re: Create your own playoff format for the NCAA

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1. Every P5 team plays 9 conference games and 2 Non Conf games against other P5 teams.

2. 8 team playoff that includes the 5 conf champions, highest ranked non P5, and 2 at large.

3. Get rid of CFP committee. Go back to BCS computer/polls.

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Yep.

8 team playoffs

5 conference champions
3 at large teams

G5 teams get in if they are in the top 15.

I think No only would this work, you would be hard pressed to find a year where this left a remotely deserving team out.

I dont Think the argument ahould be “does this team deserve to make the playoffs” it should be “does this team have an arguement that they are the best team in the country and we just don’t realize it”

Eliminate divisions.

Play 10 conference games ( 2 non)

Top two teams teams play from each conference in ccg

4 team playoff taken from bcs standings.


There. Your regular season is improved with 10 conference games and eliminating shitty matchups, you get much better championship games without shite division winners, and you get the four best teams who all just won very difficult ccg into playoffs.

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8 teams
Power 5 conference champs get automatic bid
Top ranked G5 conference champ gets in
2 wild cards

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How are you going to explain why a fringe top 20 team will get into your 8 team playoff in some years while teams as high as almost top 5 and surely top 10 will not?

That won't solve anything.

Top40-50, what ever is needed to get my team in.


Sin,

Jim Harbaugh

#1 vs #8 (#1 team hosts)
#4 vs #5 (#4 team hosts)

#2 vs #7 (#2 team hosts)
#3 vs #6 (#3 team hosts)

Winners play in Bowls/Final 4 style matchup

I wouldn't change the playoff format. I'd just change the regular season.

I'd get rid of non-P5 teams on P5 schedules ("cupcake games").

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I actually like the ties. Don’t really see anything wrong with them.

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Ties were stupid, teams would play for the tie, rather than take any risks to lose. You would have teams run, play safe, and punt to each other, with 5+ minutes in game.

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How are you going to explain why a fringe top 20 team will get into your 8 team playoff in some years while teams as high as almost top 5 and surely top 10 will not?

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Because the CFP committee hasn't given good teams from G5 conferences their fair credit and leaves them far back in the rankings. For example, since the CFP started, look at where some G5 teams have landed in the final CFP rankings of the season

2017: 12-0 UCF ranked #12 (beat #7 Auburn in bowl)

2016: 13-0 Western Michigan ranked #15 (lost by a TD to #8 Wisconsin in bowl)

2015: 12-1 Houston ranked #18 (beat #9 Florida St in bowl)

2013: 12-1 UCF ranked #10 (beat #6 Baylor in bowl)


These fringe top 20 teams seem to compete well against top 10 competition from traditional power conferences when given the chance. The fringe top 20 team from this year beat an Auburn team that has wins against both of the teams playing in the CFP championship game.

This years CFP could've looked like:

1 Clemson (ACC) vs 8 UCF (top G5)
2 Oklahoma (Big 12) vs 7 USC (Pac 12)
3 Georgia (SEC) vs 6 Wisconsin (at large)
4 Alabama (at large) vs 5 Ohio St (Big 10)

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That won't solve anything.

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Win your conference and you're guaranteed a spot

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2014(which you left off your list) would have included a 20th ranked Boise St team, and left off other top 10 or higher teams. I don't think your explanation of G5 and fair credit is going to go over well in that instance.

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OK, so throw in #20 Boise from 2014. They went on to beat #11 Arizona in their bowl game. So in the 5 seasons since the CFP started, the top ranked G5 team has played a Power 5 team that was ranked 11 or higher in the final CFP rankings...and the G5 teams are 4-1 in those games.

Thanks for helping me prove my point that those G5 "fringe top 20 teams" are often good enough to compete with the playoff teams and deserve a shot.