4 team playoff

[Mediocre Man]

It's just not enough. If the Buckeyes had not been on probation, Oregon more than likely wouldn't even be in the playoff if it were this year. That's a hard pill to swallow for a team that's only loss was in OT to the number 8 team in the country

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

Especially when one considers that Georgia lost by 4 touchdowns to S. Carolina, beat Tennessee by 7 and a very poor Kentucky team, by 5. Add to that they played only 2 top 25 teams all season and are 1-1 against them. Florida won 4 games by a TD or less. And both of them played (like us) an uber soft non conference schedule. A good argument can be made Oregon's season was more impressive. But, the SEC gets a free pass.

 

[Zalsa]

I think whoever loses the SEC championship game wouldn't get into the playoffs. It would be Bama, ND, Florida and Oregon.

 

[Mediocre Man]

I think whoever loses the SEC championship game wouldn't get into the playoffs. It would be Bama, ND, Florida and Oregon.

Not if OSU were eligible.

 

[Wheels]

Not if OSU were eligible.

I get what you are saying but at the same time, but I'm not so sure tOSU would stay undefeated with the week in and week out pressure of knowing 1 loss and you are basically out.

Not trying to take away from them or anything this year, but going undefeated with absolutely zero pressure, and no target on your back (to me) is a lot easier than what Notre Dame did.

 

[Zalsa]

An 8 or 12 team playoff would be the way to go if you ask me.

 

[Rhal]

An 8 or 12 team playoff would be the way to go if you ask me.

I like the thought of a six team playoffs with #1 and #2 ranked teams having a bye.

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[Zalsa]

I like the thought of a six team playoffs with #1 and #2 ranked teams having a bye.

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Exactly. Same playoff deal as in the NFL.

The four bowls could host the four playoff rounds. And highest bidding for the semi-finals, and Dallas to host the Natty.

 

[3RA1N1AC]

it wasnt that long ago teams were playing 9 games a year, now 15, and people want more?

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

An 8 or 12 team playoff would be the way to go if you ask me.

I like the idea of each conference champion (based on in conference record) and 4 at large teams.

 

[Natebishop3]

It's plain and simple... if you play in any conference outside of the SEC, you can not lose a game. Period. End of story.

 

[TripTango]

I agree that 4 is not enough, but let's take it one step at a time. 4 is already a HUGE improvement over the current system. If it succeeds (read: the bowls continue to be profitable) and there is sufficient demand, I think we'll see it expand before long.

 

[Ghost Pepper]

You know what is going to make everyone sick? That scab of a UCLA team if they beat Stanford on Friday will be in the Rose Bowl! WTF?

 

[Zalsa]

So in a 4 team playoff format, here's the teams selected:
Notre Dame, Alabama, Georgia, and Oregon.

For an 8 team:
ND, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Oregon, Kansas State, LSU, Stanford.

12 team:
ND, Alabama(bye), Georgia, Florida, Oregon, Kansas State(bye), LSU, Stanford(Bye),Texas A&M, SCAR, Oklahoma, Nebraska(bye)
Byes are for the conference champions, or should it got for teams ranked 1-4?

 

[TripTango]

So in a 4 team playoff format, here's the teams selected:
Notre Dame, Alabama, Georgia, and Oregon.

For an 8 team:
ND, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Oregon, Kansas State, LSU, Stanford.

12 team:
ND, Alabama(bye), Georgia, Florida, Oregon, Kansas State(bye), LSU, Stanford(Bye),Texas A&M, SCAR, Oklahoma, Nebraska(bye)
Byes are for the conference champions, or should it got for teams ranked 1-4?

That 8-team bracket looks damn good. Well, all except for Bama vs. LSU, the matchup that always seems to find new ways to bore me to tears.

 

[Zalsa]

That 8-team bracket looks damn good. Well, all except for Bama vs. LSU, the matchup that always seems to find new ways to bore me to tears.

ND vs Oregon
Alabama vs Kansas State
Georgia vs LSU
Florida vs Stanford. Take your picks.

 

[NOVoodoo]

I think that if you have an 8 team playoff then it cheapens the regular season too much. One of the things I love about college football is how one win during the regular season can make or break your entire season. My teams seem to get the "breaks" in the season more than the "makes," but I'm okay with that. It still makes the average product more exciting to watch September through November.

