re: This college football season proves we need at least 6 in the playoffs

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You lost me at UCF

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I am far from a fan of UCF but almost all computer ratings will have them top 7 after this Week so you can take that up with them I guess.

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Fairest Method to determine national champions

Eight Team Playoff with five Power 5 conference champions, best G5 conference champion, and two at-large bids

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Fairest in what way? Is it fair to Alabama to possibly have to play UGA again? Was it fair to LSU to have to play Bama again in 2011?

I don't think it's fair to make the original outcomes of contests meaningless.

Which a playoff with more than 4 teams would do every single year. At least under the current system it's rare that we get a rematch.

People need to get over this shite. Every season is not created equal. Certain teams will always have easier paths in a given year. There is no equalizing of this. More teams in a playoff is not better

College basketball is a great example. More teams does not always mean the best or most deserving team wins

Eight Team Playoff with five Power 5 conference champions, best G5 conference champion, and two at-large bids


2014
(#20 Boise State 10-2) at #1 Alabama 12-1
#5 Baylor* 11-1 at #4 Ohio State 12-1
#6 TCU 11-1 at #3 Florida State 13-0
#7 Mississippi State* 10-2 at #2 Oregon 12-1

Left Out
#8 Michigan State 10-2

2015
(#18 Houston 12-1) at #1 Clemson 13-0
#5 Iowa* 12-1 at #4 Oklahoma 11-1
#6 Stanford 11-2 at #3 Michigan State 12-1
#7 Ohio State* 11-1 at #2 Alabama 12-1

Left Out
#8 Notre Dame 10-2, #9 Florida State 10-2, #10 North Carolina 11-2, #11 TCU 10-2

2016
(#15 Western Michigan 13-0) at #1 Alabama 13-0
#5 Penn State 11-2 at #4 Washington 12-1
#7 Oklahoma 10-2 at #3 Ohio State* 11-1
#6 Michigan* 10-2 at #2 Clemson 12-1

(Oklahoma and Michigan both finished 10-2, I'm using assumption they wouldve swapped their "ranking" in order to avoid the Michigan OSU rematch in R1.

Left Out
#8 Wisconsin 10-3

2017
(#12 UCF 13-0) at #1 Clemson 12-1
#5 Ohio State 11-2 at #4 Alabama* 11-1
#6 Wisconsin* 12-1 at #3 Georgia 12-1
#8 USC 11-2 at #2 Oklahoma 12-1

Left Out
#7 Auburn 10-3, #9 Penn State 10-2, #10 Miami 10-2, #11 Washington 10-2

2018 (My best guess)
#9 10-3 Washington at #1 Alabama 13-0
#5 Ohio State 12-1 at #4 Oklahoma 12-1
#6 Georgia* 11-2 at #3 Notre Dame* 13-0
(#7 UCF 13-0) at #2 Clemson 13-0

Left Out
#8 Michigan 10-2

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2018 (My best guess)

#9 10-3 Washington at #1 Alabama 13-0
#5 Ohio State 12-1 at #4 Oklahoma
#6 12-1 Georgia* 11-2 at #3 Notre Dame* 13-0
#7 UCF 13-0 at #2 Clemson 13-0

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This would be so fun. I'd really like if Georgia had jumped Ohio St. I don't think Washington would get in over Michigan or even 3 loss LSU.

So I think it'd be Alabama\Michigan.. would would have been fun as well. In fact, I fully believe it would be Michigan over Washington.

I'd love to see Georgia/Clemson and Notre Dame/UCF, but those matchups are still great with

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This would be so fun. I'd really like if Georgia had jumped Ohio St. I don't think Washington would get in over Michigan or even 3 loss LSU. 

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I set this up with the Power 5 Champs, Highest ranked Group of 5 Champ and 2 At-Larges.

8 is the answer

Why? There are two teams that can win and 3 if Georgia gets in. I personally could care less about the 4th spot.

Exactly there is no travesty. OU and tOSU can’t complain too hard. It’s Clemson and Bama with ND getting their asses whooped as well as team #4. Take your pick.