Top 6 conference champs means last year Cincy and Coastal would've gotten in and Oregon would not have
Not at all? I don't remember, what were they ranked after championship weekend? Not high enough to be an at large?
Thank you, Sir. So, under this scenario who does ISU play first round? Florida?6 Conference Champs
1. Alabama
2. Clemson
4. Ohio State
6. Oklahoma
8. Cincinnati
12. Coastal Carolina
(25. Oregon)
6 At-Large
3. Notre Dame
5. Texas A&M
7. Florida
9. Georgia
10. Iowa State
11. Indiana
Under this formula, that's 4 SEC teams last year -- and probably at least 3 in a normal year. BS.
Weather it be 8 or 12 teams. You must be an out right conference champion to get in. Not two teams from the same conference getting in. How do you tell kids from a team that went undefeated and conference champion. Well you really didn't play anybody tough so we can't let you in. Let it be decided on the field. Any team can be beaten any given day. I love the Cinderella stories in case you can't tell. Only CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS !!!!!
Had this been a 12-team format originally, ISU and K-State would have been in it already. The CFP would not have evolved into a championship decided by a handful of schools. Moving in this direction is a good thing.
Thank you, Sir. So, under this scenario who does ISU play first round? Florida?
AT Coastal Carolina
Either way, it'd be nice to have gotten a shot at them, or crying a$$ Cincinnati.*I should say I said this under the assumption the conference champs would always get a home game as that is another rumor
I have been a fan of bowl games (watch most of them) but more and more the top players are skipping out of them (see Florida-OU Cotton Bowl last year) so it is probably time to move on to a different system.This is going to absolutely kill bowl games. Also, the people acting like Coastal Carolina and other G5 teams “belong” is just stupid. Iowa State or even Oregon would have bodied them last year
Thank you, Sir. So, under this scenario who does ISU play first round? Florida?
Not a fan of having the Quarterfinals being at a bowl site. You are saying teams fans going to travel 3-4 times if they make the Championship. Think that is expecting a lot.
I have been coming around on the idea of moving the non-NY6 bowls to the beginning of the season as kickoff games, similar to the CBB early season tourneys. The bowl games can become an end-of-the-summer tradition, instead of an end-of-the-year tradition.I have been a fan of bowl games (watch most of them) but more and more the top players are skipping out of them (see Florida-OU Cotton Bowl last year) so it is probably time to move on to a different system.
Yep, most fans aren't going to be able to do that. Too damn expensive, kids schedules, etc.And it is likely to be the NY6 bowls will be rotating quarters and semis, so Miami, Atlanta, New Orleans, Arlington, Phoenix, and Pasadena. That is a ton of travel for teams and fanbases, and could lead to a team having to play in Miami in the quarters, and Pasadena for the semis, not to mention wherever the Championship is hosted.
I would also guess the committee will go out of their way to avoid rematches, likely flipping Utah and PSU, and Memphis and UGA.Let's try the 12-team (6/6) model based on an actual full season, say 2019:
Top 6 champs
1. LSU (SEC champ) - bye
2. Ohio State (B1G champ) - bye
3. Clemson (ACC champ) - bye
4. Oklahoma (B12 champ) - bye
6. Oregon (P12 champ) - home game?
17. Memphis (American champ) - home game?
Top 6 at-larges
5. Georgia
7. Baylor
8. Wisconsin
9. Florida
10. Penn State
11. Utah
BRACKET (assuming champs get seeded 1-6 and at-large get 7-12)
9 WIS at 8 BAY -- winner plays 1 LSU
12 UTAH at 5 ORE -- winner plays 4 OKLA
11 PSU at 6 MEM -- winner plays 3 CLEM
10 FLA at 7 UGA -- winner plays 2 OHST