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Solution to CFB's biggest issues.
Posted on 12/10/25 at 11:27 am
Posted on 12/10/25 at 11:27 am
I think this is a way we can bring back some of the tradition, rivalries, and restore a little bit of what we had in this beautiful sport prior to the chaos. What are your thoughts?
Problems
1. NIL out of control
2. Transfer portal/free agency broken
3. Conference realignment & geography issues
4. Competitive imbalance
5. No clear governing body
6. Post-season debate
7. History and fabric of the sport altered.
Conference Realignment
First I want to acknowledge that we have opened up pandora's box and we will never go back to the way it was. My first choice would be the old Power 5 set up before the SEC was altered. Since we can't do that, we could move to 3 power conferences of 24, totaling 72 teams. See the additions below.
SEC
- Clemson, Louisville, FSU, GT, Duke, UNC, Virginia, VT
BIG 10
- Stanford, Cal, Syracuse, Oregon St, Wash St, ND
*Yes I am aware of Big10 Standards.
Big 12
- Pitt, SMU, Miami, NC State, Wake, BC, Memphis, Tulane
Rivals
All Rivals must be played on the last week of the season.
SEC Rivals
- Bama/Aub, Florida/FSU, UGA/GT, UK/Lou, Tenn/Vandy, LSU/Ark, MSU/Ole Miss, Tex/A&M, SC/Clem, UNC/Duke, OU/Miz, UVA/VT
BIG10 Rivals
- Illinois/NW, Ind/Purdue, Iowa/Neb, Minn/Wisc, USC/UCLA, Ore/OSU, Wash/WSU, Stanford/Cal, ND/MSU, Mich/OSU, PSU/Maryland, Rutgers/Syracuse
Big 12 Rivals
- Ari/ASU, Baylor/TCU, BYU/Utah, Cincy/Memp, Houston/SMU, Tech/OSU, Col/ISU, WVU/Pitt, UCF/Tulane, Miami/BC, NC St/Wake, Kan/KSU
Conference Alignment
Each conference aligns in 3 divisions of 8. Before you grill me on LSU not playing bama, auburn, and UF, this was as close as I could get to regionalize things, while still keeping as much tradition as possible. This will also help other sports with travel budget.
SEC 1 - Ark, LSU, MSU, Miz, Ole Miss, OU, Tex, Tex A&M
SEC 2 - Bama, Aub, UGA, GT, UK, Lou, Tenn, Vandy
SEC 3 - Florida, FSU, SC, Clem, Duke, UNC, UVA, VT
BIG 1 - USC, UCLA, Ore, OSU, Wash, WSU, Stanford, Cal
BIG 2 - Minn, Wisc, Neb, Iowa, NW, Illinois, ND, MSU
BIG 3 - Mich, OSU, Purdue, Ind, PSU, Maryland, Rutgers, Syracuse
Big12 1 - Arizona, ASU, BYU, Utah, Col, ISU, KSU, Kan
Big12 2 - OSU, Tech, Bay, TCU, SMU, Hous, Memp, Tulane
Big12 3 - Pitt, WVU, Miami, UCF, Wake, NC St, BC, Cincy
Rules
- Instate a governing body to control the chaos and keep these rules in place
1. Weeks 1-3 designated to play out of conference games.
2. OOC games must consist of 1 FCS opponent, and 2 FBS schools from differing conferences. (Ex: SEC school plays FCS, Big10, Big 12)
3. Weeks 4-14 are designated to play 9 in-conference games and have 2 byes.
4. Conference games consist of 7 in-division games, and 2 rotating div games. (Ex: SEC 1 plays entire div, 1 SEC2, and 1 SEC3 school)
5. No Conference Championship games will be played.
6. BCS computers will be used to formulate rankings.
7. No voting by a committee will take place.
8. The playoff will remain 12 spots and will only consist of FBS schools. FCS will formulate their own tourney.
9. Each in-season division winner is guaranteed a spot in the playoffs as long as they finish in the TOP 15 of final BCS rankings.
