CFP Rankings

[KingWard]

I don't disagree with any of that. But I just don't see the committee jumping Bama over Texas unless Texas loses or has an ugly game. They put a lot of weight into that head-to-head matchup, even if Bama clearly appears to be the better team now.

The Big 12 is pretty weak in terms of who can challenge Texas. They likely will face off against Oklahoma State in the title game and probably win that. They've been winning close ones lately though, so who knows?

Bama can only get there by beating Georgia. If they do that, they're in. If it's a close Bama win, both Bama and Georgia will be in. You know, this is exactly why the four-team format is better than what they're about to go to - discussions like this one.

 

[18IsTheMan]

If I were put in charge; I'd say there needs to be 8 12 team conferences that make up the top level of college football. Each conference champion would play in a three round playoff and the national champion would be the winner of the final game. The regular season would be reduced to 11 games and each team would have to play 10 conference games and could not play any team from a lower division. Conferences could decide their champion however they wanted to, they could have a championship game, select the highest ranked team, have a vote by ADs, whatever they wanted to do.

If I were in charge, I'd take college football back to the 90s, or earlier. It was the near perfect game before the powers-that-be decided it needed to be fixed.

 

[Big JC]

Even so, the great majority of the time, the best team did end up being crowned champion. It's a small % of years you can really debate it.

I seem to remember a lot of debate about who was really the best team. The Northern bias by the media kept a lot of Southern teams from playing for a national championship for a long time. In fact, the B1G love from the yankee media is alive and well today.

 

[KingWard]

If I were in charge, I'd take college football back to the 90s, or earlier. It was the near perfect game before the powers-that-be decided it needed to be fixed.

They've mucked it up, but the courts get a big assist on that by reason of the NIL. What colleges are doing to compete in the NIL is mucking it up worse. Schools shouldn't have any hand in it. That wasn't the intention. Players and people paying for their services ought to be the only principals involved.

 

[Deleted11512]

If I were in charge, I'd take college football back to the 90s, or earlier. It was the near perfect game before the powers-that-be decided it needed to be fixed.

That sucked. The best way is a playoff. 12 is plenty.

 

[KingWard]

That sucked. The best way is a playoff. 12 is plenty.

It's eight too many. Let the regular season and Championship Saturday pare the field. They do a pretty good job of it, and any remaining controversy just makes it more interesting and entertaining. They're taking all the drama out of it.

 

[18IsTheMan]

That sucked. The best way is a playoff. 12 is plenty.

lol, it didn't suck and you know it. If it sucked you wouldn't have watched it, but you obviously did.

It wasn't wildly popular because it sucked.

 

[Yard_Pimps]

To the players, college football falls into one of two things. Either the player loves playing football and plays because he loves the game or it is about auditioning for a chance at the NFL.

Take away the fans and the money, really just the money, and college football looks a lot like high school football. The only reason the money is there is because of the entertainment value.

No one is arguing that. But to not get it right for those playing the game is a dang shame at least in my book. They deserve that.

 

[18IsTheMan]

I seem to remember a lot of debate about who was really the best team. The Northern bias by the media kept a lot of Southern teams from playing for a national championship for a long time. In fact, the B1G love from the yankee media is alive and well today.

There's always going to be debate. There's at least much debate now, if not more, than there was then.

 

[18IsTheMan]

It's eight too many. Let the regular season and Championship Saturday pare the field. They do a pretty good job of it, and any remaining controversy just makes it more interesting and entertaining. They're taking all the drama out of it.

Right, you've got 12-13 games to prove you belong. If you can't do it by then, then you don't belong.

Also, I think it's utterly absurd to a tell who has gone 15-0, they have to win more games to prove themselves.

 

[Deleted11512]

lol, it didn't suck and you know it. If it sucked you wouldn't have watched it, but you obviously did.

It wasn't wildly popular because it sucked.

I'm going to watch it if they decided the NC by drawing numbers. Not the point. Having the AP either decide who the champion is, or decide who the 2 teams that play for the championship is, was lunacy. THAT's why it got changed.

 

[Yard_Pimps]

lol, it didn't suck and you know it. If it sucked you wouldn't have watched it, but you obviously did.

It wasn't wildly popular because it sucked.

I don’t know about all that .

 

[KingWard]

I'm going to watch it if they decided the NC by drawing numbers. Not the point. Having the AP either decide who the champion is, or decide who the 2 teams that play for the championship is, was lunacy. THAT's why it got changed.

I hear you, especially regarding the pre-BCS (AP and UPI Polls) era. Nothing but a beauty contest. But with regard to the BCS era, multiple matrices went into selecting those two teams. I don't remember any champions from that era who didn't deserve it.

 

[Prestonyte]

I hear you, especially regarding the pre-BCS (AP and UPI Polls) era. Nothing but a beauty contest. But with regard to the BCS era, multiple matrices went into selecting those two teams. I don't remember any champions from that era who didn't deserve it.

The reason March Madness is so popular is because an ''underserving'' team, i.e. Martin's Gamecocks, can get hot and make it interesting with a national underdog following rooting them on. This may be the reasoning behind a bigger playoff field push although some may prefer to see only the strongest teams participate.