I'm going to try and condense this as best as I can. Please read all before responding.
- Every team plays 12 regular season games
- No conference championship games
- Every conference declares a conference champion based on regular season results
-Playoff Selection Show the Sunday after Thanksgiving
-24 Team playoff
-Power 5 Conference Champions automatic Top 8 seed (First Round Bye)
-Group 5 Conference Champions automatic Top 16 seed
-14 At-large spots
-Teams will be seeded according to AP Top 25 Poll (Or playoff poll)
First Round games the Saturday following the Selection Show (16 seed vs 24 seed, 15 seed vs 23 seed... etc) This year it would be December 5th
Higher seed hosts the game
Second Round games the following Saturday. This year it would have been December 12th
Top 8 seeds host the game
Regional Finals played at large local stadium (ie: Bank of American Stadium, Lucas Oil Stadium, etc). This year it would be played on Dec 19th
Semi Finals Jan 2nd
Finals (sometime the following week, like it has been) Both semi and finals played in rotating venues that compete for bids, like super bowl etc.
NO more Bowl games. (Only Top 24 teams play in post season, the other bowls suck anyway)
NO more Opt-Outs. Every team is competing for a National Championship, this likely solves the opt out issues that will only get worse with the current set up
NO more "we didn't want to be there anyway"
Very likely only 4 teams play more than 14 games. This is key. With first round byes, the top 8 seeds won't be playing a ridiculous number of games
Conferences may have multiple co-champions, but the conference must select 1 as their auto-representative.
I have been thinking on this a lot and love this set up. It is very similar to what has worked so well for the FCS for years. There is a TON of money to be made with this and fans will not have to travel very far to see their team play (until the semi finals and finals).
- Every team plays 12 regular season games
- No conference championship games
- Every conference declares a conference champion based on regular season results
-Playoff Selection Show the Sunday after Thanksgiving
-24 Team playoff
-Power 5 Conference Champions automatic Top 8 seed (First Round Bye)
-Group 5 Conference Champions automatic Top 16 seed
-14 At-large spots
-Teams will be seeded according to AP Top 25 Poll (Or playoff poll)
First Round games the Saturday following the Selection Show (16 seed vs 24 seed, 15 seed vs 23 seed... etc) This year it would be December 5th
Higher seed hosts the game
Second Round games the following Saturday. This year it would have been December 12th
Top 8 seeds host the game
Regional Finals played at large local stadium (ie: Bank of American Stadium, Lucas Oil Stadium, etc). This year it would be played on Dec 19th
Semi Finals Jan 2nd
Finals (sometime the following week, like it has been) Both semi and finals played in rotating venues that compete for bids, like super bowl etc.
NO more Bowl games. (Only Top 24 teams play in post season, the other bowls suck anyway)
NO more Opt-Outs. Every team is competing for a National Championship, this likely solves the opt out issues that will only get worse with the current set up
NO more "we didn't want to be there anyway"
Very likely only 4 teams play more than 14 games. This is key. With first round byes, the top 8 seeds won't be playing a ridiculous number of games
Conferences may have multiple co-champions, but the conference must select 1 as their auto-representative.
I have been thinking on this a lot and love this set up. It is very similar to what has worked so well for the FCS for years. There is a TON of money to be made with this and fans will not have to travel very far to see their team play (until the semi finals and finals).