SEC/Big10 Pushing for 16 Team Playoff

[FriendlySpartan]

I agree.

That 9th conference game guarantees an additional loss for 8 SEC teams and when you factor in computer rankings using opponent's opponents W-L records as well, the negative impact on computer rankings is significant.

What is also significant is the overweighting of Margin of Victory factors used in those same computer rankings. Despite Indiana playing only two teams with winning records in 2024 and beating one of them, they still ranked high in composite computer rankings because Cignetti ran up the score whenever he could and IMO, that triggered his future non-con scheduling changes, not so much to copycat the SEC as he claimed earlier this week.

Yeah I agree with some of that but the team Indiana cancelled was Virginia which is P4 in name only and was also done to get an extra home game instead of the home and home.

Still don’t like it but it’s not like they dodged anyone good. I agree that I think he just used the SEC schedule copying as cope

 

[ClubCy]

5+11 will enable a 9th SEC conference game and that will increase the odds of the B12 getting 3 teams in. Even better if the ACC somehow does likewise. BYU certainly gets in last season if both played a 9th conference game.

And it's always funny when a ESPN bias claim is made. The SEC thinks the existing CFP selection process screws them and then you have Pettiti claiming likewise with his push for the stupid multiple auto bids.

The fix? Cody Campbell's 7+9 model (with media rights aggregation) and a separate 4 or 8 team G5 playoff.

Let’s worry about getting 2 before we talk about getting 3.

Also thanks for providing sources about the sublicensing (not being sarcastic).