College Football Viewership | Is The 12-Team Playoff Flawed?

[@AU9377]

The problem isn't in the format. The problem is that the games are stretched out too much and that they aren't on network television.

[@Edgartlordandsavior]

Right?! The playoffs have lost all momentum cuz they are too spread out. It’s like with the NBA when they have a whole week between the conference finals and Nba finals.

[@Tyler_Kent]

My issue has been with the quality of play taking a nosedive. CFB - and NFL for that matter - has been a poor product this year.

[@loading7710]

It's to many games

[@PatBrooks-u6w]

Here's another reason; people hate ESPN and they're cutting the cord.

[@jonathanwillis1143]

This is a good point. Not only are they cutting the cord, many will not get some of these streaming services (Amazon Prime, Netflix, Peacock, and others) that are beginning to show games. The pool of fans that typically watch is being thinned out.

[@taylorbarney3056]

SERIOUSLY!!!! Great point

[@Chief_Reux]

The calendar and ESPN are the main problems.

[@mrwhite2628]

The reason viewership is down is because it isn't free. Lots of people have cut the cord and don't have ESPN. And they aren't going to pay to watch games. Or pay to watch TV in general.

[@jansonroberts2616]

Sorry but the SEC has had the highest viewership as a conference for years. ESPN has all of the SEC’s media rights.

[@Nitabita_]

@@jansonroberts2616It’s because it’s on ESPN…Lol😂

[@squirreltactics]

I'm surprised that didn't mention the elephant in the room, and that's ESPN. People are cutting the cord and moving away from cable, it would make sense for ESPN to stream the games on ESPN+, but they don't.

[@JohnReo]

Bama Michigan was the Rose bowl, on new years day with football lead in. Orange bowl semi final this year was a Thursday night at 7:30 Eastern. Scheduling had everything to do with it. In fact, this year Rose Bowl only had 3 million fewer viewers for a quarterfinal game. Ditch the conference championship games and start the playoffs that week. Semifinals would be on new years day, finals a week later before NFL playoffs.

[@Jeffw.35]

Too many damn Ad breaks, stretching a 60 minutes game to almost 4 hours is ridiculous. There's a commercial break after what every 3 plays? And I'm a Buckeye fan and have trouble watching (I do of course)...

[@PokeWub]

It’s amazing how wrong everyone is, the reason the viewership is down is because the games are on ESPN. The only way to watch ESPN is to pay for the most expensive streaming options, people do not want to pay $80 a month for one channel. It’s the same problem the NBA is having, TV greed.

[@melissafritts8648]

That's definitely one of the reasons and there's not that many people sitting around watching a football game especially 3 hours and their teams not even playing in it

[@Adam-xo5iq]

Don’t forget playing games on Thursday and Friday night. College football is for Saturdays and January 1.

[@taylorbarney3056]

Those idiots will never understand that either. Just like how when I actually cared about the NFL and thought it was on the up and up but it’s not it’s WWE! It’s so fake and scripted. But when I did, I’ve always thought that they should do the Super Bowl on Saturday, but they’re fucking idiots these people.

[@sekimotorm]

This is 100% the answer. Thursday/Friday slots are the primary driver of the decrease.

[@adamklosterman8960]

Prob is they are on ESPN. ESPN is the worst network to watch college football on. 1. CBS 2. Fox 3. NBC 4. ABC 5. ESPN Secondly there are too many teams in. 8 is enough. Get rid of the auto bids. Rank teams by Vegas neutral field odds.

[@Edgartlordandsavior]

The regular season ended over a month ago… there is too much time between these games. All the momentum built up over the season has totally died by now

[@azul93gt38]

Not everybody has or wants to have ESPN.

[@theomegaman218]

SEC is on full boycott, espn and the calendar.

[@Kaelrox]

The most important thing to fix CFB is either abolish the committee or radically change who gets to be on it. No more ADs and sports management majors. Players and coaches.

[@FrancoDFernando]

To add to some of the points already made in the comments, the Michigan-Alabama semi-final was also the Rose Bowl. Even people who don't watch college football tune into the Rose Bowl. A more apt comparison would be the OSU-Oregon Rose Bowl game that still saw a drop in 17% YOY. Most likely because Alabama and Michigan are two of the largest brands in sports. Oregon, even though it's Nike's baby, still doesn't have the pull that Alabama and Michigan has. The Notre Dame-Penn State trails all of the games mentioned above because Penn State only has a regional fanbase at best. This is very basic analysis. The good news is because of the expanded format, overall viewership of the playoffs is up just purely due to having more games. The games should really play on both ABC if Disney wants to increase per game viewership. I have no idea why they insist on keeping these games off of ABC. I see that the Championship is on ESPN as well.