10. Remaining 3 spots are at large bids.
11. If a conference division does not qualify by being in the top 15, those bids are awarded to the next highest ranked team as an at-large.
12. The 4 byes are determined by ranking ONLY.
13. All remaining teams will be invited to bowls with a 6 win season qualifier.
14. If a team opts-out of the bowl or can't fill a roster, they lose the ability to make the playoffs the following year.
15. NIL money is still allowed, but each school has a salary cap.
16. Penalties are enforced if you break the salary cap or illegally give money out.
17. Free Agency transferring is NOT allowed. You must sit out a year unless a hardship is proven (ie: injury, coach change, etc) or you are a grad transfer.
18. If a player leaves a school, they break their NIL contract and forfeit their money. Thus, not harming the school's salary cap.
So for example, this is how it would have played out this year.
Rankings
1. Indiana (BIG Div 3)
2. Ohio St (At-large)
3. UGA (SEC Div 2)
4. Texas Tech (Big12 Div 2)
5. Oregon (BIG Div1)
6. Ole Miss (SEC Div 1)
7. A&M (At-large)
8. OU (At-large)
9. Bama (At-large)
10. Miami (Big12 Div 3)
11. ND (BIG Div 2)
12. BYU (Big12 Div 1)
13. Texas
14. Vandy
15. Utah
Bracket is standard
1-4 byes, 12v5, 8v9, 10v7, 11v6
Problems
1. NIL out of control
2. Transfer portal/free agency broken
3. Conference realignment & geography issues
4. Competitive imbalance
5. No clear governing body
6. Post-season debate
7. History and fabric of the sport altered.
Conference Realignment
First I want to acknowledge that we have opened up pandora's box and we will never go back to the way it was. My first choice would be the old Power 5 set up before the SEC was altered. Since we can't do that, we could move to 3 power conferences of 24, totaling 72 teams. See the additions below.
SEC
- Clemson, Louisville, FSU, GT, Duke, UNC, Virginia, VT
BIG 10
- Stanford, Cal, Syracuse, Oregon St, Wash St, ND
*Yes I am aware of Big10 Standards.
Big 12
- Pitt, SMU, Miami, NC State, Wake, BC, Memphis, Tulane
Rivals
All Rivals must be played on the last week of the season.
SEC Rivals
- Bama/Aub, Florida/FSU, UGA/GT, UK/Lou, Tenn/Vandy, LSU/Ark, MSU/Ole Miss, Tex/A&M, SC/Clem, UNC/Duke, OU/Miz, UVA/VT
BIG10 Rivals
- Illinois/NW, Ind/Purdue, Iowa/Neb, Minn/Wisc, USC/UCLA, Ore/OSU, Wash/WSU, Stanford/Cal, ND/MSU, Mich/OSU, PSU/Maryland, Rutgers/Syracuse
Big 12 Rivals
- Ari/ASU, Baylor/TCU, BYU/Utah, Cincy/Memp, Houston/SMU, Tech/OSU, Col/ISU, WVU/Pitt, UCF/Tulane, Miami/BC, NC St/Wake, Kan/KSU
Conference Alignment
Each conference aligns in 3 divisions of 8. Before you grill me on LSU not playing bama, auburn, and UF, this was as close as I could get to regionalize things, while still keeping as much tradition as possible. This will also help other sports with travel budget.
