OT: Playoff Format

[TripleOption67]

Curious as to how you all feel about the current 12 team playoff format now that it's a reality?

Personally I'm not a Big fan of the expanded playoff but it's here to stay so..

One major aspect I don't care for is the top 4 conference champs getting the first round bye. Should be the top 4 teams by ranking. The conference champs can still get an automatic bid if that's how they want to do it but the 4 Best teams should receive the byes. Then the rest are seeded according to ranking as well.

Another change I would like to see is after the first round games are played, they should reseed the four teams that advanced so the Number 1 seed would get to play the lowest ranked team left and so on. Then reseeded again for the semis. The best teams should be rewarded as such throughout the playoffs.

Just my thoughts. What do you all think?

 

[cubsker]

Top 4 just ****s up the seeding. Oregon has a pretty tough path.

 

[northtexashusker]

Curious as to how you all feel about the current 12 team playoff format now that it's a reality?

Personally I'm not a Big fan of the expanded playoff but it's here to stay so..

One major aspect I don't care for is the top 4 conference champs getting the first round bye. Should be the top 4 teams by ranking. The conference champs can still get an automatic bid if that's how they want to do it but the 4 Best teams should receive the byes. Then the rest are seeded according to ranking as well.

Another change I would like to see is after the first round games are played, they should reseed the four teams that advanced so the Number 1 seed would get to play the lowest ranked team left and so on. Then reseeded again for the semis. The best teams should be rewarded as such throughout the playoffs.

Just my thoughts. What do you all think?

Fundamentally, I like the bye for conference Champs. The problem is that the conferences are now far from balanced. If ASU and Boise were in the BIG or SEC, they wouldn't even make the playoffs, let alone be #3 or #4 seeds.

You can't take the top teams out of a conference and expect the old rules to apply. There are conference imbalances in pro sports that generally work themselves out. I dont think the differences in CFB can ever be worked out.

 

[jteten]

12 team Playoffs are bloody brilliant and the rating/revenue/gambling money will more than prove that out. Even the selection special was almost must see tv. There is some tweaking to do with the selection process and seeding for sure, but the playoff finally brings college football into the modern age of sports. Finally.

 

[HuskerMania257460]

I love the expanded playoff, but agree on the bye / seeding. 8 or 16 would have made more sense to avoid that, but agree if you’re going to do byes, it should be the top 4 ranked teams.

 

[54T]

Agree, the 4 highest ranked teams should get the byes.

And how did SMU get seeded higher than Clemson, 12 hours after losing to Clemson?

 

[BrighteRed24]

Every game should be a home game on campus, minus the championship game. F*ck all these other bowl games that get spots in the playoff. They mean absolutely nothing now

 

[itseasyas1-2-3]

12 team Playoffs are bloody brilliant and the rating/revenue/gambling money will more than prove that out. Even the selection special was almost must see tv. There is some tweaking to do with the selection process and seeding for sure, but the playoff finally brings college football into the modern age of sports. Finally.

Last year's BCS system would have yielded us: (AP) Oregon v. Texas, and Georgia v. Notre Dame.

No OSU, No PSU, No Clemson, No Tennessee, No SMU, No Indiana, No Arizona State, No Boise State

Other than OSU, does there really look like any of these other 7 could run the table and win it all?

 

[V-Doub]

I only have a problem with you labeling a CFB playoff thread as OT. That’s fvcked up man…

 

[MargotDeeper]

Quit your bit chin.

 

[bama_husker]

Curious as to how you all feel about the current 12 team playoff format now that it's a reality?

Personally I'm not a Big fan of the expanded playoff but it's here to stay so..

One major aspect I don't care for is the top 4 conference champs getting the first round bye. Should be the top 4 teams by ranking. The conference champs can still get an automatic bid if that's how they want to do it but the 4 Best teams should receive the byes. Then the rest are seeded according to ranking as well.

Another change I would like to see is after the first round games are played, they should reseed the four teams that advanced so the Number 1 seed would get to play the lowest ranked team left and so on. Then reseeded again for the semis. The best teams should be rewarded as such throughout the playoffs.

Just my thoughts. What do you all think?

I think they didn't want SEC teams and maybe Big Ten teams getting all the byes. I'm OK with the current system but think they should consider going to 16 and just guarantee so many conference winners a slot but then seed by ranking only. That way you have no byes and are not potentially giving out all the byes to one or two conferences. The other problem with seeding by ranking only now is ND could play two less games than most teams, skipping a CCG and the first round.

 

[HuskerDrew]

Theoretically the format actually is ok, but the problem is the ACC and Big 12 suck.
No one would be complaining if a 12-1 stout Miami or Clemson, or a nasty 13-0 Utah team were the other 2 byes. But, sadly it is imbalanced because the best teams are in 2 conferences. So, with that, they should have re-seeding since Boise and other schools don’t even deserve byes or auto bids.
I’d be ok with just taking the top 12 by ranking and the top 4 have the byes.

 

[huntered]

8 or 16. no byes. home field by ranking. as little conjecture as possible.

 

[Truewooper]

16 Team playoff all 10 conference champions get a playoff spot.