(08-09-2019 04:14 PM)TTT Wrote: 8-team playoff.
Each Power 5 Champion is an AQ.
The highest ranked G5 Champion is an AQ.
The remaining two at-large seeds go to the highest ranked teams not already in as an AQ.
After the 8 team field is set, they are seeded by the CFB Playoff Committee for match-ups
If this was implemented last year, the 8-team playoff would've consisted of these teams (in no particular order):
Alabama (SEC Champs)
Clemson (ACC Champs)
Oklahoma (B12 Champs)
Ohio State (B10 Champs)
Washington (PAC12 Champs)
UCF (Highest ranked G5 Champion)
Notre Dame (highest ranked team not already in as an AQ)
Georgia (2nd highest ranked team not already in as an AQ - the last team in)
And under this scenario, you would've probably have seen these pods/match-ups:
1. Alabama vs. 8. Washington
4. Ohio State vs. 5. Notre Dame
2. Clemson vs. 7. UCF
3. Oklahoma vs. 6. Georgia
What do you think?
I like it! That’s a MUCH better model than either the one currently employed or the many ideas that have been floated.
I am completely opposed to the so-called, “top eight” plan because that doesn’t really solve anything.
The fundamental problem of the current playoff is not the number of teams involved but rather how they are selected. Frankly, that was also true in the old BCS days and in the multiple systems before that.
So, if the playoff is two teams, four teams, eight teams or 64 teams, the system is still illegitimate until you establish transparent, objective criteria for inclusion in the playoff.
I don’t want to take Paul Finebaum’s or Lee Corso’s word for what would happen if Oklahoma played Alabama, or if UCF played USC, I want to actually watch it for myself.
It’s 2019! Why are we still doing this?
If you want to ensure controversy and that deserving teams will be hosed, put in the top eight model and have all the same people that have been wrong for years vote on it based on who passes the stupid “looks test” and who doesn’t.
The most ridiculous thing in American sports is that we’re going to the final weekend of every college football season having no idea who is going to be competing in the playoffs? Why? Who does that serve?
Playoff participation should be established before the first ball is kicked off and everyone should know before the season begins exactly what they need to do to qualify for the playoff. Any other system is every bit as little illegitimate and ill fated as all of the other ones that people have clamored for decades to end.