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The biggest thing they got wrong with the 24-team playoff is not re-seeding each round
Posted on 11/11/26 at 12:54 pm
Posted on 11/11/26 at 12:54 pm
Using the current rankings as an example of what could happen next year, Georgia would be the #1 seed and would have to play either #16 Oregon or #17 South Carolina no matter what in Round 2. Something doesn’t seem right about that. Those are two of the hottest teams in the country.
What should happen is they should re-seed after each round so that the highest ranked remaining teams always play the lowest-ranked remaining teams. For example, if #24 upsets #9, then #1 should play #24 in round 2. #2 should play the second-lowest ranked team that’s remaining in the tournament, and so on.
This would incentivize teams to not only finish in the Top 8 but try their hardest to finish #1. Without this, I’m afraid teams are going to simply try to finish in the Top 8 and then rest their starters on the last weekend of the season if they’re already assured a spot in the Top 8.
I don’t want to see teams resting their starters at the end of the year, and I think this would have been one way to achieve it. The CFP committee dropped the ball on this.
What should happen is they should re-seed after each round so that the highest ranked remaining teams always play the lowest-ranked remaining teams. For example, if #24 upsets #9, then #1 should play #24 in round 2. #2 should play the second-lowest ranked team that’s remaining in the tournament, and so on.
This would incentivize teams to not only finish in the Top 8 but try their hardest to finish #1. Without this, I’m afraid teams are going to simply try to finish in the Top 8 and then rest their starters on the last weekend of the season if they’re already assured a spot in the Top 8.
I don’t want to see teams resting their starters at the end of the year, and I think this would have been one way to achieve it. The CFP committee dropped the ball on this.
Posted on 11/11/26 at 1:01 pm to cbree88
Agree after round 1. I still think a top-8 seed is good incentive on its own, but re-seeding after round 1 (don’t think it needs to be done after round 2 onwards, so disagree there) would be further incentive.
Essentially, every team seeded 1-8 could be assigned (or, rather, selected by seeds #1-4) a “path” through a specific quarterfinal bowl / semifinal bowl. After the first-round, re-seed and then go to a normal bracket from there starting with the round of 16.
Essentially, every team seeded 1-8 could be assigned (or, rather, selected by seeds #1-4) a “path” through a specific quarterfinal bowl / semifinal bowl. After the first-round, re-seed and then go to a normal bracket from there starting with the round of 16.
This post was edited on 11/11/26 at 1:15 pm
Posted on 11/11/26 at 1:05 pm to cbree88
are there any examples of any playoffs that reseed each round? The biggest thing they got wrong is only 2 rounds on campus.
Posted on 11/11/26 at 1:10 pm to cbree88
#1 UGA is playing at South Carolina in a couple weeks so we can see your little hypothetical
I don’t think anybody should be complaining about the “#1 team” having to play someone outside the top 15
I don’t think anybody should be complaining about the “#1 team” having to play someone outside the top 15
Posted on 11/11/26 at 1:12 pm to Topwater Trout
The NFL…
Posted on 11/11/26 at 1:14 pm to Topwater Trout
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are there any examples of any playoffs that reseed each round?
college baseball used to in the College World series. Did so from shortly after it began until the late 90s. They stopped doing it when the tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1999
Posted on 11/11/26 at 1:20 pm to Buckeye Fan 19
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The NFL…
i would say some wild card teams are better than division winners though...most likely will be the case this year also
Posted on 11/11/26 at 1:23 pm to cbree88
The bye weeks just frick everything up.
Should be 16 teams
rd 1 - 8 games on home campuses
rd 2 - 4 games on home campuses
rest - Rotating sites for semifinal and final
Should be 16 teams
rd 1 - 8 games on home campuses
rd 2 - 4 games on home campuses
rest - Rotating sites for semifinal and final
Posted on 11/11/26 at 1:24 pm to Buckeye Fan 19
the ultimate solution would be for the top 8 to pick their competition after rd1. #1 rank gets first pick of who they'd like to play etc. it would also make for good tv so I'm curious why it hasn't been considered.
