College Football Playoff unanimously approves '5+7' model | CBS Sports

The College Football Playoff unanimously approves 5+7 model as 12-team format begins in 2024 season. The changes comes amid the dissolution of the Pac-12, leaving just four power conferences in the mix.
Our Dennis Dodd and Chip Patterson join CBS Sports HQ to break it all down.
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[@PhonyBalagna]

What happens when the 5th highest rated champion is not even ranked in the top 25?

[@lorenzohaynes3886]

They will be.

[@GoatedAtNFS]

exactly. this system is flawed

[@joeym5243]

That doesnt make sense lol, how would you know who the 5th highest rated champion is then? If only 4 champion teams are ranked the week before selection, then the committee basically selects thei 5th champion by ranking them.

[@GR-bn3xj]

It doesn't matter where they are ranked. Expanding to 12 teams isn't about Getting the best team to win the national championship. In any given year the most teams that were in the running were maybe six. No one has ever argued that the eleventh place team missed out on a shot at the national championship.. It's about creating money and being inclusive to all conferences. If you limited the selection process, You wouldn't have nearly the same buy in from all of the fans across the country that you do now.. Everyone is excited because now they have a shot. If you limited it to the same few teams every year, fans of over 50% of teams would have alot of apathy, and slowly quit watching. Think about it this way, The only thing the super 2 conferences are giving up is 3 spots. They can have the other 9 spots ans everyone would be relatively happy. 2 spots for the ACC and Big 12 and 1 G5. That would leave 9 spots for the big 2 conferences. That's not a lot to ask for, to keep the other eighty percent of college football happy

[@Billsontop2000]

@@GR-bn3xj I have a feeling that they will always be listed in the top 12. The top 4 spots in the rankings will be the best 4 teams from their respective spots. A G5 team should always be in the top 12 of the cfp playoffs rankings every week.

[@pendleton123]

Now they need to change the Portal window until AFTER bowl season

[@matthewsdonnelly]

Yep! This way it doesn’t mess with the competitiveness of each game.

[@RD-wg9em]

That and getting rid of early signing day. Better to have teams collect their portal classes before getting the freshman on campus

[@wraynephew6838]

It so stupid that the Pac 12 is splitting up. They are the most competitive conference on the west coast. This affects so many other sports other than football. Baseball, Hockey, track and field comes to mind.

[@eklipze7520]

What's terrible is the time zone shift that is going to play a role in each game, although minor. Viewership too.. Washington/Oregon to the Big Ten? Have fun watching games that start at either 12am or 5pm.

[@maccleezy801]

Agreed. After final realignment coming in the next few years they need to put the P12 back in its own division imo

[@melroze]

They should of created football conferences only and kept the traditional conferences for the other sports.

[@tyaiken3771]

@@melroze exactly. its going to be hard to play sports across the country and be in school. im sure they will do it all online but still. seems stupid

[@whodatn4l948]

Blame the greedy brass of the pac 12

[@grenade.turtle]

The selection comity needs overhauled

[@kineticstar]

Nah... it's going into the realm of anti-trust. You may need to sue to break up the SEC/BIG10, NCAA, and TV contractors.

[@fiercecamaross]

For real, it's been the same people since it's inception. Don't anyone dare say that $$$ hasn't found it's way into some of their pockets with some of the most absurd rankings they've given teams (like this past year...) over the years. 12 teams just expands their pockets more unless they are replaced.

[@TheGOAT161]

They should just make the college football playoffs a 16 team bracket

[@bigfootwalker5399]

4 of 5 conference champions getting a 1st round bye is criminal

[@MrCovert23]

That would be great

[@alexesteve8769]

"How can we make more money?" Thats all you need to think when asking of theyll expand from 12 to 16

[@vinniegiordano3243]

I think this is wrong. The fifth bid does go to the G5, which is the highest ranked. So Liberty or SMU would have been in this.

