(05-07-2021 11:15 AM)esayem Wrote:  

(05-07-2021 07:39 AM)CoastalJuan Wrote:  

(05-07-2021 02:07 AM)HawaiiMongoose Wrote:  

(05-06-2021 11:41 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  

(05-06-2021 08:36 PM)HawaiiMongoose Wrote:  Not this again.

If it was going to happen it would have already.

Nothing to see here.

That kind of logic is always true right up until the day it is not.

LOL. I grant your point. Frankly I was being a little lazy. It would be more accurate to say if this was going to happen with the AAC and MWC still positioned in the FBS conference hierarchy as they have been for the past couple of years it would have already.

If and when something happens to substantially change that relative positioning — e.g. alterations to media contract terms, CFP distributions and/or New Year’s Six bowl access that result in the AAC drawing closer in status to the P5 and becoming further distanced from the MWC — I could see one or more MWC schools moving to the AAC. But as yet there’s been no significant reshaping of the landscape that would change the realignment calculus for Boise State, SDSU or any other MWC member.

Something like an automatic playoff spot for the conference that owns the G5 bid?


"Several commissioners, even one from the Group of Five, believe that each Power 5 champion and the highest ranked team from the Group of Five should receive an automatic berth. An automatic spot for a G5 team is viewed as an essential compromise, as five of the 11 members represent G5 leagues."

"In fact, the playoff working group, made up of four members of the CFP Management Committee (the 10 FBS commissioners and Notre Dame AD Jack Swarbrick), has been exploring a new model for two years. The group, including commissioners Greg Sankey (SEC), Bob Bowlsby (Big 12) and Craig Thompson (Mountain West), as well as Swarbrick, was formed in January 2019 but paused to handle matters related to COVID-19 this past calendar year."

"More and more people–not just fans, but the 10 commissioners and Notre Dame–who have a vote in the matter are saying, 'it's time to look at expansion,'" Mountain West commissioner Craig Thompson told ESPN. "I think we could accommodate expansion before the 12-year contract expires."

Yeah, but BYU was knocking on the door without a P5 victory. Coastal was knocking on the door with a Sun Belt schedule. Adding teams to the American doesn’t help if the champ loses a game and a MWC champ is undefeated.

Actually—it might. If the AAC is seen as a clear step up from the the G4–then yes, it’s clear it might very well make a difference to the Committee. They have already ranked 1-loss, 2-loss, and even 3-loss P5 teams ahead of undefeated G5’s. It’s not out if the realm of possibility that if the AAC added the best 3 G’s currently still outside of the AAC—it might raise the league’s perceived SOS enough to get to that threshold where a 1-loss AAC champ might edge out an undefeated G4 team. No way they will get power conference deference from the committee—but the AAC might could get to where they get a little more than the current tie breaker preference they seem to get from the Committee.