Five sec teams
Three big10 teams
One acc team
One BIG12 team
One Independent
One g5 team
This shows everyone that a one loss BIG12 school has no chance at the cfp against a two losses sec school.
Moreover and maybe more importantly espn has delayed the cfp expansion to a further date. This is to give more time for the big10 and the sec to make up another bogus selection process.
Yormark ought to fight this.
We basically have the same right as a g5 right now to make the cfp. You betcha we love the p4 money but why on earth should alabama be ahead of BYU? This is not as simple as what you think. Take away the sec for a second. bama lost to fsu. fsu is unranked and its HC is on the bbq seat. Meanwhile BYU has one loss, not two against teetech that is ranked fifth by the cfp. The cfp prays that teetech beats BYU…
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Someone is always going to be unhappy just like with March Madness, you can’t make everyone happy
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Yeah… but BYU has earned it so far… and to get screwed 2 years in a row would be ridiculous.
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A regular season 3 loss SEC team shouldn’t be in over BYU if BYU makes the CCG.
I think at least one of those SEC schools will lose… hopefully, 2.
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The team that deserves it the least is ND. They have beaten no one. Their best win was against an overrated 7-3 Pitt team. The only good teams on the schedule were losses, at home to A&M and Miami.
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Minor correction…. Alabama lost to Florida State. While they have a head coach, they ARE near the bottom of the ACC.
Your point is still valid.
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I agree it’s crap. That said, BYU looked helpless against Tech which give the committee an excuse.
I think until ND joins a conference, they should be EXCLUDED from the CFP.
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Yeah that was bad
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At the end of the day, this is still all about the Benjamin’s as the SEC and big10 will command the majority of the money.
If it expanded to a 38 team playoff, it would be 18 from the big 10, 16 from the SEC,
1 big12, 1 ACC, 1 group of 5 and ND !!
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I did see the committee moved Miami up one and Utah down one below them. I expect they will move BYU below Miami next. That will leave Miami as an at-large if they do not put in #10 Alabama. Though not sure they would leave out Bama two years in a row.
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Almost guaranteed
I’ve always said expanding the playoffs wouldn’t increase access that much. It was always gonna be a money expansion for two conferences. They can expand it to 24 and it’ll be the same deal. SEC would get 12, B10 8, and lotto for everyone else.
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The unfortunate thing about this system is there are three teams who don’t belong and that’s Tulane, Miami and ND.
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Oh, come on. If Tech or BYU end the season with one loss (after CCGs), they are GUARANTEED a playoff spot.
Also, as I pointed out on another thread, the CFP places significant value on very high quality wins. That’s why blue bloods schedule each other in OOC games. A very high quality win provides a much greater benefit than the damage caused by an OOC loss to a middling team. Miami has a very high quality win (Notre Dame). No Big 12 team has that very high quality win except Arizona State (8-3).
My very high quality win theory would face a major test if Georgia Tech beats Georgia to end up 10-2.
Did I not tell you guys this was going to happen?!
Who is NOW ready to take the 2 Big 12 auto bids and put 1 v 4 and 2 v 3 in Big 12 playin games to the playoff so we can monetize it better and move on with life? Or will you still demand our 1 bid errr I mean ‘equality on the field’- my bad.
14 team playoff is the answer. 442211 with only top 2 conference winners getting byes and defined ways by the conference their teams get in (for instance we put 1v4 and 2v3 in games and winners are in) Removes most of this committee subjective SEC/BIG bias trash. Build in an empirical system to modify the allotment of auto bids by conference every 5 years based on objective on field performance.
ACC takes Big 12 approach with their bids.
The BIG/SEC allotment of 4 auto bids would break down as 1v2 who would both be in the playoff but playing for the opening round bye, 3v6 and 4v5 for a slot in the playoff.
Committee ranks top 2 G5 conference winners or heck the G5 conferences could create their own G5 committee to pick their top 2 teams. They play a playin game for G5 auto spot.
Committee ranks top 2 teams not in the groupings above with Notre Dame in this spot as their way in (no free lunches for ND they have to play in too). This is the final playoff spot.
Okay so now other than picking the 2 G5 teams that go in the G5 playin game and the last 2 teams in the last at large the committee doesn’t PICK any teams. They are simply handed the list of teams that EARNED their way in and are told to rank them for the playoff.
THIS is the REAL ‘earn it on the field’ model but the branding by anyone behind this or something similar has been really bad.
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Computer rankings. Human$ are not capable of doing thi$ without bia$.
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ND always gets some kind of pass regardless of scheduling, results or objective metrics. Heavy bias for that program. No matter the format , they are in. Especially with a larger field
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It is controlled by ABC and CBS.
All about the Benjamin’s !!
Absolutely. They have to lose their way out. Anything above six wins and they’re in. Stupid sh#%. They play tough late season but no one should get a pass.