[@romanmoronie]

No mystery. The games are on Disney/ESPN. There are a number of us that know the score on Disney and wouldn't give Disney the sweat off a desert donkeys balls let alone a dime in revenue. Not even indirectly through an overpriced cable subscription. If a game is that important, and its not, there's radio.

[@gendoikari281]

So this is what I think it is and why. It’s mostly what Blain said besides the formatting. It’s the timing of the games along with impacting the NFL. They need to start the playoff bowl games sooner and end by the 1st week of January. With the CF championship game the 2nd week. As for the SEC and Big 10 having more eyeballs to watch I would say it’s more of Branding. You can’t say if a big school from another confrece like FSU, Miami etc would get a lot of views as well.

[@alan__6453]

College football is flawed. The sport has changed and not for the better. Why would anyone want to be invested in a team that changes from year to year even starters leave and to rivals in the conference its a joke

[@PhonyBalagna]

Saban vs Harbaugh was a big part of the rating for last years game

[@Ironhands1206]

It has nothing to do with the playoff structure. It wasn't free and I'm not paying extra to watch it, and many guys I know have the same outlook.

[@michaelf.bender3718]

Ditch the conference championships, and the top 12 teams in the final CFP rankings compete for the title.

[@peytonwilliams573]

I think a major issue for me is the time when some of these games come on. A lot of us have jobs and can’t stay up till midnight watching all of these games midweek. Keep the games on Saturdays like they have done the entire year

[@db399]

The campus environments are what differentiates college football. Having so many games outside of them is a detriment. Only the Rose Bowl among the traditional bowls really has much drawing power anymore, and even that is weakening with the collapse of the Pac-12.

[@blakeharrison3972]

CFB feels like the NFL with no rules. Yes it’s more balanced and not SEC top heavy; but the transfer portal is out of control, no salary caps, and people having unrealistic expectations of coaches. I think Bama did pretty okay this year but everyone is always disappointed. OSU could win it all Monday but since they lost to Michigan, nothing else matters

[@herbconner8066]

The timing is the issue. The Playoffs need to start the week after the Conference championship is decided. and continue every weekend after that. The second weekend needs to be hosted by the higher seed, as well. The bowls can either stick to their precious traditions or move dates to accommodate weekend games, as the final 4 needs to be on the first Saturday in January. I'm not fond of the Monday night finale. Some of us have to work on Tuesday. But, it needs to be done the second weekend in January. Other issues: The seeding needs to be the seeding, and SoS needs to be a heavy part of that formula.

[@shawnerickstad6974]

Viewership in the NFL is way down also in all playoff games so far by over 5 million a game. Just listening to sports show on radio on way to work wondering why?

[@Onetime614]

I live in Columbus Ohio. We have the biggest fan base in America and we live and breathe OSU football herre. That first guy is a complete idiot.

[@bama1891]

NIL + ESPN= less watching

[@MichaelSmith-xb5cp]

1. A semifinals is not a finals 2. The game was scheduled on a mid week non holiday at night. ....Garbage in garbage out.

[@plumtiger1]

Can we play college football on Saturdays?

[@connergentrytv]

I mean for me I’m tired of all the playoff games being on ESPN. And Kirk Hirbstreit and Chris Fowler calling almost every game. When I was younger I loved Kirk Herbstreit but now kinda getting a little tired of him. Look at March Madness, they have games on different networks with different announcers change it up college football playoff. Not just espn but Fox, CBS, the CW change it up.

[@greenman5255]

Could you guys attempt to educate yourself before you ask rhetorical questions? There is a HUGE difference in having a January 1st semi-final when everybody is out of school and off from work sitting around with family and friends, and having a Thursday Jan 9th, we're back to the grind at work and school, and have work and school the next day...semi game. Sometimes you guys are complete...fill the blanks.

