(05-12-2022 05:52 PM)JRsec Wrote: (05-12-2022 05:26 PM)Big 12 fan too Wrote: I think the first iteration would be 12 team CFP, 5 bids each to the P2.
Antitrust conferences have access to two bids: 1 bid to P5 leftover conference, plus a the overall wildcard. What is now known as G5 gets access to overall wildcard or Leftover's bid if the top G5 is ranked higher than Leftover Champ
That is arguably better access to all than what we have now.
BIG and SEC has up to 6 spots for 24 teams, compared to current 2, maybe 3 spots for 14 teams. Better access than the proposed 6+6 or 6+5+1.
Leftovers have basically a 1 spot for maybe 20 teams, but previously had to go through elite programs. Many more schools can dream of having a season that yields a berth, and technically 2 spots are possible. Beats being left out
G5 is more or less the same as now. Beats being left out
Each P2 has 4 divisions of 6. Their 8 division champs are in and the top 2 from each is seeded 1-4 and has a bye. 5-8 are seeded and play the 4 division champs from the composite tweener conference.
It's equal access, just not equal seeding.
In that case, the "composite tweener conference" would presumably be made up of the 21 remaining P5 teams plus 3 (e.g., CSU, Memphis, & SMU), and the rest of the G5 would be left out of the equation.
Given the amount that ESPN has invested in the AAC, SBC, and MAC, it might be possible that they would fight for the G5 to get one playoff spot. Otherwise, the G5 would probably hold their own separate playoffs.
One way for them to "jazz up" a G5 playoff series might be to have a playoff series between the 8 most highly-ranked teams.
Based on last season's Sagarin ratings, the first round games in such an 8-team non-P5 playoff series (not including the 4 teams heading to the Big 12) might have been:
Quarterfinals:
#28 Boise St. vs. #53 San Diego St.
#37 Louisiana vs. #51 Fresno St.
#38 N. Dakota St. vs. #50 SMU
#40 Air Force vs. #46 WKU
Round two, if the more highly-ranked teams were to win all their games:
Semifinals:
Boise St. vs. Air Force
Louisiana vs. North Dakota St.
The semifinals and finals would be exciting games, and viewership would probably be pretty respectable, considering the fact that N. Dakota State has averaged well over 1 million viewers in their recent FCS playoff games, and that 2022 bowl games such as Air Force-Louisiana had 2.73 million viewers.
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