this would also up the ante to play some good teams out of conference if you want one of the 6 at large berths.
Exactly, put some pressure on these mf's to really play real teams. You want to get in if you don't win your conference? Play some real fukking teams...
I'd make it a 20-team playoff, 10 conference winners + 10 at large. The best 10 remaining teams get in. I dont know who could complain about this, its still always gonna favor the Power 4. This year that would be six SEC, four B1G, three ACC, that would be 65% of the field from a major conference (70% counting ASU). 70% Power 4...
…..and?!?
If that’s who the best team are so be it.
Plus being mad about that doesn’t even make sense any more. A year ago Oregon and Texas would be representing other conferences. But now since they (inexplicably, hilariously) joined the big 10 and SEC, I’m supposed to cry SEC bias?!
They’ve already b*stardized the original context and meaning of conferences so why do some of you keep holding onto it? The big 12 was a few phone calls away from no longer existing, but now their champion—- beat Texas St by 3 points—-is the 4 seed in the playoffs. It’s a joke.
College football is the only sport that has all this hand-wringing and anger surrounding its postseason, because there's way too much subjectivity in it. No other sport has this issue. Not college basketball, college baseball, or any of the major leagues...
What NCAAF really needs is a single governing body that governs set, objective measures on how the postseason works, shyt even the regular season. These big schools shouldn't be allowed to just schedule free W's vs FCS competition...
Unless and until that happens, there will never be a postseason in college football that pleases everyone. These mf's can't even determine what "best team" means...
You know what, I could get with this, too. 10 automatic bids to the 10 conference winners, then the best 6 teams fill out the rest, no conference championship games. Mf's don't like it, win your conference and you have nothing to cry about...
Matter fact, since Pac12 will be football legit as a conference in '26, that'll be 10 FBS conferences. Make it 10 automatic bids for conference champions, then 10 at-large bids:
1 Oregon (13-0)
2 Georgia (11-2)
3 Boise State (12-1)
4 Arizona State (11-2)
5 Clemson (10-3)
6 Army (11-1)
7 Marshall (10-3)
8 Ohio (9-3)
9 Jacksonville State (9-4)
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10 Texas (11-2)
11 Penn State (11-2)
12 Notre Dame (11-1)
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13 Ohio State (10-2)
14 Tennessee (10-2)
15 Indiana (11-1)
16 SMU (11-2)
17 Alabama (9-3)
18 Miami (10-2)
19 Ole Miss (9-3)
20 South Carolina (9-3)
Figure out the bye shyt later...
Under this format all the deserving teams still get in. All the conference champions get in. All of the bubble teams get in. I don't know who could complain about this format, it's still 6 SEC and 4 B1G, that's still 50% of the field...
Take away the conference championship game and have winning your 12-game schedule truly matter. Have all conferences play 9 conference games...
^^^^Nobody can really bytch about this set-up, it rewards conference champions and also allows in bubble teams which will disproportionately favor the Power 4 schools anyway...
the entire argument is this
do you want 'best teams'
or do you want a tournament of champions
i significantly prefer the latter because you actually EARNED your way in other than being 'good.
plus that would within 1-2 years create more parity across the sport.
You can do both, see my above post. If I can figure this out in a few hours, someone within NCAA can figure this out. But the issue is that there's no single governing body in college football that expressly defines what postseason qualifications are...
part of the problem too is that the big 10/sec got too fukking big. Teams are playing uneven conference schedules (Indiana, TX)
I like the p4 + 1 conference champs getting in, less room to cram in the same other 5-6 schools each year depending on whose up or down (LSU, Bama, Michigan, OU, Miami, USC for example of teams who'll be around lurking too soon.
I dont wanna see the MAC or Sun Belt champion in the bracket
enjoy that bowl game and keep it pushing
I wanna see the champion of those other conferences in, why not? It'll only increase the popularity of the sport...
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