[@vinniegiordano3243]

Okay, so for 2023, Liberty would not have made it. But now that there is no PAC -12, then Liberty would have made it if the scenario were to play out in 2024. The PAC-2 would not be eligible for the playoff now because they need 8 teams to be considered a conference. So the first 4 bids go to the so called power -4. Then the fifth conference champion would go to the highest ranked G-5.

[@fiercecamaross]

Liberty got the smackdown put on them by Oregon in this New Years 6. You really think they would win 3 post season games just to get to the NC game?

[@Z64sports]

@@vinniegiordano3243 They can still get at large bids. They just can't get in through conference championships

[@ChrisP348]

It's eventually just going to be a seperate league for Big 10/SEC only. Like the NFL AFC/NFC

[@jora1339]

this could be the long term solution. X number of teams play in the 2 CFP conferences, where the end goal is to reach the playoff & compete for the title. the rest of the Div. 1 teams left out will play for the opportunity to play at bowl sites. eventually the CFP/ESPN will have to structure the sport in such a manner i believe.

[@brendancordial3483]

Go Irish!

[@MattBuild4]

how would that league survive anti-trust lawsuits though?

[@BigBlack81]

@@MattBuild4Money. Lots and lots of lobbying money.

[@MattBuild4]

@@BigBlack81 That doesnt really work when you have all the state governments and all of the universities that are not in the B10/SEC suing you......

[@Quincyfishing]

Dude I have so many questions. You are explaining this terribly

[@Babylion2311]

Jesus died for us and loves everyone

[@TehStormOG]

the original format guaranteed each power 5 champion plus the best group of 5 conference champion a spot. now, because the pac-12 no longer exists, they are changing it so that it is each power 4 conference champion plus the top ranked group of 5 champion, creating one more at-large bid. Basically they are accounting for only 4 power conferences instead of the old 5.

[@fiercecamaross]

@@TehStormOG They had to see the writing on the wall 2 years ago when it was announced SC and UCLA were leaving the PAC-12 for the BIG 10. IDK something stinks here of payoffs.

[@acirinelli]

In simplest terms, it will be Top 11 + one G5 Champion. The 4 P4 champs will be ranked inside the top 10, so it won’t matter.

[@Saucebanditsnut]

So still 12 team playoff right

[@joenagbe227]

Yes

[@briangasser973]

So the Big10 and SEC will get the extra 7 bids. Makes the Conference Championships a waste.

[@fiercecamaross]

News got this guy twitching so bad he str8up said "Man-a-Gers" @0:04 LMAO

[@Frostblaze207]

Great, now we’ll have 8 SEC teams plus the other 3 major conference winners and the top group of 5.

[@lonardgetchell-bm9lc]

Highly unlikely. Maybe 5 from the SEC.

[@reginaldhightowerii8749]

This doesn't make sense. It's lame

[@acirinelli]

In simplest terms, it will be Top 11 + one G5 Champion. Highly unlikely a P4 champion is ranked outside the top 10.

[@therealsun86]

This was a no brainer once the PAC 12 split

[@banditonehundred]

Esto tendrá un impacto mayor en otros deportes. El dinero y la codicia están arruinando los deportes universitarios.

[@michaelossinsky9144]

Pac 12 sucks😂😂😂

[@davidcole2337]

That 12 Team Playoff they showed would have not looked like that. Liberty would have got in instead of Oklahoma. Also they would have Moved Missouri and Penn St seeding to avoid remates in 1st Round.

[@frankv3483]

The only problem I can see is that the best players that are entering the draft will not participate.

[@bnegs521]

Nor should they

[@frankv3483]

@@bnegs521 And should this be considered when grading each team to determine which ones should be included in the playoffs? If a team has a lot of draft talent and one is a QB then they will be severely disadvantaged if those players don't play.

[@AceWillliams]

@@frankv3483yes it should. If you have sit outs then the team you were to start the year is not the team you have in the playoffs. We saw FSU this year

[@frankv3483]

Then this will be a complete mess as the declaration deadline to enter the draft is a month from when these playoffs would start.

