8 Team Playoff

[Spam]

I wonder if an 8 team playoff (an additional 1 - 3 significant games for any team that makes the playoff) might lead to a greater recruiting disparity between the usual top 20-25 teams in the country and everybody else. Especially with non playoff bowls being made even more meaningless than before.

Maybe I'm overthinking this.

 

[H8fkr]

We can all agree that no matter how many teams the playoff includes, who gets in will always be rigged because $$$

 

[kentkel]

It's still a flawed system until all conferences are organized in a similar way. Iowa is a perfect example - avoids the top 3 teams in their conference (Mich, MSU and OSU), and loses to the only top level team in the Championship then, in the 8-team playoff scenario, they'd be one of the teams selected. In the Big XII, all teams play each other - no way to avoid the best teams - yet that somehow seems to only get us zero or one school in the playoffs each year.

 

[chuckd4735]

This year the quarterfinals on campuses could be Dec. 19 if they announced the games today. Plenty of time both before and after to plan.

You could play them next Saturday...you don't need much time to prepare. I still like the 16 team playoff with every conference champ getting the auto bid.

This year we would have...

1. Clemson (ACC Champ)
16. Arkansas St. (Sun Belt Champ)

8. Notre Dame (at large)
9. Florida State (at large)

5. Iowa (at large)
12. Houston (AAC Champ)

4. Oklahoma (Big 12 Champ)
13. Western Kentucky (Conf USA Champ)

6. Stanford (Pac 12 Champ)
11. TCU (at large)

3. MSU (Big 10 Champ)
14. San Diego State (MW Champ)

7. Ohio State (at large)
10. North Carolina (at large)

2. Alabama (SEC Champ)
15. Bowling Green (MAC Champ)

 

[jkclone]

I'd like to see an 8 team playoff under the following conditions. Four mega conferences with 18 teams each. Team #1 and #2 from each conference placed into opposite sides of an 8 team bracket (doesn't have to be division winners or conference champions). In this scenario Notre Dame would take an ACC spot if still "independent".

Pros
- Every conference get 2 teams in the playoff
- Rematches from the regular season are unlikely to happen until the championship game.
- No rematches in the conference championship games. (each division of 9 teams plays 8 division games and 4 out of conference games).

Did I mention that I hate watching college football rematches?

So really 8 conferences with 9 teams each? Conferences are going to get smaller not bigger. Smaller regional conferences will happen within the next 10 years.

 

[CYme]

So really 8 conferences with 9 teams each? Conferences are going to get smaller not bigger. Smaller regional conferences will happen within the next 10 years.

Exactly what I was thinking. Eight 9 team conferences, everyone plays a round robin and 4 non-con games.

 

[CycloneBax]

Exactly what I was thinking. Eight 9 team conferences, everyone plays a round robin and 4 non-con games.

I would prefer six 11 team conferences, everyone plays a round robin and 3 non-conference games. 13 games each team and no need for a championship game. 2 at large bids to fill the last 2 spots and they will play the #1 and #2 seeds regardless of rankings.

 

[cyclones500]

You could play them next Saturday...you don't need much time to prepare. I still like the 16 team playoff with every conference champ getting the auto bid.

This year we would have...

1. Clemson (ACC Champ)
16. Arkansas St. (Sun Belt Champ)

8. Notre Dame (at large)
9. Florida State (at large)

5. Iowa (at large)
12. Houston (AAC Champ)

4. Oklahoma (Big 12 Champ)
13. Western Kentucky (Conf USA Champ)

6. Stanford (Pac 12 Champ)
11. TCU (at large)

3. MSU (Big 10 Champ)
14. San Diego State (MW Champ)

7. Ohio State (at large)
10. North Carolina (at large)

2. Alabama (SEC Champ)
15. Bowling Green (MAC Champ)

I suggested a 16-team field like that last fall, and I got hammered for it. And we’re not the first people to suggest it. Hence, I’m giving a Like.

I realize in a typical season probably 16 teams left out of the at-large could crush most of the lower-level auto qualifiers. And the double-digit seeds would almost never seriously threaten to win the title.

That isn’t the point. Are all 132-ish teams part of D-1? If so, they need to have a PATH to winning the championship. As it is now, it’s like separate divisions. NCAA still hasn't gone all-in on an actual playoff system.