(11-26-2020 10:10 AM)esayem Wrote: (11-25-2020 11:37 AM)Fighting Muskie Wrote: Seems a little unfair that the SEC, Big 12, and ACC get to play schools who’ve had to win 2 rounds of play in games while they get to sit back and rest while the PAC 12 and Big Ten have to play each other.
5-1-2 is the way to go. Simple, elegant, very little decision making done by committees and you aren’t adding a bunch of extra games for fans to travel to and adding wear and tear on the student athletes.
Play the quarter finals in traditional bowl sites on/around NYD. Play the semis 7-10 days later. Play the NCG the weekend before the Super Bowl (but not on the same night that the Pro Bowl airs)
That’s definitely an improvement. I think the “1” should be non-P5, because independents shouldn’t be punished if they finish ahead of the “G5 champ” with a stronger schedule etc.
Only one slot for a non-P5 team is not going to make sense when there are two undefeated non-P5 teams in the AP Top 8- - Cincinnati and BYU - - as there are right now.
That type of idea might have seemed "generous" when it was made a part of the NY6 bowls, but times have changed.
Due to the steady increase in the number of non-P5 teams in the top 20 over the past half-decade, the playoffs would be considered more and more illegitimate and anachronistic with each passing year if there were to be a set rule stipulating that only one non-P5 team will have an opportunity to participate.
(11-26-2020 10:10 AM)esayem Wrote: I think giving each conference an auto-bid would encourage some sensible realignment based on tradition and geography as well.
Apparently, by "each conference," you're referring to only five of the FBS conferences.
At the very least, an auto-bid should be granted to the top 6-ranked conferences. At present, that would include the P5 conferences and one G5 conference. In an eight-team playoff series, the other two slots should go to any top 8-ranked teams that finish the season with an undefeated record. If there are no such teams in the top 10, then one or two of the most highly-ranked teams in the top 10 that didn't win conference championships.
With 6 auto-bids, the eight 2020 teams would most likely be:
Probable ACC Champion - Notre Dame or Clemson
Probable Big Ten Champion - Ohio State
Probable Big 12 Champion - Oklahoma or Iowa State
Probable Pac-12 Champion - Oregon
Probable SEC Champion - Alabama
Probable Top G5 Champion - Cincinnati
At Large #1 - (#2) Notre Dame or (#4) Clemson
At Large #2 - (#8) BYU (by virtue of being Top 10 and undefeated)
However, there would be considerable controversy if teams that win conference championships don't finish the season in the top 10.
For example, Florida and TAMU wouldn't make the playoffs with 6 auto-bids (Alabama has locked in the SEC Championship), unless one of them beat the second-place ACC team (ND or Clemson).
If the PAC-12 champion (e.g., current #9 Oregon) ends up in the top 10, there wouldn't be such a controversy. However, the may not be a top 10 school that wins the Big-12 championship.
To deal with that type of scenario, the rules could be adjusted by eliminating a conference's automatic bid if the conference champion doesn't finish in the top 10, thus opening up an additional at-large bid.
For example, using 2020 as an example, unless Iowa State or Oklahoma finishes in the top 10, the Big-12's automatic bid would be forfeited, and either Florida or Texas A&M (whichever is most highly-ranked) would take that playoff spot.
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