CFB & conference games

[Daserop]

With the latest round of conference realignment (less C-USA which got gutted) all conferences have at least 12 members. Currently, the Pac 12, Big 12, Big 10, & all G5 conferences play 9 conference games. The SEC & ACC play 8 conference games.

Personally, I don't think this gets enough attention and it leads to two conferences have a huge advantage.

If there was a NCAA football commissioner I'd mandate this be changed to all conferences be required to play 10 conference games and two non-conference games. This allows for a "warm up' game and rivalry game to occur. Also, remove playing FCS schools.

End rant.

 

[BryceC]

It needs to be part of the CFP expansion talks... but it isn't.

 

[intrepid27]

Great point SEC has 13 of 14 teams bowl eligible. 5 of them were 6-6 overall. Add another conference game and that drops the number of bowl eligible teams to 11.

Big XII has 7 bowl eligible teams and two teams with 5 wins. If we played one less conference game (and replaced with cupcakes) we would have had 9 of 10 teams bowl eligible.

 

[Malty Flannel]

It gets tricky when conferences get 14 or 16 teams. In my ideal world, conferences would have 12 teams and 8 conference games with more strategic and competitive non-con games.

 

[theshadow]

Should have to play a minimum of 10 regular-season games against P5 competition -- whether that's 8/2, 9/1, or 10/0 is up to each conference.