Was The 12-Team College Football Playoff A Mistake?

[@daredevil5072]

It was literally just the first round. First round games are generally the easiest round in every sport. Im glad we have an actual playoff system like every other sport.

[@noredoosno2929]

It’s not about “just the first round.” These games are still supposed to be meaningful, and when teams get demolished, it exposes that the playoff structure is allowing weaker teams to slip through. A real playoff system should produce competitive games in every round, including the first.

[@morningandafternoonsun]

Cantr say they same for the NFL. Wild card teams have won super bowls. This isnt basketball.

[@andycockrum1212]

@@noredoosno2929Lane Kiffin? That you?

[@daredevil5072]

@@noredoosno2929 well every sport playoff system is flawed then💀 by your logic

[@ronskullie9380]

12 team is good, it's the first year,it will get better.

[@twinngonespinn]

its good , its just now you have more teams throwing their clsim at why they should be in , but ultimately the good comes with the bad

[@MarvelandStarWarsProductions]

There's only going to realistically be 4 or 5 teams that can compete for a national championship every year

[@noredoosno2929]

It’s not the first year though that’s the issue. it’s the inherent flaws in how the system is designed. We shouldn’t just sit back and say, “It’ll get better next year” as if that’s a valid response to a system that doesn’t even get the fundamentals right.

[@TOMMYDACOMMIE]

​@@noredoosno2929I think ultimately it's good. The judges can still vote on the teams they think are best for viewership while the players and coaches determine their fates. There will be schools every year that argue it should be them but now it's like a 1/12 chance of making the playoffs instead 1/33. It's better for everyone.

[@GarandGunner]

The average margin of victory during the 4 team playoff era was 18.6 points. The average margin of victory for this first round of the 12 team format was 19.3. Not exactly an earth-shattering difference, everyone calm down.

[@Optimistic_seattle_fan]

I feel like people are just complaining to complain. It was just a bad week of games

[@AllThingsInfamous1]

But it did suck tho

[@rayallaire4423]

People are forgetting that the lower rank teams had to go into the higher rank teams home-field. I think the first round is always gonna be mostly blowouts and I think that’s fair.

[@coasterowen9793]

@@AllThingsInfamous1nfl first round sucks too sometimes

[@Kdizzzzz9999]

I think it’s perfect. Big upsets will happen eventually, loook at March madness

[@jdawg1712]

The playoffs aren’t even over yet, it’s too early to say if it’s a disaster yet. We have only played like 1/3 of the games in the playoff. The lower seeds went ON THE ROAD and lost to the home teams that were favored. There is still plenty of football left to play and I feel like people are overreacting WAY too much and saying that it’s a failure too early.

[@BriBryBriBry]

I mean it doesn't need to finish to tell it was a mistake.. 😂

[@cd2_]

Exactly dude , people are overreacting so bad 😂 You play all 4 of those games neutral sites and you get a whole different ball game in all 4

[@quintenyarbrough1504]

I don't understand this talking point about teams "not deserving" to be there because they don't have a chance to go all the way and they get handled easily. This is the case in LITERALLY every other sport. When is the last time an 8 seed did anything in the nba playoffs? A wildcard team winning the Superbowl? Relax, you hyperbolic whiners. This format eliminates the teams stating that if they would have gotten in then they would have won. If a few games aren't competitive, so be it. It comes with the territory

[@garbear7414]

Only at the intro and talk about IU all you want but also tap abt the spanking tennesse got

[@Keyshawn-i5g]

Alabama driders are the worst to ever live. Literally whining over a 3 loss team when no other 3 loss team is getting the same amount of bias if you want to play in the big games win the small ones

[@movies4254]

We're scheduling cupcakes from here on out. Alabama AD said so. Enjoy Alabama making it every year now.

