The inaugural 12 team college football playoff ranking thread. This year champ will not have an asterisk

[VegetasHairline]

 

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Miami should be in over Tennessee

 

[CrimsonTider]

What has Texas and OSU done to earn a bye over a conference champ?

Texas, maybe b/c they at least made it to the SEC title game.

Both Texas and OSU have better resumes. OSU has beaten 2 other playoff teams and lost to the #1 seed on the road by a point

 

[AceDeuceTrey]

These jumbo conferences created by realignment is one of the biggest drivers of this wacky ass bracket.

When the teams at the top of the conference don’t play each other H2H, it creates avenues for teams to be in their Conference Championship Game and/or the CFB discussion when they could have been exposed / pressure tested otherwise.

When barely any one of the top 4 in a conference play each other H2H, some of them probably potentially benefited from beating up on the bottom tier of conference opponents. And when they did play someone worth a damn, they lost.

IU, SMU and PSU were helped the most by this this year, next year it will be a different set of teams who benefit from having a weak in-conference schedule.

Granted, this is not an easy solution and I’m not saying those aren’t deserving teams given the current state of things but it’s a big factor in how the field is built.

I would maybe make last wk of conference play “dynamic” to create de-facto conference semi-finals to determine who gets to play in the conference championship.

ASU vs CU and BYU vs ISU

SMU vs Cuse and Clemson vs Miami

Logistical nightmare but providers further separation.

 

[Crizzy]

Most hated to never be duplicated... Love it.

 

[CrimsonTider]

If byes go to "best team" they'll shoehorn the same 6-7 teams in every year

Every team's initial goal should be to win their conference. If you can't do that i dont wanna hear you crying on the backend

AZ state and Iowa state made their conference chip by pure technicality. So did PSU

 

[Whips-n-Chains]

Both Texas and OSU have better resumes. OSU has beaten 2 other playoff teams and lost to the #1 seed on the road by a point

You have a valid point. However, there has to be some reward for winning your conference. Otherwise why even bother? If that's the case, Oregon should've gotten reps for the their second string yesterday, and ran all plays they never intend running again in the playoffs.

 

[Trav]

For those of u non-playoff mfs in here wit a whole lotta motion in dem Coli fingers.




Fav flavor @DropTopDoc ?

 

[AceDeuceTrey]

And Oregon got hoed. The most difficult road for the #1 seed is wild. Will be a common occurrence if they stick with this dumb ass format and bracket structure. PDF Files St benefits

 

[CrimsonTider]

These jumbo conferences created by realignment is one of the biggest drivers of this wacky ass bracket.

When the teams at the top of the conference don’t play each other H2H, it creates avenues for teams to be in their Conference Championship Game and/or the CFB discussion when they could have been exposed / pressure tested otherwise.

When barely any one of the top 4 in a conference play each other H2H, some of them probably potentially benefited from beating up on the bottom tier of conference opponents. And when they did play someone worth a damn, they lost.

IU, SMU and PSU were helped the most by this this year, next year it will be a different set of teams who benefit from having a weak in-conference schedule.

Granted, this is not an easy solution and I’m not saying those aren’t deserving teams given the current state of things but it’s a big factor in how the field is built.

I would maybe make last wk of conference play “dynamic” to create de-facto conference semi-finals to determine who gets to play in the conference championship.

ASU vs CU and BYU vs ISU

SMU vs Cuse and Clemson vs Miami

Logistical nightmare but providers further separation.

Texas and Clemson benefited from this too.


Theres no fix tho other than every team should be playing a conference game this weekend

 

[CrimsonTider]

And Oregon got hoed. The most difficult road for the #1 seed is wild. Will be a common occurrence if they stick with this dumb ass format and bracket structure. PDF Files St and ND benefit

Texas got a layup

 

[Eye Cue DA COLI GAWD]

These jumbo conferences created by realignment is one of the biggest drivers of this wacky ass bracket.

When the teams at the top of the conference don’t play each other H2H, it creates avenues for teams to be in their Conference Championship Game and/or the CFB discussion when they could have been exposed / pressure tested otherwise.

When barely any one of the top 4 in a conference play each other H2H, some of them probably potentially benefited from beating up on the bottom tier of conference opponents. And when they did play someone worth a damn, they lost.

IU, SMU and PSU were helped the most by this this year, next year it will be a different set of teams who benefit from having a weak in-conference schedule.

Granted, this is not an easy solution and I’m not saying those aren’t deserving teams given the current state of things but it’s a big factor in how the field is built.

I would maybe make last wk of conference play “dynamic” to create de-facto conference semi-finals to determine who gets to play in the conference championship.

ASU vs CU and BYU vs ISU

SMU vs Cuse and Clemson vs Miami

Logistical nightmare but providers further separation.

No... seems to me, the committee created a hardline to reward teams getting to conference championship games as a way to keep the CCGs relevant

That won't be the case long. CCGs going by the wayside soon

 

[TV]

Why was Boise State ranked so high in the first place? Besides, barely losing to Oregon, why would they be ranked as high as they are?

 

[Whips-n-Chains]

No... seems to me, the committee created a hardline to reward teams getting to conference championship games as a way to keep the CCGs relevant

That won't be the case long. CCGs going by the wayside soon

Ehhhh...doubtful b/c I bet the B1GCG and SECCG but did 8M+ viewers

Money will outweigh what actually make sense

 

[charknicks]

Im not hearing a complaint from a team who went 8-3 and FBS teams, including a loss to a 6-6 Vanderbilt team and a 6-6 Oklahoma team (by 21 points), and wants to put out there Strength of Schedule and have MERCER on their schedule (an FCS team). That should bring your SoS down 20 points automatically.

Sorry, Alabama.