SEC 1 - Ark, LSU, MSU, Miz, Ole Miss, OU, Tex, Tex A&M
SEC 2 - Bama, Aub, UGA, GT, UK, Lou, Tenn, Vandy
SEC 3 - Florida, FSU, SC, Clem, Duke, UNC, UVA, VT
BIG 1 - USC, UCLA, Ore, OSU, Wash, WSU, Stanford, Cal
BIG 2 - Minn, Wisc, Neb, Iowa, NW, Illinois, ND, MSU
BIG 3 - Mich, OSU, Purdue, Ind, PSU, Maryland, Rutgers, Syracuse
Big12 1 - Arizona, ASU, BYU, Utah, Col, ISU, KSU, Kan
Big12 2 - OSU, Tech, Bay, TCU, SMU, Hous, Memp, Tulane
Big12 3 - Pitt, WVU, Miami, UCF, Wake, NC St, BC, Cincy
Rules
- Instate a governing body to control the chaos and keep these rules in place
1. Weeks 1-3 designated to play out of conference games.
2. OOC games must consist of 1 FCS opponent, and 2 FBS schools from differing conferences. (Ex: SEC school plays FCS, Big10, Big 12)
3. Weeks 4-14 are designated to play 9 in-conference games and have 2 byes.
4. Conference games consist of 7 in-division games, and 2 rotating div games. (Ex: SEC 1 plays entire div, 1 SEC2, and 1 SEC3 school)
5. No Conference Championship games will be played.
6. BCS computers will be used to formulate rankings.
7. No voting by a committee will take place.
8. The playoff will remain 12 spots and will only consist of FBS schools. FCS will formulate their own tourney.
9. Each in-season division winner is guaranteed a spot in the playoffs as long as they finish in the TOP 15 of final BCS rankings.
10. Remaining 3 spots are at large bids.
11. If a conference division does not qualify by being in the top 15, those bids are awarded to the next highest ranked team as an at-large.
12. The 4 byes are determined by ranking ONLY.
13. All remaining teams will be invited to bowls with a 6 win season qualifier.
14. If a team opts-out of the bowl or can't fill a roster, they lose the ability to make the playoffs the following year.
15. NIL money is still allowed, but each school has a salary cap.
16. Penalties are enforced if you break the salary cap or illegally give money out.
17. Free Agency transferring is NOT allowed. You must sit out a year unless a hardship is proven (ie: injury, coach change, etc) or you are a grad transfer.
18. If a player leaves a school, they break their NIL contract and forfeit their money. Thus, not harming the school's salary cap.
So for example, this is how it would have played out this year.
Rankings
1. Indiana (BIG Div 3)
2. Ohio St (At-large)
3. UGA (SEC Div 2)
4. Texas Tech (Big12 Div 2)
5. Oregon (BIG Div1)
6. Ole Miss (SEC Div 1)
7. A&M (At-large)
8. OU (At-large)
9. Bama (At-large)
10. Miami (Big12 Div 3)
11. ND (BIG Div 2)
12. BYU (Big12 Div 1)
13. Texas
14. Vandy
15. Utah
Bracket is standard
1-4 byes, 12v5, 8v9, 10v7, 11v6
This post was edited on 12/10/25 at 11:29 am
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Posted on 12/10/25 at 11:55 am to Pistols Firing 12
Portal- For P4 teams. If you played 60% of your team's plays only your side of the ball you can transfer but need to sit out a year.
Posted on 12/10/25 at 12:03 pm to Pistols Firing 12
I do think your stab at consistency is what is needed overall across all conferences. The only thing I'd like to see is in regard to the FBS OOC games.
I would add that at the end of the year you have to schedule someone from the other conferences that finished in the top/bottom half, relative to where you finished in your conference. That would keep the likes of Georgia/LSU/Bama/UTx etc from playing Rutgers and Kansas and vice versa Ohio State from playing UK....just as examples. This would sort of give a better comparison of which conferences and teams are truly the strongest.
I would add that at the end of the year you have to schedule someone from the other conferences that finished in the top/bottom half, relative to where you finished in your conference. That would keep the likes of Georgia/LSU/Bama/UTx etc from playing Rutgers and Kansas and vice versa Ohio State from playing UK....just as examples. This would sort of give a better comparison of which conferences and teams are truly the strongest.
Posted on 12/10/25 at 12:29 pm to Pistols Firing 12
Conference realignment/playoff fix:
FBS Championship is 6 10 team conferences. Everyone plays everyone, and 3 OOC games, 2 of which must be against someone in the other conferences.