[@AceWillliams]

@@frankv3483 everything is a mess about college football.

[@Andoverx]

Be interesting to see if Oregon State and Washington State find a landing spot now... It was my understanding that Washington State's AD was bent on vetoing any unanimous decisions unless they got something in return.

[@sc100ott]

Technically, if one of them is ranked higher than a G-5 champ, the winner of Wazzu/Oregon State would be in.

[@fiercecamaross]

Get what? Like a good football team lmao.

[@wa1w511]

I was about to turn it, and they pulled Chip out of their hat......must watch now. Stay with twelve....it rewards the top draws with a bye.....otherwise you are potentially awarding teams that get in but did not play in their conference championship, which means they got a bye for losing.

[@GruneD]

So Group of 5 have no chance for even a spot? 🤔

[@alycynde5237]

The path is definitely harder without that additional champions slot considering for the next two years the PAC12 still exists.

[@rd24life]

PAC-12 does not get an auto bud the next two years. Group of 5 is guaranteed a spot. There will be years when they get two spots

[@PhonyBalagna]

5 highest rated champions are guaranteed a spot and only 4 major conferences.

[@PhonyBalagna]

​@@alycynde5237the PAC 12 no longer exists after June of this year

[@tracejones5952]

​@@alycynde5237 but without a championship game there can't be a pac-12 conference champion meaning the group of 5 would get one spot guaranteed.

[@cheerwhiner7829]

So, teams 5-12 have to win FOUR games to be champion, while teams 1-4 have to win THREE? 🤦‍♂️ It’s a challenge to get certain players to play ONE game, now they’re going to play 3 or 4? For a 12-game regular season, and a conference champion week… four more games is about another THIRD of a regular season. 🤷‍♂️ Do they expect the NFL-bound players to play that many extra games? I want to see this. 🙄

[@joshbeard9809]

Still means the SEC, Big 10, NCAA, and the media will get richer. While everyone gets left out. Most of the teams will always be those two conferences.

[@zplapplap]

Consolidation of top teams into fewer conferences will do that. The CFP operates outside of the NCAA.

[@joshbeard9809]

@@zplapplap No they don't. They are run by the NCAA. They have to obey them. At least for now.

[@zplapplap]

@@joshbeard9809 No. The NCAA does not operate or control the CFP. It is, in this way, dissimilar from the NCAA basketball tournament, and every other NCAA sponsored championship. Look it up.

[@joshbeard9809]

@@zplapplap Yes they do. CFP cannot make any decision without the approval of the governing board of the NCAA. Otherwise the playoff would have been finalized sooner. NCAA has to approve all decisions committees and conferences make. Keep in mind things could change in the future. But as it stands now. NCAA is the governing board over all division 1-3 college sports and tournaments.

[@zplapplap]

@@joshbeard9809 Interesting. Are you conflating the CFP Board of Managers and NCAA? I appreciate the reply.

[@szn1580]

I still don’t understand the format lmao

[@riccorich]

Need to have all conference champions

[@wheeler116]

i’d be very interested in what made kirk shulz change his mind.

[@VillagerMan2006]

Money, the root of all evil

[@TheSwanlake2009]

The college football playoffs destroyed college football!

[@CadillacDeMille]

1. Get rid of the conference championship games so we can eliminate the automatic bids and bias based at larges 2. Model the rankings off the BCS model (statistically based) so we can eliminate bias, perception, and gut feelings and it incentivizes difficult schedules and winning regular season games (Week 1 rankings would be based off of LAST years records) 3. Expand to 16 teams so no one has a bye (like the best teams in the nation need more help) 4. The first two rounds need to be played at the higher ranked teams field, the semi final can be something like the cotton bowl and fiesta bowl, and the Natty should be played at the Grand daddy of the them 5. All other bowls can be for teams who didn't make the playoff 4/5. OR just make all playoff games home games for the higher seed throughout the entire playoff which incentivizes winning in the regular season and playing difficult opponents because the rankings are statistically based