[@Keyshawn-i5g]

@ guessing from the losses this year I don’t think Alabama can call anybody a cupcake 😂

[@GeliCarlosJ]

The seeding is the main issue. Rather than guarantee a first week BYE it should only guarantee a spot in the 12 team playoff. I still would've preferred it to be just at 8 so that none of these 3 loss teams can bitch about not getting in but oh well

[@billycole6887]

I think seeding is more the issue. Conference champions should get an auto-bid but i dont agree with the bye. In the basketball tournament the #1 seeds are still the top ranked teams and upsets are ranked lower. If seeding was.. 1. Oregon 2. UGA 3. Texas 4. Notre Dame Then youd get these games 5. Ohio State vs 12. Clemson 6. Penn State vs 11. AZ State 7. Tennessee vs 10. SMU 8. Indiana vs 9. Boise State

[@garbear7414]

Tennesse for walked. Show them

[@ChiefBlue4298]

Yes, it should’ve been 8 playoff teams.

[@mackredsnapper]

I said the same thing when they first started talking about expansion. I was surprised when they went with 12 out of the gate. My thinking was 8 than maybe 12 down the road.

[@garygrassler09]

18 team conferences are the mistake

[@Beserknut]

as a bama fan we should have never had the chance to make the playoffs. we had a first year headcoach and it rlly showed with the inconsistency. most of us just saw the fact that smu had a cupcake schedule and thought since on paper we were the most deserving 9-3 team we should have gotten in but losing 2 horrible games is just not rlly acceptable

[@jameshirning5615]

Now the college football committee did get it right. They did put the right teams in. It's just that games didn't go as planned in the first round. Who knows maybe in the future in the first round we might get tighter closer matchups

[@sohamjain7803]

People forget cfp games tend to be blowouts regardless, wouldn’t what determines whether it’s good or not is if teams under the 4 seed end up in the final or win it all?

[@mojotanker9825]

SMU never beat a top 25 opponent yet they were supposed to compete with Penn state? You all are tripping, if you actually believed that would be a competitive game.

[@armanii4005]

0:36 just answered the question of this video

[@ellispiper6313]

No. Nothing is perfect, especially when talking NCAA football champion systems. More MEANINGFUL football is always fun. cinderella's will come, we're working with a VERY limited sample size. But good on you for initiating the discussion.

[@KrisBonn25]

No. It’s likely going to be the best system. Automatic byes need to be removed though. Just do automatic bids and it’ll be just right.

[@codybythrow]

The 12-team format provides an opportunity for more upsets. Maybe a team with a less impressive resume upsets a more reputable one, which makes the competition more interesting. The excitement of college football lies in the chance for the "other guys" to dismantle top-tier teams. I don't know about you, but I don’t want to watch the same 3 or 4 teams consistently win the championship. That’s not exciting at all.

[@danielrockhold5045]

8 Team Playoffs You Requesting That's Lame Because The Middle Of The Road School Can't Make It In That's Lame I Strongly Disagree With your Requesting For That

[@drag0..]

Was it a mistake NO does it need to be tweaked a bit YES

[@morningandafternoonsun]

First round match ups sucked but Im sure theyll get better down the line as more teams are competing to get a spot.

[@coasterowen9793]

People are complaining for no reason, every sport has blowouts

[@AyeKay220]

No, but the teams they picked weren’t the 12 best in the nation

[@movies4254]

100%. Make-A-Wish playoffs this year.

[@robfletcher1235]

Take these games to neural sites and the scores and possibly the outcome will be different. College basketball doesn’t seed teams based on rankings so Football doesn’t need to also

[@atrain132]

People cry, and complain too much.

[@michaelgabbard4761]

The playoffs need to be here, just need some tweaking...

[@andrewcruz1931]

Four was enough . 12 is too many .

[@MayleneMadman]

No, but put the best 12 teams next time. Otherwise you will just get a bunch of good teams and a handful of teams that avoid tough OOC or got lucky avoiding the top teams in their conference.