Posted on 11/11/26 at 1:30 pm to cbree88
That would be nice given how much the regular season has been diminished. It’d be a huge advantage to be ranked #1 at the end of the regular season. For every additional upset the next highest ranked team gets a more favorable matchup in the next round too
Posted on 11/11/26 at 1:35 pm to cbree88
Nobody wants reseeding in playoffs anymore - public and betting sites want the bracket you can fill out
I'm a huge fan of reseeding but I don't think it works in this particular case.
NHL is a good example - the playoff structure has been shite ever since they abandoned reseeding.
I'm a huge fan of reseeding but I don't think it works in this particular case.
NHL is a good example - the playoff structure has been shite ever since they abandoned reseeding.
Posted on 11/11/26 at 1:58 pm to cbree88
How can we fill out brackets, a la NCAA March Madness, with reseeding?
Posted on 11/11/26 at 2:03 pm to cbree88
They should take it a step further and have a draft after each round. Top seed picks their opponent, and so on. Make it televised.
Posted on 11/11/26 at 2:10 pm to cbree88
Lol imagine if they reseeded March Madness... a lot of bracket money would be lost, won't happen!
Posted on 11/11/26 at 2:21 pm to cbree88
Re-seeding, are you NUTS???
Great, let's further punish a lower seed for beating a top seed by making them play the hardest team we can find for them again.
Re-seeing is asinine and will further favor certain teams.
I cannot downvote this enough.
Great, let's further punish a lower seed for beating a top seed by making them play the hardest team we can find for them again.
Re-seeing is asinine and will further favor certain teams.
I cannot downvote this enough.
Posted on 11/11/26 at 2:30 pm to East Coast Band
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How can we fill out brackets, a la NCAA March Madness, with reseeding?
frick that. Do what’s right and maintain the integrity of the regular season by reseeding and rewarding the teams who had the best regular seasons.
Posted on 11/11/26 at 2:33 pm to 33inNC
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Posted on 11/11/26 at 2:36 pm to cbree88
Logistically it would make it a little harder because you're playing 1st and 2nd round games across 3 days and there's a lot of games.
I'd imagine they'd try to have teams get a full week between their round 1 win and their round 2 kickoff. But if you're reseeding everyone and games spread across 3 days, then you're going to have some teams have a short turnaround before their 2nd round game. Unless none of the 2nd round hosts know whether they're hosting a game on Thursday, Friday, or Saturday until after all of the 1st round games are finished on the prior Saturday and the reseeded field is set.
I'd imagine they'd try to have teams get a full week between their round 1 win and their round 2 kickoff. But if you're reseeding everyone and games spread across 3 days, then you're going to have some teams have a short turnaround before their 2nd round game. Unless none of the 2nd round hosts know whether they're hosting a game on Thursday, Friday, or Saturday until after all of the 1st round games are finished on the prior Saturday and the reseeded field is set.
Posted on 11/11/26 at 2:39 pm to 33inNC
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Great, let's further punish a lower seed for beating a top seed by making them play the hardest team we can find for them again.
OK, lets reward the #1 team by giving them a higher seeded 2nd round opponent than the #8 seed will have to play.
Having to play higher seeded teams is the punishment for being a low seed and barely making the playoff. If you don't want to have the toughest path through the playoff field, then win more games and earn a higher seed
This post was edited on 11/11/26 at 2:40 pm
Posted on 11/11/26 at 4:41 pm to 33inNC
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Great, let's further punish a lower seed for beating a top seed by making them play the hardest team we can find for them again. Re-seeing is asinine and will further favor certain teams.
Then maybe those lower-ranked teams should play better during the REGULAR SEASON and earn a higher seed.
You basically proved my point for me with this post. You proved why re-seeding would help maintain the integrity of the regular season by encouraging teams to finish as high as they possibly can in the rankings instead of throwing games at the end of the year.
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