[@DeshCanter]

The problem is you’re systematically removing everything that makes college football unique and separate from the NFL, and when given the choice of essentially two professional leagues, why watch the less talented one? NIL, “The Portal,” and the 12-team playoff incentivize programs to plan and operate in the short-term and to disregard tradition and development. The blatant example of this is Ohio State 2024. When college football was college football and not a semi-pro league designed to make TV barons wealthy at any and all costs, losing to Oregon and Michigan would have eliminated them from the any consideration of a national championship. Now, and you’re seeing this in real time, the younger, media-enthralled fans, don’t care about losing to Oregon, losing at home to Michigan, or not even playing in, much less winning the Big10 conference. They’re all saying, “If we win the National Championship, nothing else matters.” So if you’re a coach vying to get your team to the top, you’re incentivized to disregard what used to matter: 1). Why would I care about the character of any kid I’m recruiting; I can’t count on him being around regardless, so hire for the current season and don’t worry about it. 2). Why should I care about my rivalry game, when I can rest my banged up guys for my playoff run instead? 3). It’s much more important that I have sales and marketing chops as a coach than the ability to develop and coach. And in the same way I can’t trust players to stick around in my program, they can’t trust me not to replace them if someone better happens to hop in the portal in the spring. 4). I used to understand that college football had a long, storied history of young adult men competing, developing themselves in mind and body as people, with some having the talent to go on to the NFL. Now, they’re employees and I’m paying that bastard 6 or 7 figures to catch that pass, so he damn well better catch it. Much could be done to fix these issues, but they won’t be because the network execs, media bobbleheads, and all the lawyers in between are making too much money to care about it.

[@cf32191]

I totally agree about the Matthew Stafford play. There has got to be a standard set that stupid crap like that is not accepted in the game. Should’ve been ruled a fumble bc clearly he had no control of the situation. Who’s to say he wasn’t losing his grip on the ball and just thought to fling it to look like a pass? Absolutely absurd play. These types of plays brings down the sport imo.

[@Joseph70663]

Correct me if I'm wrong. Weren't Tennessee and Georgia in the damn playoff? Aren't they in the effing Southeast?

[@pinhead9196]

they were talking about the semifinals

[@rockytoptom]

Just facts - economics intro - If demand is up, producing more of a good reduces the cost. Damand is not up for CFB, the marketing is incredibly oversaturated, meaning too many marketers of CFB are trying to sell it. Ratings will be down automatically based on the nature of too many networks trying to market the pie. CFB has also lost it's image, what made it great. Marketers and heads of conferences have destroyed it.

[@markfowler6276]

People are cancelling cable and woke ESPN, this is the issue not the format. This is why I didn't watch it.

[@jonathanwillis1143]

There are several factors at play for the decline of viewers with the playoffs. More games (12 team playoff) means a longer, more drawn-out stretch of football where not every game needs to be watched or may only appeal to fans of those teams. In the 4-team playoff there are fewer games to watch (3) and you can bring closure to CFB before the NFL playoffs really kick in. This brings be to the next issue. After January 1 most people shift to the NFL playoffs. College football needs to push all of this back so the most meaningful playoff games are played up to and on January 1. The semifinals should be on January 1. The fact that they took place a week after definitely hurts. Even with the popularity in the Southeast being considered, a game between Notre Dame and Penn State should draw big ratings. Ohio State and Texas should draw big rating. These are massive schools with huge fans bases and alumni. Had those games been played January 1 I think the ratings would have been better. The NFL rules come that second weekend of January. You can't compete with that. Another factor that will have to be studied here is this: the 12-team playoff is fun and I like it, but it became clear early on in this tournament that Ohio State woke up and was likely going to beat most teams...and maybe even Notre Dame this coming Monday. After the Tennessee beat down and even more after the Oregon beat down I think a lot of fans tuned out. Especially in the Southeast because Texas does not resonate with SEC fans -- at least not yet -- as a true SEC team. They still feel like a Southwest team that should be in the Big 12. So I do think you are correct that many SEC fans, and ACC fans watched some of the tournament and then tuned out. Now college football has always been a regionalized sport. So this is further evidence that things have to be pushed back to having the semifinals on January 1. And to be honest, this is what happens in the men's basketball tournament. Ratings are good when there are 64 teams in the field, and then 32. Come the Sweet 16 they go down some but that's still a great weekend. Come the Elite 8 and Final Four ratings go down more. Why? Because less teams are in the field and people lose interest if they do not have teams they care about. The tournament is longer and some people will get exhausted trying to keep up with all the games and then eventually as brackets are busted and their teams are gone they lose interest. Sure, the junkies will watch, but most fans move on. College football needs to make some changes to the 12-team playoff. The big one, IMO, is I think it is time to cut one game from the regular season and go back to an 11-game season. That's more than enough games for college athletes. Get rid of conference championship games. I know they make money, but if you want fans to travel to playoff games and if you really want the regular season to matter then get rid of the conference championship game. Have a true regular season champ. If there is a tie, then great. This gives you a 2-week windows in which to begin the playoff, even if it expands to 16, and you should be able to have the semifinals on January 1. There are other things that need to change with the playoff, but these basic things would allow CFB to get most of the playoff in before or on January 1, with only the title game on the second weekend of January.