[@FRAYHOLE501]

SHOULD ONLY BE TOP 8 AND NO CONFERENCE ALLEGIANCE WHO EVER MAKES TOP IS IN 8 big 10 8 SEC SO BE IT

[@connorthompson8963]

THE FCS DOES IT SO GROW UP BCS

[@RyDawg918]

I miss the BCS national championship and the BCS bowl games.

[@cmk4610]

Came out 45 minutes ago and there’s only 300 views 😭

[@brandonsmith5880]

Twas the night before Christmas Eve 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@billmcg1676]

Could be the moons aligned this year and produced the lopsided results? Although good teams made the playoff in their own right - the powerhouses are the powerhouses - like 16 vs. 1 in the 1st round of March Madness. 😂

[@devinbenford2866]

12 teams is good they just did not pick the 12 best teams they picked the most deserving

[@MiguelHernandez-vj5gu]

There should of been only 6 the top 2 get a bye

[@movies4254]

No, how the teams were selected was a mistake.

[@BriBryBriBry]

Yes because then Ohio State would be eliminated already 😂

[@Hail2ThaVictors]

Ohio state shouldnt be in the 12 team playoffs. They are clearly the worst team selected.

[@pascho1057]

In a 4 team teams still get clapped

[@MrTimLee84]

Only need 8 teams

[@ryanzz83627]

8 is the best number imo n has been

[@CHutch-w2u]

12 it perfect

[@kinggamer7889]

Yes it's terrible. What are the these terrible takes from u guys in the comments section. U guys do understand what automatic bid means and why they went to the 12 team playoff? So smaller schools get a chance. It also means that teams from conference usa, sun belt, american, mw, and the new pac 12 will get an automatic bye if they win out. They will only consider changing it when the 14 team playoff gets here. I don't understand these brain dead comments. The most deserving teams will always get in over the better team in this format. They signed a contract for this until 2026 maybe they tweak it when the 14 team playoff gets here. Until then enjoy more blowouts and meaningless football 😂😂.

[@Impereaux]

8️⃣

[@ElPat01]

No

[@noredoosno2929]

The NCAA has watered down college football to the point that we’ve created a system that rewards teams that don’t even belong in the tournament. The answer isn’t to say, “Well, it happens in every sport,” like that’s some excuse. The answer is to recognize that the system is broken and needs to be fixed. The 12-team playoff is a flawed joke, and pretending it’s not only makes you look foolish.

[@el84Bill]

Overreact much. I am getting well tired of this narrative...geeezuz

[@AllThingsInfamous1]

Definitely a disappointment. Miami should have been there over Clemson.

[@daverome9212]

No miami over smu clemson did decent and was the only realative close game

[@wesharris5465]

Bama 3-1 vs CFP opponents whereas SMU was 0-1 but sure they didn't deserve it over them?

[@Keyshawn-i5g]

Also 0-3 against shit teams

[@AuburnFanSince2010]

Lost to Vandy. Destroyed by Oklahoma. Played Mercer in November. Alabama ain’t good.

[@vanderbiltalexsingleton2041]

Alabama would curb stomp SMU and Indiana. Also there are teams in the CFP with terrible losses like Clemson and ND so Alabama wouldn’t be the only team with a bad loss.

[@BlorbusUnimax]

no they wouldnt

[@vanderbiltalexsingleton2041]

@ it’s cool to have an incorrect opinion but I will stick with the correct one.

[@MrVi3tguy]

@@BlorbusUnimax You're right...SC and OM would smack SMU and Indiana too.

[@rainman6090]

Of course they would. Just like how Alabama curb stomped Oklahoma. I don't have faith that Alabama would curb stomp anyone this season.

[@vanderbiltalexsingleton2041]

@ Oklahoma was rough but that was Alabama at their worst. But if Alabama can beat Georgia they can beat anyone when playing their best. That much is proven

[@pascho1057]

In a 4 team teams still get clapped