[@vTContraband]

Chip do something with that hair and beard combo wtf buddy

[@88okstate]

Wtf is a Super two? Did he make that narrative up or is it based off of ? If money (ONLY) I understand If something based off football then it’s only the SEC

[@gavinboggs5787]

This format is trash your telling me a mediocre Kansas team can be top five above potential Ohio state Oregon Michigan Alabama Georgia etc

[@souljarohill8795]

if any of the other teams you just mentioned are supposed to win the natty then the top team out of those you mentioned would play the mediocre kansas team and wipe the floor with them. Its pretty simple. However if in some way kansas wins their conference they deserve their opportunity. They controlled what they can control. simple

[@zackbrock7031]

Why not have every conferences winner get a automatic bid

[@marknielsbeats]

Because the smaller schools won't make it past the first round according to the voters. I wish they'd look back to teams like 2006 Boise State and 2017 UCF to understand Cinderella teams aren't a bad option.

[@porterosbournejr.5083]

6:00 they would’ve flipped Ole Miss and Penn State to avoid replaying the matchups from earlier in the year.

[@damm41]

As a fan of an SEC school do not let the SEC and the big ten demand more money than the other two conferences. Let the playoff happen without a tv deal if you need to in order to deny them

[@tremoore61]

You make no sense, either you're a casual fan who is ignorant of the situation or you're lying. Because if 95% - 98% of the big name draws reside in those 2 conferences, then it should be distributed to reflect that. The B1G & SEC draw more eyes & money to the playoffs. That's who no one bid on the first rounds of the expanded CFP, because you'll get match-ups like Liberty or Tulane or compete blowouts. If you disagree with this, simply look at how much money the Big12 can generate in their TV deal, as well as the ACC or the highest G5 conference. Or completely refuse, forcing the B1G & SEC to have their own NFC v AFC style playoff where they get to keep/split 100% of the revenue they generate. And the rest of the FBS can have an FCS style playoff, I think that does great numbers.

[@d5terps543]

SOS is different now compared to the past. The elite programs are in 2 conferences, 3 if you include the ACC for the next 2. B12 teams gonna have to run the table. A 2-loss B12 team may get jumped by a 3-loss P2 school. Get ready.

[@scott8532]

In most cases a 3-loss P2 school should be ranked higher than a 2-loss B12 team. I think you are going to see some 1-loss B12 teams jumped by 3-loss P2 teams unless the B12 teams have some marquee OOC wins. Not saying whether that's fair or not, but I'm concerned that top P2 teams won't do many OOC games against the ACC or B12 for that reason.

[@adventureswithreggie]

For an at large bid yea but the B12 conference champ will get in.

[@Cod_Logic]

B12 is better than the ACC

[@fiercecamaross]

@@Cod_Logic Almost any conference is better than the ACC of today.

[@d5terps543]

@@Cod_Logic debatable either way but the ACC has elite brands/programs. The B12 does not.

[@ronaldmcboggled9855]

So beavers and cougars are in the playoffs for the next 4 years?

[@stevenschmidt3464]

Yea I'm very confused with the 5 conference talk

[@joeykelly5642]

From what I understand, no. The PAC is being treated as a G5 (or G6) conference here. The SEC, B1G, ACC and Big 12 all have guaranteed autobids for their conference champions. The fifth autobid for conference champions will go to whichever remaining conference champion is ranked the highest. The remaining 7 slots are at-large bids. The guy did a terrible job of explaining it.

[@ronaldmcboggled9855]

@@joeykelly5642 oh okay thanks.

[@austinunderwood]

This is horrible, bring back the BCS

[@TimFrith24]

Will the NCAA Division I FBS, CBS Sports, and TNT Sports agree on a new 12-year contract to hold media rights to the College Football Playoff and the New Year's Six bowl games starting with the 2026-27 bowl season?

