Not sure you understood the post, Liberty and Florida St were left out of a 4 team playoff, not 8. Since I wrote, what undefeated team would get left out of an 8 team CFP, what happened in 2023 would be irrelevant.
Under the 4 team format, Ohio State wouldn't have qualified
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If that were the case you wouldn't be so upset about Ohio State running the table on their bracket. They didn't receive a bye, they crushed the #1 overall team, they proved they were clearly the best team in the playoff. You're moving the goalposts now.
Yes, obviously.
If a 3 loss Alabama had won their conference, I'd want them to get in too. But they didn't, they were busy getting their doors blown off a bottom 4 team in the SEC.
"b-b-but Michigan"
yes. had Michigan crushed Ohio State en route to the latter's 3rd loss, I'd argue Ohio State didn't deserve to be in. But that's not what happened.
Once again, the committee got it right and delivered an incredibly entertaining playoff.
**** the SEC.
They’ve rotated from year to year Einstein they all don’t play on the actual day of January 1st.
The New Years6 rotates and are part of the college football playoffs.
had to do it this year. otherwise we'll have the best team in the G5/ACC runner-up pounding their fists about being able to compete with anyone.
I'd say they got it half right. Most of the early games were routes
Right and they would not go away with a 16 team format, so what is the issue?
They already "don't matter" as in the fact that no player is like "Ohhhh man, I hope we play in the Sugar Bowl", they just want to play in the playoffs. So, what is the issue?
They will have to do it another year. Or at least until the Big 10 and SEC have more control in 2026-27 season
I think I heard that format is set in stone for this season, regardless of any other factors
In my opinion, the best teams is determined by taking the top 4, 8, 12 16 whatever number you want, of teams and seeding them 1-4, 8, 16 etc. and playing it out. Giving a berth to the Big 12, ACC champ or MWC just because they have enough teams to be considered a conference isn't reason enough, in my opinion, to justify an auto berth and a bye. Clemson shouldn't be in the playoff simply because they beat SMU because they lost 3 games during the season and finished the year ranked 16th.
Correct, in order to change any of the format, they need unanimous approval from all members of the CFP commissioners. I think you will see the SEC and Big Ten commissioners push for a different format for the 2026 season playoff, including more than 1 auto berth, some models show an increase to 14 teams with the following berths 4 for Big 10, 4 SEC and 2 each for Big 12 and ACC, then the rest of the leagues and ND battle for the remaining 2 spots.
Again I don't agree with that, this season, Iowa St and Alabama would have been awarded berths, allowing for 2 teams outside of the top 16 getting auto bids (Clemson and Iowa St). It will literally make a good number of regular season games irrelevant, except for determining who the 4th best SEC or Big Ten teams are.
If a leagues top 4 teams are good enough they will be in the top 12 or 14, if not they won't be and do they even need to be in a playoff.
This is the same argument that we have down here in Texas all the time about HS football. There are times where the top 2 teams in the state play each other in an early round because of the way the districts and the bracket is laid out.
You are assuming the result would be the same if the teams meet in the final vs the second round. Momentum plays a huge role in tournaments and playoffs. Example, Oregon plays Indiana or Boise in their first game, beats off some rust, then plays ND or Penn St in their second game, ND may not even play in the final.
sure, you can call tOSU/Oregon the real national championship.
i did at the time.
tough titty for Oregon, they should've won.
going to 8 or 16 with full seeding/no byes would have avoided the errors in this season's cfp.
yes, seeding is so important to validating the playoff. i particularly loathe "byes."
Ok don’t disagree. But -5-8 all won the first round this year so you had it 1-8 after the first round. Then 1-4 all got beat. If you reseeded the semis I am curious how you how you would have changed it .
Texas's 2 losses were to #2 Georgia and Penn State's losses were to #1 Oregon and #6 OSU.
Notre Dame's 1 loss was to Northern Illinois. The committee correctly had Penn State and Texas ahead of Notre Dame.
It matters because these bowls are part of the playoff.
2026 playoffs
Quarterfinals- The Rose, Orange, Sugar and Cotton bowls.
Semifinals- The Fiest and Peach bowls
National title game- Hard Rock Stadium, Miami fla.
New Years6 will always be part of the playoffs one way or another..
most players who participate in bowls enjoy the experience. games this year (beyond the cfp) were often interesting and drew well on tv. i'm not sure why people have a need to denigrate them other than playing captain obvious with their observations. you would have to go down the list some ways to find a comparable mbb viewership number. the recent michigan state/ohio state game drew 2.4 million. kentucky/north carolina drew 3.6.
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1. There are not home and home games in college (OSU had to play Oregon on road across time zone). That was probably worth a TD for oregon
2. Schedules vary so greatly between conferences and teams so one teams 12-0 might be less impressiveanother teams 10-2. 12 or 16 team playoff accounts for this and ensures deserving teams have opportunity to win on field
Get the 16 best teams ranked by accomplishment. Play two rounds at home so most accomplished teams get early home games against poorer teams and let best team in this group at end of season win championship on field.