 

[Natebishop3]

I think that if you have an 8 team playoff then it cheapens the regular season too much. One of the things I love about college football is how one win during the regular season can make or break your entire season. My teams seem to get the "breaks" in the season more than the "makes," but I'm okay with that. It still makes the average product more exciting to watch September through November.

But it's a flawed system because the SEC seems to be the only conference that can lose and still go to the Natty.

 

[Rhal]

But it's a flawed system because the SEC seems to be the only conference that can lose and still go to the Natty.

Agreed. The polls give the SEC to much love. There should never be a team like bama last year in a national title game. If you cant win your own conference you do not deserve to be in the national title game.
The SEC is the best conference but the love the computer rankings give them is so much that half the computers had two one loss SEC teams ahead of oregon and all but one had the one loss bama ahead of us before the ducks lost to Stanford.
The way its weighted now you could have two undefeated teams and still have a one loss SEC team get into the national title game.

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[Mediocre Man]

12 has always seemed like the right number to me.

Top four regardless of conference should get a bye

That leaves 11 games to play. Right now there are 5 BCS bowl games, so 6 other bowls would have to be utilized. I would use it like the regions in March Madness. My choices would be Gator, Cotton, Holiday, Music City, Capital One, Hawaii

So taking this years standings right now as an example, and for the example having the higher ranked team winning, it would look like this

ND, Alabama, Georgia, Florida....Bye

#5 Oregon vs #12 Nebraska at Holiday bowl
#6 Kansas State vs #11 Oklahoma at Music City
#7 LSU vs #10 South Carolina at Capital One
#8 Stanford vs #9 Texas A&M at Hawaii

The remaining games would be played on a rotating basis at traditional BSC bowls plus Cotton and Gator

#1 ND vs #8 Stanford at Fiesta
#2 Alabama vs #7 LSU at Cotton
#3 Georgia vs #6 Kansas State at Sugar
#4 Florida vs #5 Oregon at Gator

#1 ND vs #4 Florida at Orange
#2 Alabama vs #3 Georgia at Rose

#1 ND vs #2 Alabama at BCS site

 

[TripTango]

I think that if you have an 8 team playoff then it cheapens the regular season too much. One of the things I love about college football is how one win during the regular season can make or break your entire season. My teams seem to get the "breaks" in the season more than the "makes," but I'm okay with that. It still makes the average product more exciting to watch September through November.

I've heard that argument, but I just don't see it. Are people afraid that a tournament would suddenly turn the college football regular season into NCAA basketball? Playoffs or no, there's a huge difference between 30ish regular season games and 11, just as there's a huge difference between an 8-team tournament and a 68-team tournament -- those differences would not go away. One win or loss could STILL make or break a team's season, but the final outcome wouldn't depend quite as heavily on favorable scheduling or preseason rankings.

 

[TripTango]

#1 ND vs #8 Stanford at Fiesta
#2 Alabama vs #7 LSU at Cotton
#3 Georgia vs #6 Kansas State at Sugar
#4 Florida vs #5 Oregon at Gator

#1 ND vs #4 Florida at Orange
#2 Alabama vs #3 Georgia at Rose

#1 ND vs #2 Alabama at BCS site

You'd have Florida beating Oregon but losing to ND? Preposterous!

 

[Mediocre Man]

To make the regular season more important to schools, you could still go with the bye for the first 4 teams, then in round two those first four teams can get a home game with all the money going to them

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

12 has always seemed like the right number to me.

Top four regardless of conference should get a bye

This is good. Out of the top 12 teams you will certainly find the top team.

 

[TripTango]

A really interesting piece on how the selection process for 4-team playoff might have looked this year:

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/20...l-playoff-mock-selection-committee/index.html

Interestingly, multiple committee members suggested that the difficulty of picking four teams could lead to the advent of a larger field. Livengood brought it up unprompted after the call. So did ECU's Holland. (It's likely not a coincidence that they represent leagues -- the Mountain West and Conference USA/Big East -- that will struggle to get teams into the top four slots.)

"I like the idea that this could lead to actually expanding the field," Holland said. "Of course you have to convince some presidents that's necessary."