My playoff proposal during the BCS era back in 2008

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re: Why no playoffs?Posted on 8/3/08

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15 years ago, I felt like the ONLY true NATIONAL champion could only be acheived if every conference had representation. The BCS formula was the correct system for a 2 team playoff. With 130+ teams and 11 conferences, its too small of a sample size for a 2 or 4 team playoff. the nfl has a 14 team playoff for 32 teams. Which ever team goes 4-0 in this playoff deserve to be THE TRUE NATIONAL CHAMPION if its the sunbelt or SEC representative. These were the top teams of 2008 when this example was made. If I have time, I will insert the 2023 teams to this format.

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The 16 team playoff will have every conference champion go, as well as having 5 at large bids.
Here's an example of the 16 team playoff....Firts the qualifies and those that just missed out...........
CFR Rank Seeding Record
ACC VT 4 4 11-2
Big 12 OU 3 3 11-2
Big East WVU 6 5 10-2
Big 10 OSU 2 2 11-1
Pac 10 USC 10 6 10-2
SEC LSU 1 1 11-2
CUSA UCF 36 14 10-3
MAC Cent Mich 69 15 8-5
MWC BYU 17 12 10-2
SunBelt Fla Atl 72 16 7-5
WAC Hawaii 18 13 12-0


At Large 1 Missouri 5 7 11-2
At Large 2 Kansas 7 8 11-1
At Large 3 UGA 8 9 10-2
At Large 4 UF 9 10 9-3
At Large 5 ASU 11 11 10-2


Missed out USF 12 9-3
Missed out Clemson 13 9-3
Missed out BC 14 10-3
Missed out Illinois 15 9-3


BCS Conference Champs (6 teams)
Non-BCS Conference Champs (5 teams)
At Large (5 highest ranked remaining teams)

Now the format, date, and seeding....Note:High seeded team plays home game throughout until NC game which is rotated between the the four BCSCG cities.........
Seed December 08 Seed 1st Round
1 1 LSU 11-2 vs 16 72 Fla Atl 7-5
8 7 Kansas 11-1 vs 9 8 UGA 10-2
5 6 WVU 10-2 vs 12 17 BYU 10-2
4 4 VT 11-2 vs 13 18 Hawaii 12-0

2 2 OSU 11-1 vs 15 69 Cent Mich 8-5
7 5 Missouri 11-2 vs 13 9 UF 9-3
6 10 USC 10-2 vs 11 11 ASU 10-2
3 3 OU 11-2 vs 14 36 UCF 10-3



Seed December 15 Seed 2nd Round
1 1 LSU 11-2 vs 8 7 Kansas 11-1
4 4 VT 11-2 vs 5 6 WVU 10-2

2 2 OSU 11-1 vs 7 5 Missouri 11-2
3 3 OU 11-2 vs 6 10 USC 10-2



Seed December 22 Seed Semi-Finals
1 1 LSU 11-2 vs 4 4 VT 11-2
2 2 OSU 11-1 vs 3 3 OU 11-2



Seed January 01 Seed NC Game
1 1 LSU 11-2 vs 2 2 OSU 11-1

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