[@turtle1897]

Simple solution Form 12 conferences with 12 teams each 12 conferences with 4 divisions 12 division winners play for conferences 12 conference champs play for natty Or 8 conferences of 16 teams each This ends biases of needing a committee

[@johnerb8512]

The 2006 Rose Bowl between Texas and USC had 35.6 million viewers, making it the most-watched college football game in U.S. television history. The game was also the highest-rated BCS game in TV history, with 21.7% of households watching it. It was broadcast on ABC. The Thursday and Friday night game slots combined with the fact that neither of these games are New Year’s Day games (a huge tv watching day) had a much bigger impact on viewership than the silly “nobody from the SEC was represented” argument. Sure, Saban cs harbaugh is an epic matchup which drew a lot more attention than most other teams, but it’s also a game played at the rose bowl in the most attractive time-slot of the year. Don’t delude yourself with sec silly thinking.

[@AZ_CactusFlower]

I think it is so unfair to say the only the SEC cares about college football. College football is slipping in quality because of the portal and NIL for one thing, second the games are not free to watch and prices are so stupid expensive, and third exactly what Blain said. The SEC not being in will affect views of course, and I love Jake …but to claim the SEC is the ONLY conference that cares about college football is so incredibly disrespectful and offensive imo.

[@user-me2gy5km6q]

The problem is that College Football and the NFL are spreading their games out on too many platforms, and I will never pay to watch football again. Therefore, I no longer have ESPN, nor do I wish to ever have ESPN again. So, I didn't watch football many times in the last few years when I hadn't missed a Buckeye or Bengals game in may years before this nonsense started.

[@conureron3792]

NFL is not more popular with me!

[@davidbillups8923]

That Alabama-Michigan game was on national television. All these games were on ESPN…so obvious. Don’t make this click bait guys

[@cubanpete982]

Weak ass takes.

[@KD-eq2ch]

ReliaQuest Bowl Michigan-Alabama 6.5 million viewers

[@di114n2]

Which was the biggest non New Year’s 6 Day viewership in 9 years . What’s your point

[@Shaking_My_Head]

@@di114n2Alamo Bowl had 8 million viewers featuring 2 Big12 teams

[@di114n2]

@@Shaking_My_Head Have no clue what year your talking about

[@Shaking_My_Head]

@@di114n2 3 weeks ago. BYU and Colorado

[@SpaceWolf04]

The game was literally on a Thursday and people worked the next day. I haven't even watched the title game the last few years because it's on a Monday.

[@derekbell9610]

It’s easy! It was Michigan vs Alabama last year. Hell I bet even their matchup this year did a decent number 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@DallasMorrow21]

1. Accessibility Either the CFP needs to give games to cable TV networks or ESPN needs to license these games to cable TV networks. 2. Calendar More rounds means the playoffs need to start sooner. Jan. 20 is way too late for the CFB season. The playoff schedule should be as follows: - Last weekend of Nov. = Last week of reg season - First weekend of Dec. = Conf. champs - Following week = start of playoff (incentivizes winning conference to receive a bye) - First 3 rounds of playoff on Fridays/Saturdays (no 10-day breaks) - Natty on a Monday (10-day break for the significance of the game)

[@jackpackage4278]

I really think it’s just because 12 teams waters down the viewing experience. With 4 teams it was more intense and was pitting the 4 best teams against each other and it just made for better viewing. Idk maybe it’s something else but the playoffs just don’t feel as special anymore.

[@saint_double_k]

It makes sense. As a Georgia fan, I checked out after we lost. (Please bring us guys who can catch.) And Texas isn't the southeast. They're still a Big 12 team in my eyes.