[@joeykelly5642]

Retrofitting the new CFP model to establish that the ACC and Big 12 will be represented fairly does not paint a complete picture. The rankings have been manipulated for years to ensure that the most marketable programs (rather than the ones with the best resumes) get in. That won’t change with a new system. It’s subjective, and there will always be a strong bias with so much money on the line. Instead of ranking mediocre SEC teams #25 - #15 to beef up Alabama or Georgia’s resume, they’ll suddenly end up in the top 12. The Big 12 and ACC are unlikely to get more than their single autobid in with this new system.

[@OfficiallyOrca]

Now, use logic and bring some criteria and directions in terms of transfer windows and NIL. Teams that are preparing for playoffs in December also have to navigate the portal when game planning should be the priority. NCAA CFB needs structure real leadership and accountability.

[@austinshannon4197]

JJ McCarthy is by far the best college football player in history.

[@anthonytippett5997]

Except the pac2 is convinced they can make a comeback. They’re not dead yet.

[@lindamcdaniel2419]

How they have no schools

[@rickyweber2651]

Division in any conference is a dead issue, what I like about this 5+7 system is the host team "TOWN" means a lot more $$$$$. Let that sink in. $$$ next 2 years$$$

[@Djayz12234]

Is this gonna force Notre dame to join the acc? Because they can’t get a top 5 seed without a conference

[@mr.bigglesworthyoumagnific4281]

5? 5?..what 5 conferences are we talking about?..is Wash st - Oreg is a conference ?

[@buck5ivetv439]

But in reality these 2 years kind of be rematches of teams dat play each other in conference n neutral sites it dont get iffy kind of unless it was 6+6 because basically teams thats didnt make cut in the 5-7 would be the teams that basically just didn't win the conference championship or major conference 1-3 losses unless committing ranks the other 7 in the top 12

[@goblue4256]

So one of the big conferences could have a really bad year and the best team go nine and three or eight and four and still get in? I call bullshit

[@jemazondo9331]

I think that’s fair. Everyone knows what they need to do BEFORE the season starts.

[@Size-11]

Please stop using that term. Super too ridiculous.

[@scottn.4865]

WSU or OSU can be 1-11 and be the fifth seed. The game between them is all that matters.

[@lonardgetchell-bm9lc]

WSU and OSU are "Independent" not this PAC-2 nonsense.

[@DanielGarcia-lq9sm]

All I hear is madness

[@gilbertogarma2820]

more teams, more money and quality is no more so important

[@Field_Marshall]

Bring back the BCS model. I miss the ole BCS 1 vs 2 made for tv great debate

[@remitheenivs9491]

so it's not a 5+7.....it's more like a 4+8.... or... i dont know

[@laythefoundation2083]

Just because you dont understand doesnt mean it's bad

[@willholmes8295]

Major conference champs should be a automatic bid, the power 4 plus Mac, conference USA, American athletic, mountain west. Then the rest as the best left in top 25.

[@TehStormOG]

sun belt is way better than conference usa

[@willholmes8295]

@@TehStormOG them too 🫡 id do something like top 8 conference winners and the other 4 the next top 25

[@fiercecamaross]

That'll never happen with the current CFP committee.

[@michaelwall3393]

@@TehStormOGSun Belt is better than the MAC and MWC. Only the AAC has been better than SBC these past 10 years and in post season/bowl games. In fact the MWC would not qualify because their champ had 5 losses before losing bowl game. So the requirements for conference champions getting in are: must have 10 or more wins, at least one major non conference victory if not two wins in non conference games one against a regular winning P4 program and one regular winning G5 program, preferably no FCS or no FCS program played in October or November, no blowout loss or losses, few players to no players opting out, and a few other factors. Many of these factors could and should apply to the at-large bid teams.

