wants to see that.
This post was edited on 11/9/26 at 2:46 pm
Posted on 11/9/26 at 2:46 pm to sharkfhin
How about we just give in to the all-powerful, A.I. overlords to rank all teams using a BCS style system of fancy, complicated, algorithms and keep the uppity, biased, loser, committee humans whims out of the equation?
Posted on 11/9/26 at 2:48 pm to Hold That Tiger 10
Those teams that win the conference are rarely beaten anyway. They usually are a 1 loss team at max so they almost always sit in the top 24. I don't think that's going to be an issue.
However, what is an issue is when you have someone like ND who's indie and decides they schedule 2 teams a year with a pulse, lose twice, and get an automatic bid just because they're ND...that's a problem. They get rewarded for a weaker schedule and they're losers who lost to both teams with a pulse.
ND will be an automatic bid by default every year just because it's ND and they play nothing like other conferences do. That irks me quite a bit. Conference champions feels different because they're often undefeated or 1 loss even with weaker schedules. They still have to prove it more than anyone to get respect. ND can sit back and relax and still get rewarded for losing.
However, what is an issue is when you have someone like ND who's indie and decides they schedule 2 teams a year with a pulse, lose twice, and get an automatic bid just because they're ND...that's a problem. They get rewarded for a weaker schedule and they're losers who lost to both teams with a pulse.
ND will be an automatic bid by default every year just because it's ND and they play nothing like other conferences do. That irks me quite a bit. Conference champions feels different because they're often undefeated or 1 loss even with weaker schedules. They still have to prove it more than anyone to get respect. ND can sit back and relax and still get rewarded for losing.
Posted on 11/9/26 at 2:52 pm to sharkfhin
quote:this is pure subjectivity. Don't take the power rankings as the gospel. Humans create the formula and the weightings, and they'll tweak it every year, just like they did with the BCS.
Should be selected based on power rankings,
Conference champs deserve to get in. It's that way in March Madness and no one complains.
Now, if you want to have the argument that the Sun Belt, Conference USA, etc. don't belong in the same division as the SEC, Big Ten, etc. and should have their own playoff, then that's a legitimate point.
But the way it is now, we should reward conference champs with an auto bid. It takes all subjectivity out of the equation and rewards the conference champs.
Posted on 11/9/26 at 2:55 pm to friendlyobservation
I get what your saying but rewarding a conference champ still does not mean they are a playoff team esp if they are power rated 36th. That said team made their schedules and nobody else. Thats on them. Those said teams need to throw in a couple better teams on their schedule imo. Those smaller conferences have champions that would never beat a South Carolina(this year's team) for example but yet Carolina would get pushed out because of a conference champ who didnt play a top 20 team once all season but yet all the while, Carolina went 8-4/9-3 and played 5 top 20 teams and won 3 of them. That disparity should never be the case imo.
Top 24 power rated teams should be in and nm.
Top 24 power rated teams should be in and nm.
Posted on 11/9/26 at 2:55 pm to BIGGVS DICCVS
quote:whatever the rating system goes, it should be the top 24 power rated teams in.
How about we just give in to the all-powerful, A.I. overlords to rank all teams using a BCS style system of fancy, complicated, algorithms and keep the uppity, biased, loser, committee humans whims out of the equation?
This post was edited on 11/9/26 at 2:56 pm
Posted on 11/9/26 at 2:57 pm to Hold That Tiger 10
quote:100%
am one of the few who are extremely excited for a 24 team playoff, but that only will remain to be the case if it's set up properly.
I don't want to see the Sun Belt champ, the MW champ, the CUSA champ and the American champ automatically in the playoffs, taking up deserving spots of other teams. If those teams are ranked in the top 24, then great, they are in. I would only be fine giving 1 group of 5 an auto bid, although I think it should be a straight top 24.
Posted on 11/9/26 at 3:02 pm to atltiger6487
quote:bro they let what 70 teams in anyways. So it dont even matter. Wtf.
March Madness
I disagree. Tulane making it last year over Texas and a few other teams was horrible.
A sunbelt champ decides who they can play ooc. They never win those.