[@gregoryblajian8951]

I never played football and I can say definitively that the original call was the MOST correct on the fumble. It was a fumble. The deferment to the offense has gone way too far. The rules for roughing the passer, defenseless player, targeting are sucking all of the joy out of the game. I say 1) if it is impossible for the quarterback to see the receiver, 2) the ball does not travel past the line of scrimmage and 3) the pass is NOT over-hand then it is a fumble or intentional grounding. The one thing it is not is an incomplete pass. If that is the case then ANY time ANY player does that in the future (running back/receiver/quarterback reaching out and "drops the ball") then it is an illegal forward pass and they are penalized 15 yards and loss of down. That call was BS and I am not even a Vikings fan. As for the 12 team playoff, I disagree that the format is flawed in either number of teams or selection. I will agree that the calendar is a problem. No matter how many teams are in the playoffs (8, 12, 16) the semi-finals need to be done by the last weekend in Dec or Jan 1. So 16 teams -> 8 -> 4 -> 2 is 4 weeks, that means this past year the first round would have needed to be played on Dec 14, the second on the 21, the third on the 28th OR the 1st. Then the championship game happens on the 10th. If that puts championship Saturday on the 7th or the Nov 30th, so be it. That said, I would prefer that the playoff format was 16 teams not 12. Teams getting a buy just feels wrong, especially when the buys are all conference champions, since it is OBVIOUS some conferences are more competitive than others.

[@kesselrunheroj8497]

I’m much more interested in regular season games than I am in post season games, cfb has traded great regular season games in exchange for a bloated, never ending playoff system. It’s just boring and contrived.

[@mrmotoman17]

Jake is one of thee funniest sports commentators I have ever heard.

[@kyledabearsfan]

Maybe Thursday night football during the work week 😂

[@Nitabita_]

It literally because it was on ESPN and not ABC.

[@davidmontz8642]

Try playing the games on Saturdays!!!!! People have to go to work!!!!!! The rest of the sport is played on Saturday and the viewership is fine.

[@jaygoble540]

Dude obviously has never spend five minutes in Columbus Ohio.

[@theodopholous6407]

The playoff flawed? How about the entire premise of college football.

[@Shaking_My_Head]

Alamo Bowl had 8 Million in viewership with 2 teams from the Mountain Time Zone. 🤔🧐

[@jmbaughman95]

Here’s the problem with the argument. The cotton bowl was the most viewed cotton bowl of all time. Comparing the orange bowl to the rose bowl is also dumb. Comparing it to the last semifinal orange bowl shows viewership was pretty even. In fact, the main reason it was down is probably more likely due to not having the games back to back on a national holiday. Splitting them into 2 nights is dumb.

[@shopins2002]

too many games.

[@jlinds3171]

I barely care about this 40 game playoff.

[@NDiddy]

Michigan is midwest?

[@adventureswithlils4331]

All 3 reounds are up by 50% vs NY6

[@mr.g1758]

There's only ONE reason viewership os down...Alabama wasn't in it of course. We'll be back.

[@unitedgearworks9660]

The semifinals need to be on a public channel. also thursday night?

[@troywebb7657]

1. This tournament is an invitational and NOT a playoff! 2. These games were broadcast on a weeknight. 3.ESPN SUX and the games are on cable only. 4.Talking Head desk jockeys like these clowns wear folks down and turn them off!🙄

[@Justinosborn]

OSU, Notre dame, Texas, and Penn state are all top 10 in biggest fan bases. Bad takes here.

[@codymacon2474]

The problem is they stretched it out too long. No biweeks

[@markmeridian3360]

I had been a college football fan and season ticket holder for 30+ years. All the changes to college football in the last 5 years have made CF far worse for fans. NIL money has steered the best players to the teams with the most money. The transfer portal has ruined team continuity and loyalty - the quality of play has dropped drastically at the beginning of each season when the carpet baggers are coming up to speed in a new system. The TV networks pick ridiculous kickoff times that are extremely inconvenient to the fans that travel to the games, if you watch the games on TV you might have to subscribe to some crappy streaming service just to see the games, and the games are stretched out with commercial breaks that can, at times, ruin momentum. Finally, the conference realignments have been ridiculous - making the student athletes travel far more than before, play worse in games that require long travel/time zone differences, and play against more unfamiliar opponents. I'm dropping my season tickets this year, and will refuse to watch any game that is on TV live - I record them and skip the commercials. The problem is the NCAA has allowed greed to ruin CF.

[@adam-thesportsguy6147]

If we rig it for the SEC to put 4 teams into the Semifinals ratings would be huge!

