12 Team College Football Playoff On The Way

[Hiphopopotamos 20865]

 

 

 

Edited September 2, 2022 by Hiphopopotamos

[ztejas 43266]

Should start by 2035 I'm guessing. 

[Guest]

progress...

 

like molasses going uphill in January.

[conVINCEd 21468]

2026

[mdmost 42865]

So the ACC, Big 12, Big 10, and Pac 12 are no longer mad at the SEC and want an expanded playoff? Okay. 

[Hiphopopotamos 20865]

Added to the top post:

 

[GreenspointTexas 9567]

Put me down for 12 is too many. Maginalizes the regular season

[Hiphopopotamos 20865]

2 minutes ago, mdmost said:

So the ACC, Big 12, Big 10, and Pac 12 are no longer mad at the SEC and want an expanded playoff? Okay. 

 

[4th&Five 41461]

Eight would be perfect but money talks. 

[MNLonghornFUKM 8799]

The games will likely still suck. Well maybe the first few games will be intriguing up until those who advance play bama, Georgia, or Ohio state

[WhatTheBuck 28712]

2 minutes ago, GreenspointTexas said:

Put me down for 12 is too many. Maginalizes the regular season

It won’t stop at 12. 

[mdmost 42865]

Please don't involve the bowls. Let the first round be home games for the higher ranked team. 

And yes, 12 feels like too many and could water down the regular season. 8 seemed best. 5 conference champs, 3 at large. But I guess once the SEC and Big 10 went beyond 14, it was always going to be a higher number. 

Edited September 2, 2022 by mdmost

[PandaPipe 67]

The 6 conference champion auto qualifiers might be awkward if the PAC and/or ACC are eventually raided by the B1G and SEC.

[Huckleberry 32702]

16 with every conference champ getting a berth is perfect. This system would be better but it still leaves open the possibility that a team could theoretically go undefeated and untied and not win the championship. If that's possible then your league doesn't have a real playoff. 

If the bottom of FBS is that far beneath you then split.

[Huckleberry 32702]

Waiting for someone to post what the 12 team playoff would have been every year since the BCS started. 

[MIkeHoncho 1895]

8 is best.  Power 5 champs, highest ranked G5 if top 10, 2 wildcard.  If top G5 is not top 10, then 3 wildcards. 

 

 

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8 minutes ago, GreenspointTexas said:

Put me down for 12 is too many. Maginalizes the regular season

If the regular season mattered that much, the big boys wouldn't be playing FCS teams, and that's just a starting point.

The higher the number of playoff qualifiers, the less chance of bullshit shenanigans, or least with regard to the quality of teams left out.

I prefer 16, but 12 is exponentially better than fucking 4.

Edited September 2, 2022 by slorch

[Leeroy Jenkins 2393]

So the at large will be 4 SEC teams, one Big 10, and some random.  

[cochamps 1879]

Big improvement over 4 teams imo.

[Guest]

3 minutes ago, Leeroy Jenkins said:

So the at large will be 4 SEC teams, one Big 10, and some random.  

You mispelt Notre Lame.

[Helobious 9481]

10 minutes ago, GreenspointTexas said:

Put me down for 12 is too many. Maginalizes the regular season

That’s about 9% of teams making the postseason. I really can’t think of a large sports league with a more exclusive postseason, pros included. 
 

For reference 50% of NBA teams make the playoffs.

[BurntOrange&White 39657]

Will be nice when 6-8 of the teams are from the BIG and SEC

 

[victory88 5659]

Love that it’s 12.  1 loss and you’re basically out of the CFP.  This is going to make most teams still grind it out all year long 

[NWAustinDude 2252]

I first called for this 50 years ago.

 

 

[Henry Hill 3156]

I think a computer should choose the 2 best teams. No way this fails.

[Pancho 44479]

16 minutes ago, GreenspointTexas said:

Put me down for 12 is too many. Maginalizes the regular season

No it doesn’t. The big time teams will still have sellouts.  The marquee programs will still draw eyeballs every Saturday like always. 

[Pam Cummings 9581]

[GringoSalado 1651]

I continue to not understand 12 over 8. If we already had 8, would anybody be advocating for 12? I doubt it, but I'm a dumbass.

[WBT 20422]

It's the dismal tide

[4th&Five 41461]

11 minutes ago, Helobious said:

That’s about 9% of teams making the postseason. I really can’t think of a large sports league with a more exclusive postseason, pros included. 
 

For reference 50% of NBA teams make the playoffs.

Is there another sport where so few teams have a legitimate chance at winning the championship?