[@MattBuild4]

​@@michaelwall3393 Hmmm seems like someone forgot that the MWC had 6 teams win at least 8 games, which was more than any other G5 conference. Yeah they didnt have teams with 12+ wins - probably because the MWC played a ridiculously harder OOC than any other G5 conference. You wanna compare the Sun Belt vs the MWC? Ok - SBC - played Virginia, Utah State, UNC, ECU, Wyoming, UCLA, JSU, #18 KSU, Baylor, Nevada, #23 Tulanex2, #16 Oklahoma State, Wake Forest, Virginia Techx2, #21 NC State, Wisconsin, #15 Oklahoma, Memphis, Minnesota, #7 Florida State, Texas A&M MWC - played #2 Washington, UCF, Memphis, #1 Michigan, Vandyx2, USC, #20 Oregon Statex2, #3 Texas, Texas Tech, Purdue, ASU, #24 Iowa, Stanford, #6 Oregon, Colorado, Washington State, USC, #22 Kansas, Texas A&M, UCLAx2, Utah, #11 Arizona You better hope you go undefeated, because if you are just trying to compare resumes very few teams are gonna compete with the MWC. Their teams this next year have OOC with: - Oregon, Houstonx2, Baylor, Michigan, UCLAx2, Texas, Colorado, Iowa, SMU, Minnesota, Arizona, Auburn, Cal, Texas A&M, Stanford, Kansas, Syracuse, USC, Utah, ASU, BYU, Oregon Statex9, Washington Statex9. This conference does not mess around. They have no qualms about playing anyone, anywhere, anytime.

[@zackbrock7031]

So 5 to 7 teams or like 10 to 14

[@Z64sports]

What if Notre Dame is the number 1 team?

[@michaelwall3393]

In the new system moving forward they cannot be number one or even top 5 but at 5 or lower but not above 5.

[@alexalonso2093]

Who owns and who are the sahre holders of espn..is what I want to know...😒

[@dontjudgethis9503]

Well... Disney owns ESPN. I am a common stock holder / shareholder of Disney. Anything else?

[@NateBee]

That’s all public information…… Just google it bud.

[@adventureswithreggie]

All the dummies that thought 2 G5 teams could get in. I told you, go look at my previous comments. There was no way the powers that be in the P4 would give up a spot to a G5.

[@patricksims4607]

Pretty soon the sec and big 10 will break away and become theire own thing..

[@luckylucas8596]

I agree that this is probably going to give us a better team/better games in the playoffs, but it’s kind of messed up that conference realignment killed the PAC-12 and then changed the playoffs last minute to screw the Group of Five. Nevertheless, it’s probably a good change in the long run because they second-best G5 conference champion is probably never going to have a competitve game over whomever the 5 seed is.

[@MattBuild4]

yet the 2020 season literally disputes this.....

[@michaelthomas5140]

Hopefully it gets changed again, 4+8.

[@MrCkim0629]

Even non sec champ would’ve gotten in anyways. Probably 3-4 or even 5-6 teams from the sec will get in just on sec bias.ofc, sec will be consider when sec teams are given more or better opportunities in the bcs title game or 4 team playoff format. For those who will comment, cry about it, deal with it, sec is the best has given into sec biased hype train from the media haha

[@Atwater20]

Mountain West will join the Pac-12 and they will have to change the playoff format to 6-6.

[@OSU2010]

I still dont agree with auto bids it should be the 12 best teams hands down... you dont belong if you got 4 losses

[@ChrisP348]

Those weaker conference teams won't have that many losses though. If anything a 4 loss team that plays an SEC or Big 10 schedule would be better than a 1-2 loss team from a weaker conference.

[@Kushey4025]

Id rather see an 8-4 lsu over an 11-1 tcu

[@joeykelly5642]

@@Kushey4025Then watch the SEC regular season.

[@hmmm835]

@@Kushey4025 But nobody else would.

[@thebigreno6237]

you say that...but when tcu was 11-1 they BEAT the undefeated michigan. it just proved they belonged. idgaf if they got beat 65-7. still proves they belonged when they beat michigan@@Kushey4025

[@Yahson11]

Who else doesn't really care?

