12-Team Playoff On the Way; 14-Team to Follow

[Moiraine]

12 minutes ago, ColoradoHusk said:

I think the conference championship games should be eliminated once the 12 team playoff starts. Honestly, the matchups will be meaningless for the playoff, and it will free up a weekend for games to be played on campus sites. 

 

 

I agree. Conference champion can just be determined by standings. I suppose that kind of sucks when the #1 and #2 have never played each other though.

[ColoradoHusk]

3 minutes ago, Moiraine said:

 

 

I agree. Conference champion can just be determined by standings. I suppose that kind of sucks when the #1 and #2 have never played each other though.

Agree, that’s what 9 conference games are there for.  Also, they should mandate SEC and ACC have 9 conference games. 

[Mavric]

2 hours ago, ColoradoHusk said:

I think the conference championship games should be eliminated once the 12 team playoff starts. Honestly, the matchups will be meaningless for the playoff, and it will free up a weekend for games to be played on campus sites. 

 

I would tend to agree with you.  But I assume there is too much money in them for them to go away.  Plus, as conferences expand there will be more of a chance for two teams to tie and haven't played each other.

[Mavric]

2 hours ago, ColoradoHusk said:

Agree, that’s what 9 conference games are there for.  Also, they should mandate SEC and ACC have 9 conference games. 

 

Funny how the arguments that it's SOOOOO much easier to make the playoffs from an 8-game conference have pretty much ceased since Clemson took a step back.

 

Likely that three out of four this year are from 9-game conferences.

[Mavric]

So a 12-team playoff this year would be:

 

#1 - Georgia vs winner of #9 Kansas State @ #8 Tennessee

 

#2 - Michigan vs winner of @10 USC @ #7 Alabama

 

#3 - Clemson vs winner of #11 Penn State @ #6 Ohio State

 

#4 - Utah vs winner of #12 Tulane @ #5 TCU

 

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[In the Deed the Glory]

11 hours ago, Mavric said:

So a 12-team playoff this year would be:

 

#1 - Georgia vs winner of #9 Kansas State @ #8 Tennessee

 

#2 - Michigan vs winner of @10 USC @ #7 Alabama

 

#3 - Clemson vs winner of #11 Penn State @ #6 Ohio State

 

#4 - Utah vs winner of #12 Tulane @ #5 TCU

 

I’m not sure as I haven’t read about it but I think they should re-seed after first round so #1 still gets to play lowest remaining seed. 

[nic]

20 hours ago, Mavric said:

So a 12-team playoff this year would be:

 

#1 - Georgia vs winner of #9 Kansas State @ #8 Tennessee

 

#2 - Michigan vs winner of @10 USC @ #7 Alabama

 

#3 - Clemson vs winner of #11 Penn State @ #6 Ohio State

 

#4 - Utah vs winner of #12 Tulane @ #5 TCU

 

I would rather have this seeded according to the current CFP standings.

[Mavric]

54 minutes ago, nic said:

I would rather have this seeded according to the current CFP standings.

 

Yeah, I don't think when they were dreaming it up that there would be that much of a gap between the top two conference champions and the next two - although it did close down somewhat in the final rankings.

 

My preference has always been eight teams - and no more than two per conference - which would have been:

 

#1 Georgia vs #8 Kansas State

#2 Michigan vs #7 Utah

#3 TCU vs #6 Clemson

#4 Ohio State vs #5 Alabama

[Stone Cold]

8 teams makes more sense, then the bottom 8 dont need to play one more game,  or am i not thinking about this correctly.

[Mavric]

2 minutes ago, Stone Cold said:

8 teams makes more sense, then the bottom 8 dont need to play one more game,  or am i not thinking about this correctly.

 

How many extra games they play obviously depends on how many upsets there are.  But a team playing in the opening round games could play 17 games under this scenario.

[BigRedBuster]

11 minutes ago, Stone Cold said:

8 teams makes more sense, then the bottom 8 dont need to play one more game,  or am i not thinking about this correctly.

I would prefer just 8 teams.  Not sure of the reasoning to think they need to go to 12.

[Mavric]

11 minutes ago, BigRedBuster said:

I would prefer just 8 teams.  Not sure of the reasoning to think they need to go to 12.

 

[zeWilbur]

10 minutes ago, BigRedBuster said:

I would prefer just 8 teams.  Not sure of the reasoning to think they need to go to 12.

Extra round of games and TV money. Also have a bigger time footprint to help bridge from the regular season without having to wait a month for a championship game

[Lorewarn]

1 hour ago, Mavric said:

 

How many extra games they play obviously depends on how many upsets there are.  But a team playing in the opening round games could play 17 games under this scenario.

 

 

 

Couldn't they play 18 if they played Hawaii?

[nic]

2 hours ago, Mavric said:

 

Yeah, I don't think when they were dreaming it up that there would be that much of a gap between the top two conference champions and the next two - although it did close down somewhat in the final rankings.

 

My preference has always been eight teams - and no more than two per conference - which would have been:

 

#1 Georgia vs #8 Kansas State

#2 Michigan vs #7 Utah

#3 TCU vs #6 Clemson

#4 Ohio State vs #5 Alabama

Those are great first round games.