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(07-11-2020 09:13 AM)doss2 Wrote:  

(07-11-2020 08:54 AM)RealDeal Wrote:  

(07-11-2020 08:42 AM)eroc Wrote:  i can't see how they can possibly have a playoff when the criteria for determining participants is so materially affected. if i had to predict i think they go back to old school bowl game affiliations and just play it out. if they are dead set on crowning a champ then it's the old AP/Coaches poll voting to crown the champ. As i said in a previous post, this season will have an asterisk regardless so, ultimately, i don't know if it matters all that much how they come to that conclusion.

I can't believe that they're going to have bowl season. Things will certainly change a lot in the next 5 months but with these things being planned so far in advance I doubt there will be any minor bowls. I do think the NCAA will keep the playoffs in tact.

The interesting thing to me is what happens if the SEC, ACC, and B12 keep the current schedule. There's no way that they could put a B10 or P12 team in the playoffs if they're playing 2-3 fewer games so my guess would be that those conferences are going to add extra conference games. I think the other conferences aren't making decisions until the end of the month and Im sure the only way they make a different decision is if things change over the next three weeks which seems unlikely.

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The SEC, B10, ACC and P12 can each play at least 11 games with no duplicates. The misnamed B12 is limited to 9.

What will the criteria be to play in a bowl, if there are bowls? If a winning record is needed a lot of P5 teams will miss the OOC semi assured wins that padded their records in past years.

the ncaa makes exceptions for allowing bowl teams with losing records regularly if there are not enough teams to fill the bowl slots with teams that are .500 or with winning records. For the record, i don't know if all the g5 conferences will actually play their seasons so i'm not even saying all the bowls will be played.