[@mourka01]

no automatic bids best 12

[@jemazondo9331]

So it’ll just come down to “eyeball” tests which is what we’ve been complaining about. We don’t know what matters from week to week. It’s better to have fixed guidelines so everyone knows what they need to do before the season like the NFL.

[@davidcole2337]

They need to tweak it more. Top 4 Conferences Rule needs to go. Let say Utah goes 9 - 3 and wins Big 12 and get #4 Spot while a Texas, Alabama, or Oregon go 10 - 2 and as of today best they can end up would be #5 and have to play another game even being a better team with a better record with harder schedule. Just not right.

[@GR-bn3xj]

I am all for automatic berths. Expanding the playoffs was never about getting all the teams in that can win a natty. There was no need to go to 12 for that. No one has ever argued for the 10th or 11th place team getting hosed out of a spot, and thought they had a chance. At best we maybe had 6 teams that people thought deserved a shot. They expanded to 12 to make money and generate excitement and get huge ratings. You aren't gonna a do that by locking out half the teams, you create excitement by getting buy in and giving teams hope. When a team has no shot, their fans quit watching as much as they did when they do have one. This is about making money and putting eyeballs on the sets. You can also look at this way.. the SEC and Big 10 will probably get 9 out of the 12 slots most years. They only have to give up 3 slots. One to the ACC, 1 to the Big 12 and one to the G5. That's not alot to compromise on. None of these other conferences trust the committee.. That's another thing. The committee answers to no one and has meetings in secret. Here is another scenario. Can you imagine the NFL playing the regular season, and instead of division winners automatically making it, a group of twelve people meet in secret and then decide who gets to make the playoffs? They put the match ups they want, and really don't have to just justify anything. Teams with better records are left out simply because the committee thinks another team might be better. They decide who has homefield advantage as well, regardless of any metrics. That would be viewed as insane, yet that's what you're asking for.

[@TehStormOG]

just win your conference

[@MingoThePoet]

I don’t get it really lol

[@kylebaddog5084]

That’s so stupid the sec and the big ten are college football

[@joshdouglas5141]

autobids are stupid it should be the top 12 teams. and the top 12 teams should be the top 12 picked based on their strength of schedule/record

[@huntermewis9179]

How r auto bids stupid? And just doing the top 12 would make the season meaningless

[@joshdouglas5141]

@@huntermewis9179 I said the top 12 teams with the best strength of record not the top 12 teams

[@huntermewis9179]

@@joshdouglas5141 u still didn't answer my question

[@joshdouglas5141]

@@huntermewis9179 yes i did but i'll go into more detail lets say Oklahoma is 10-2 they lost to georgia and ole miss but they beat a top 10 bama & texas and lsu ranked 15 they miss out on the playoffs cause tcu won the big12 their most significant win is osu and who is ranked in the 20s or a group of 5 conference team with no ranked wins. Autobids rewards lesser conferences and punishes strong conferences mainly sec and b10. Win the new conference alignments its power 2 and the others should have to schedule tough out of conference games to be considered like the group of 5 had to do in the 4 team playoffs. It woudnt make the season meanless it would reward teams with tougher schedules and punish teams with weaker ones

[@thecoolrich]

Ah. Rip PAC 12!

[@Cifer77]

So looking forward to every Conference Championship loser still making it to the Playoff Rematches for everyone! yay....... .....................

[@AncientWisdomUnveiledCDW]

All is a bunch of BS

[@deannelson4920]

Need to eliminate conference championships

[@lindamcdaniel2419]

That will never happen.Big money makers.

[@deannelson4920]

@@lindamcdaniel2419 true

[@TAKEOFF-j2f]

Go dawgs

[@p.youhana3563]

So college football will be played pass the SB game

[@movieman221000]

No the Super Bowl is in February

[@lightning10053]

HALLELUJAH

[@TobiasWardMusic]

Wtw😮😮

[@TheBrotherHoodSports]

Let's go

[@Atwater20]

Twelve team playoff - Two or three teams that actually have a chance to win it all and nine teams that don't matter.