[@handy9smith764]

I can't watch games because I don't get ESPN

[@lcclark102]

Strange super bowls don't have this problem, oh wait they aren't on a network you have to pay for!!!

[@ethanmyers4882]

There’s 1000’s of college teams why it was ever just two teams I’ll never know, people pay thousands of dollars for this crap could at least make worth their while hey sometimes teams have to show up and SMU/boise state had their chances if you watched the games those teams shot themselves in the foot

[@Alexinytown]

The southeast region just cares more about football? Yeah, cool story.

[@Nitabita_]

The fact is a that it’s on ESPN!!! Not that the SEC wasn’t in…17.8 million is a LOT of people for the SEC not to be in.

[@loading7710]

No it's to many teams 6 teams at best

[@johnstone2103]

Dude in the white shirt’s eyes are freaky

[@oldudeDMV]

The cotton bowl set a ratings record.

[@BarrettL1970]

You have a whole conference of fans that it's teams are supposed to be the standard of football and are not. And they drink all the Kool Aid of why it's flawed. So viewership is down. When Ohio State lost to Michigan... I did not look at anything for a week, read no articles, etc... The collective letdown is real! No to mention the social media pounding you will take... you are liable not to tune in anymore.

[@barryhalfin2382]

As a fan. This season has taken the most of my Fandom. Transfer portal during the playoffs is stupid. Recruiting has lost its luster because of transfer portal going at the same time. NFL spreads it out over a year. College football better if they don't want to keep losing fans. NIL needs a cap. It's the wild west right now. Before long you will have the NBA model. Which definitely isn't as popular as it once was. Very disappointed in this season.

[@realtreystafford]

CALENDAR FOR SURE

[@darenyaussy4023]

No.... SEC really only cares about their team and their confidence that's all, they don't love college football, just the team, when are y'all gonna start caring about the sport and the kids on the field and not about how it makes you feel, nobody cares

[@bengonzalez5355]

LOL... Alabama wasn't going to be in the final four. Why you keep bringing it up?

[@LDQBBQ]

It's a watered down product. With more playoff games, there will be more upsets, and ultimately an inferior champion.

[@butchthurman4685]

I'm not paying. To watch sports. Good luck.

[@robertc8766]

if it's on woke espn, i will never watch....disney owns espn and I cancelled all that crap years ago

[@j.brendenstookey3437]

Ya’ll are idiots. ND is the most popular team in the nation and it’s not close. The semi finals game was rescheduled and botched. The game’s kickoff got moved and announced multiple times my family didn’t even know when it was and we are big fans. Only reason any fans watched was because of ND! I have family that are PSU fans, they did NOT even watch the game.

[@sheneedsme]

Most popular is very subjective. Michigan and Ohio State have far more alumni. Mention ND overseas and especially in Europe and they only think of the church and don’t even know about the football team. Michigan is probably better know internationally and as well know nationally as ND. Blame the helmets 😂. ND and Michigan do have the best fight songs.

[@Drummajortsu]

I love that ESPN has the rights to the SEC and 🤡 like this hate everything Disney but it’s ESPN propaganda that makes their beloved SEC so great.

[@jgv1]

Too many games. This is boring now

[@timmarcum1797]

Didn’t take away the region they just got beat

[@Nowitsfound]

If they ain't enough they can't be in it no matter what ratings they get.. it's football not wwe

[@jerrylapointe9154]

I’m not sure why I watch you guys. You are so biased to the SEC. It’s time to Unfollow and stop watching you.

[@Andy-AJC72]

Games on weekend not on a Thursday or Friday. That might have something to do with it. Also is you let “fat people” in your buffet, ya lose money. 😂

[@jessman8597]

I quit watching because everybody knows it's the same teams every year. This year was an anomaly, but you still have OSU there. It's become. The elite big shots will always win and everyone else is irrelevant. Truly sad.

[@taylorbarney3056]

They definitely need to fix the seeding but all in all it’s NIL it’s the portal that’s what’s going to eventually kill the sport. I’m surprised that viewership isn’t way way way down, but it’s going to happen. You can count on it. Nobody I know that used to love college football loves it how they did five years ago. It’s all about the money and once it becomes that nobody cares that’s what we have with the NFL so whatever I don’t even care anymore college football was the last thing left and now it’s also corrupt and will disintegrate like the rest of sports is doing.

[@loading7710]

It's to many games go to 6 teams at the most