The top power rated teams will play better games and crown a true champion. If those smaller teams want recognition, why dont they join a power 4? They wont cause they won't win.
This post was edited on 11/9/26 at 3:08 pm
Posted on 11/9/26 at 3:09 pm to sharkfhin
Sometimes it's not their fault on scheduling and nobody will schedule them that's worth anything. It's easier said than done. I don't see under any avenue how you penalize a 36th ranked power ranked team that's undefeated and wins their conference looking straight at adversity with tons of pressure to do this. They have to prove it more than anyone too. They deserve to be rewarded simply from winning out and seeing if that power ranking is off which sometimes it is whether you want to admit it or not.
That being said, I'm willing to bet you're not going to have to worry about this much though. The entire reason for the expansion is to make more money and get highly rated TV teams like Texas and LSU in.
That being said, I'm willing to bet you're not going to have to worry about this much though. The entire reason for the expansion is to make more money and get highly rated TV teams like Texas and LSU in.
This post was edited on 11/9/26 at 3:10 pm
Posted on 11/9/26 at 3:10 pm to friendlyobservation
Valid points. It will be interesting.
Posted on 11/9/26 at 4:44 pm to friendlyobservation
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However, what is an issue is when you have someone like ND who's indie and decides they schedule 2 teams a year with a pulse, lose twice, and get an automatic bid just because they're ND...that's a problem. They get rewarded for a weaker schedule and they're losers who lost to both teams with a pulse.
This is quite the reach. For starters, ND's schedule, while not comparable to SEC schedules, is comparable to some Big 10 schedules, and is without a doubt better than any G6 schedule.
Second, ND beat Miami, so I don't know where they lost twice comes from.
If ND is ranked in the top 24 then they deserve to be, just like ULL would deserve to be in if they were ranked in the top 24. Schedules in college football will never be 100% perfectly balanced. There are too many teams, the big dogs are all in a few conferences, and you can't play a large enough schedule for any sort of uniformity.
Posted on 11/9/26 at 4:48 pm to atltiger6487
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Conference champs deserve to get in. It's that way in March Madness and no one complains.
Are you really trying to compare a a 70 team basketball tournament to a 24 team football tournament?
Those smaller conferences absolutely do not deserve to get in, if they aren't in the top 24.....period. They have some options: 1- take whatever guarantees they can get. 2- make their own playoff. The Power 5 probably wouldn't object to them doing that. They likely don't do it though (unless forced to) because they get at least a shot at the big $ here, whereas that doesn't exist in their pee-wee playoff.
Posted on 11/9/26 at 4:51 pm to friendlyobservation
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Sometimes it's not their fault on scheduling and nobody will schedule them that's worth anything. It's easier said than done. I don't see under any avenue how you penalize a 36th ranked power ranked team that's undefeated and wins their conference looking straight at adversity with tons of pressure to do this. They have to prove it more than anyone too. They deserve to be rewarded simply from winning out and seeing if that power ranking is off which sometimes it is whether you want to admit it or not.
In majority of cases you would likely have 1-2 group of 5 in the top 24 regardless. JMU and Tulane are both in last season. There doesn't need to be more than that, because nobody else deserved it. And if those 2 wouldn't have been in the top 24, then they wouldn't have deserved it either. We are trying to crown the best team in CFB, not give out prizes for being the best crappy team.
Posted on 11/9/26 at 4:56 pm to sharkfhin
Without conference championship games is this even a likely possibility?
Posted on 11/9/26 at 4:58 pm to geauxtigers810
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Without conference championship games is this even a likely possibility?
Is what a possibility? Conferences will still crown regular season champions.
Also, is the removal of CC across the board for every conference, or is it just a select few conferences that are out of on it?
Posted on 11/9/26 at 4:59 pm to friendlyobservation
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money and get highly rated TV teams like Texas and LSU in.
You think LSU can make a 24 team playoff?
Posted on 11/9/26 at 6:03 pm to sharkfhin
Kiffin wont make that playoff either
Posted on 11/9/26 at 6:24 pm to atltiger6487
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It's that way in March Madness and no one complains.
March Madness is the biggest joke in sports.
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