[@MVPTC]

Finally

[@kineticstar]

Welp, the ACC is now dead. It's time to place your bets where everyone is going.

[@riccorich]

This is Bad, why bother going to a G5 school

[@huntermewis9179]

How is it bad? The group of 5 will still have a spot in the playoff

[@riccorich]

@@huntermewis9179 naw that's still BS nasketball does it Right

[@huntermewis9179]

@@riccorich so it's bad for the group to 5 to have a spot in the playoff?

[@riccorich]

@@huntermewis9179 all conference champions should have a spot

[@huntermewis9179]

@@riccorich I don't disagree with you on that, but then the playoff would have to expand to 16 teams

[@JohnThomas-tb5kd]

G5 would be better off having their own playoff.

[@MRBC19.81]

Twelve team playoff, top twelve teams boom! No trash non “power 4”team that’s gonna get demolished by the real teams

[@zyeirsilas7044]

Jesus loves you guys so much and all he wants is a relationship with you please choose God today before it’s to late and stop following Satan and the things of this world

[@spectresound]

Here's how you fix College Football: Make Army, Navy, and Air Force independents Divide the remaining 131 teams into 10 regional conferences Divide FCS into 10 regional conferences taking out any school that does not offer athletic scholarships Tie each FBS conference to its closest FCS conference The worse FBS team in each conference gets regulated to its FCS counterpart The best FCS team in each conference gets regulated to its FBS counterpart Keep all major rivalries as permanent dates in the schedule Each network (Fox, ABC, NBC, CBS, Happy Sports

[@HamSamich99]

No

[@vinniegiordano3243]

I think the service academies would object. So that's a hard NO.

[@SIMON_SAYS_SO]

Playoffs should expand to 16 teams to eliminate byes for any eligible teams. 1) Automatic bid for top 8 "conference champions" and next 8 at large which would encourage merging conferences to form 8 superconferernces. 2) Eliminate the actual "conference championship" games and let conference vote on champion based on round-robin schedule and strength of schedule like it was done from 2011-2016 in the Big XII so that every team plays same number of games entering the 1st round of the 16 teams single elimination playoffs. 3) Eliminate 1 regular season (cupcake) game so all teams play 11 games. 4) Home field advantage for the top 8 teams in the first round (Sweet 16) and then neutral sites for quarterfinals (Elite 8), semifinals (Final 4), and finals (championship) games. This would ensure no team has chance to play each other more than twice unlike current situation where they can play each other 3 times. 5) No conference can have more than 2 at large bids to encourage good teams to join smaller conferences to elevate that conference rather than joining the already dominant conferences thus spreading the talent pool across the conferences.

[@saldiven2009]

#2 Isn't possible. Round-robin conference schedules would only be possible in conferences that had a maximum of 13 members with no team playing any non-conference opponents under the current 12-game regular season schedule. Combined with #3, it would mean that you could only have 12-team conferences, each team playing each of the other 11 teams and playing no non-conference opponents. And, honestly, please by all that is holy don't go back to "voting" to determine a champion of a conference. And, if you're actually playing round-robin, then there will never be a reason to vote as there will only ever be one champion. Even if two teams have the same record, they will have the head-to-head game result as a tie-breaker. I'm not sure if you realize that round-robin means that you play everyone else within your pool of teams. Regarding #4, I personally have no problem at all with two teams playing each other 3 times if they are both really good teams and they produce entertaining games on the field. I would rather see that than another UGA v TCU championship debacle.

[@hmmm835]

No, won't happen. Your idea makes too much sense.

[@adventureswithreggie]

There's no way the p4 would agree to an equity based play off w the G5; absolutely not.

[@Lanell-ru9ob]

Looks like even college football can't handle the drama of a breakup!

[@marknielsbeats]

So.... A modified BCS system 🙄