[Auto Driller 2504]

I support 12. Not sure why fewer teams are better in a lot of people’s eyes. Plenty of 6-seeds and wild cards have won the Super Bowl. It’s certainly not going to reduce the importance of the regular season. A whole bunch of 1- and 2-loss teams whose chances would be over under today’s system are going to be playing for a potential spot in the playoff in the final week under this system.

Edited September 2, 2022 by Auto Driller

[Dutchrudder 11115]

Expanding to 12 teams means we will get to see a first round Notre Dame on-field abortion performed every year! 

[Huckleberry 32702]

The lack of a playoff is part of why so few teams have had a legitimate shot. If MLB had a two team playoff there would be 3 teams with a legitimate shot this year, for example. 

[Dutchrudder 11115]

2 minutes ago, 4th&Five said:

Is there another sport where so few teams have a legitimate chance at winning the championship?

EPL soccer?  It's usually a 2-3 horse race by the middle of the season, and sometimes the favorite is so far ahead that the last 4 weeks don't even matter. 

[mdmost 42865]

22 minutes ago, Huckleberry said:

Waiting for someone to post what the 12 team playoff would have been every year since the BCS started. 

 

[Big Frog II 511]

Good, It's about time.

[Pig Bellmont 8691]

I think this is great news. Especially because winning the conference in the SEC is going to be tough. Play like a top 10 team and you have a shot

[Vic Mackey 46936]

Put me down for 12 is too many. Maginalizes the regular season

How? College football is literally the only American sport where the regular season has more meaning than the post season. Finally they have a real playoff. 2 and 4 teams were not even a playoff at all. Also the only sport where winning your division didn't guarantee shit.

This in fact does the opposite. Makes the regular season more exciting. Now more teams have a chance and more games as the season moves along has meaning.

[NorthLoop 14093]

35 minutes ago, MNLonghornFUKM said:

The games will likely still suck. Well maybe the first few games will be intriguing up until those who advance play bama, Georgia, or Ohio state

We should change your username to Eeyore 

[Deej 76568]

12 is aggy magic number. They still won't make the playoff. 

[TexEx15 17486]

Need a fancy name like Final 4 or Elite 8. Hmm… Big12?  I’m still workshopping it.

[BurntOrange&White 39657]

Byes are stupid. 

[Vic Mackey 46936]

EPL soccer?  It's usually a 2-3 horse race by the middle of the season, and sometimes the favorite is so far ahead that the last 4 weeks don't even matter. 

They don't have a playoff, correct?

[nnm 36099]

39 minutes ago, GreenspointTexas said:

Put me down for 12 is too many. Maginalizes the regular season

Nope. As it is, the CFP pool is set when the initial AP poll is released. The regular season is almost meaningless now, because only about 5-6 teams have a realistic shot at the 4-team invitational.
 

Now we get some Cinderella upsets and undoubtably the 4 best teams. If the semis and finals end up being rematches of SECX3 CCG, so be it, but at least it’s not a four team invitational anymore, in which only about 6 teams have a realistic shot on Sept. 1 anyway. 

[Huckleberry 32702]

14 minutes ago, Dutchrudder said:

EPL soccer?  It's usually a 2-3 horse race by the middle of the season, and sometimes the favorite is so far ahead that the last 4 weeks don't even matter. 

What a surprise, a league without a playoff. That's what I meant by my argument that people get the cause and effect backwards. There wasn't no playoff then a small playoff because there were few legitimate contenders. There have been few legitimate contenders because there's been no or a small playoff. 

[Uncle Nate 2097]

Eight made the most sense, worked out to include highest ranked conference champions, and doesn't water down regular season or make the playoffs too long for the student athletes.

So of course, the presidents chose 12.

All they care about is money.  

[nnm 36099]

49 minutes ago, slorch said:

ike molasses going uphill in January.

Molasses can be deadly. Killed 21 people in Boston. 
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[mdmost 42865]

3 minutes ago, Uncle Nate said:

Eight made the most sense, worked out to include highest ranked conference champions, and doesn't water down regular season or make the playoffs too long for the student athletes.

So of course, the presidents chose 12.

All they care about is money.  

They're in it for the money, not what's best!

Edited September 2, 2022 by mdmost

[Huckleberry 32702]

3 minutes ago, Uncle Nate said:

Eight made the most sense, worked out to include highest ranked conference champions, and doesn't water down regular season or make the playoffs too long for the student athletes.

So of course, the presidents chose 12.

All they care about is money.  

I can never believe it when I find someone who actually buys this BS argument. 

[tx 3 putt 76387]

51 minutes ago, 4th&Five said:

Eight would be perfect but money talks. 

 

top 4 get a week off, next 8 hack it out to get knocked out in week 2