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re: The Biggest Flaw With The New College Football Playoff Is Already A Huge Problem
Posted on 10/21/14 at 9:49 am to UMRealist
Posted on 10/21/14 at 9:49 am to UMRealist
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They should of gone 8 teams. 1 from each power 5 and 3 at large.
I say no automatic ins even with 8. If your conference sucks why reward it? There's a good chance all Big12's teams will have 2 losses and none inside the top 10 in the end. I don't think any of them are good enough for even 8 team PO.
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Posted on 10/21/14 at 9:52 am to bama1959
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If your conference sucks why reward it?
The NCAA basketball tournament includes all conference winners - with more conferences than football.
Winners of crappy conferences rarely do more than pull a first round upset. But their inclusion is important, from a fairness standpoint. How can you justify a sanctioned championship that precludes half of the member teams before the season begins? It makes zero sense. More of a "cabal" than a "playoff."
This post was edited on 10/21/14 at 9:53 am
Posted on 10/21/14 at 11:30 am to bama1959
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I say no automatic ins even with 8. If your conference sucks why reward it? There's a good chance all Big12's teams will have 2 losses and none inside the top 10 in the end. I don't think any of them are good enough for even 8 team PO.
Agreed.
Just look at last year.
Big 10 champ was Michigan State. They were 12-1 with a 4 point loss at Notre Dame early in the year. Beat OSU in the championship game. Clearly deserved to be there.
ACC was undefeated FSU. Clearly deserved to be there.
SEC was Auburn, with that lone loss to LSU early in the season, and beat top ranked bama down the stretch. Clearly deserved to be there.
Big 12 was Baylor. One loss to a ranked team. Deserved to be there.
What gets muddy is the Pac-12. Stanford had two losses in conference and was the champ. Added a third loss in the Rose to Sparty. Should a two loss team been an automatic into this hypothetical playoff, when there were one loss teams in Alabama, UCF, Ohio State (if they weren't on postseason ban), and a few others ranked in the teens with just one loss?
You can't just give the power 5 auto bids. It should be the top 8.
Here's the top 10 BCS standings after Championship games and prior to bowls.
1 Florida State 13-0
2 Auburn 12-1
3 Alabama 11-1
4 Michigan State 12-1
5 Stanford 11-2
6 Baylor 11-1
7 Ohio State 12-1
8 Missouri 11-2
9 South Carolina 10-2
10 Oregon 10-2
The only difference between that and the AP from the same week is Mizzou and S. Carolina are switched from 8-9. If you're just using the top 8 in the rankings, that one is easy if they're that close since they played head to head and Carolina won.
In a 4 team playoff, Stanford would have been left out, as well as the Big 12 champ Baylor, going strictly by rankings. So only 3 of those power 5 conference champs get in, with an at large Alabama.
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