Winner of the conferences automatically in the playoffs, other 6 teams come from 6 highest ranked teams based on the average of their SOS and SOR. 4 byes go to 4 conference champions with highest average SOS and SOR.
FBS League is the other 76 teams in FBS, but would need to get 4 FCS teams to move up. Would have 8 10 team conferences where everyone plays everyone, and 3 OOC games.
They have their own playoff bracket, but only 4 at larges.
Every 5 years the 6 teams with highest average finish in the FBS League moves up to FBS Championship, and 6 lowest average finishes moves down into FBS League. Any FBS League champion is guaranteed to move up.
For NIL:
The LOI gives the schools the players NIL rights. If a player wants to transfer, the rights have to be bought. Then any NIL deal can be struck with the player and their new school once the school acquires the rights.
Basically let's just model a majority of this on European soccer.
FBS Championship is 6 10 team conferences. Everyone plays everyone, and 3 OOC games, 2 of which must be against someone in the other conferences.
Winner of the conferences automatically in the playoffs, other 6 teams come from 6 highest ranked teams based on the average of their SOS and SOR. 4 byes go to 4 conference champions with highest average SOS and SOR.
FBS League is the other 76 teams in FBS, but would need to get 4 FCS teams to move up. Would have 8 10 team conferences where everyone plays everyone, and 3 OOC games.
They have their own playoff bracket, but only 4 at larges.
Every 5 years the 6 teams with highest average finish in the FBS League moves up to FBS Championship, and 6 lowest average finishes moves down into FBS League. Any FBS League champion is guaranteed to move up.
For NIL:
The LOI gives the schools the players NIL rights. If a player wants to transfer, the rights have to be bought. Then any NIL deal can be struck with the player and their new school once the school acquires the rights.
Basically let's just model a majority of this on European soccer.
This post was edited on 12/10/25 at 12:30 pm
Posted on 12/10/25 at 12:34 pm to Jake88
quote:
Portal- For P4 teams. If you played 60% of your team's plays only your side of the ball you can transfer but need to sit out a year.
Why not have this rule apply for those on G6 teams?
Posted on 12/10/25 at 12:40 pm to Jake88
quote:
Portal- For P4 teams. If you played 60% of your team's plays only your side of the ball you can transfer but need to sit out a year.
Pointless to discuss because it would never stand up in court.
Posted on 12/10/25 at 1:14 pm to ragincajun03
Because you dont want to stifle the ability of a G5 player to move up to the P4 if they've proven they belong and have the opportunity. What youre trying to prevent is some of the ridiculous P4 to P4 transfers (especially within conference) that are pure money grabs.
Posted on 12/10/25 at 1:16 pm to RoscoeHarper
Ahhh...I see.
frick that. Make it the same across the FBS board, or D1 board. If a G6 player is really that good for a booster/program to recruit over, then they won't mind paying them a year while they sit to benefit from them the second year they're at their new school.
frick that. Make it the same across the FBS board, or D1 board. If a G6 player is really that good for a booster/program to recruit over, then they won't mind paying them a year while they sit to benefit from them the second year they're at their new school.
Posted on 12/10/25 at 1:27 pm to ragincajun03
Yeah but the player doesn't deserve to lose a year over it. Not their fault the recruiters got it wrong.
Posted on 12/10/25 at 1:52 pm to RoscoeHarper
I feel like the sport lost control when Nebraska went to the Big 10, Colorado to the Pac 10, and Aggie to the SEC.
Posted on 12/10/25 at 1:56 pm to RoscoeHarper
quote:
Yeah but the player doesn't deserve to lose a year over it. Not their fault the recruiters got it wrong.
Fine. Then no one sits.
Because what I'm hearing is it's ok for Ohio State to take a player immediately away from Central Michigan, but if they take them away from Michigan State, then the Ohio State booster should have to pay for a year where that player sits.
Posted on 12/10/25 at 2:03 pm to Pistols Firing 12
College football is better than it has ever been.
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