Future 12 team bracket question about Home field advantage

I may not have been clear. What I mean is look at Florida State versus Liberty University. That is a home game at Florida State.

Then the winner plays Alabama in the Orange bowl for 2nd round.

I am thinking it should be reversed.

Florida State and Liberty should play in the Orange bowl for the first round, , and the winner goes to play at Tuscaloosa the next week for the quarter Final.

The top seed should get the home game.

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Florida State and Liberty should play in the Orange bowl for the first round, , and the winner goes to play at Tuscaloosa the next week for the quarter Final.

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I would think it has to do with fan travel. If FSU and Liberty were to play in Orange Bowl and winner play in Tuscaloosa, both team's fans travel to Miami and then the winner to Tuscaloosa. Alabama fans can plan their trip to Miami whereas at least FSU fans can have a home game in opening round.

I give it two years of all-SEC final four before they turn the brackets into regionals

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I may not have been clear. What I mean is look at Florida State versus Liberty University. That is a home game at Florida State.

Then the winner plays Alabama in the Orange bowl for 2nd round.

I am thinking it should be reversed

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I've never thought of setting up the playoff this way but yes, it actually does male sense.

I think the current set up is based on at least 75 of tradition and the fact that the biggest bowl games are so heavily associated with the days in and around New Year's Day which is why what you're suggesting has not and likely will not be considered.

I'm just happy that the first round of the playoffs will be played on college campuses in true home games and that not only is there an incentive and reward for the top 4 seeds but there's also a reward for teams seeded #5 thru #8 getting home games.

P.S. I may have misunderstood you're original point btw. Are you talking about the the top 4 seeds playing the winners of the first round games on their campuses or the first round games being played in bowl games and then the top 4 seeds getting to host 2nd round games on campus or something else?

I think next year Champ game is January 20th. That’s way too late

I have always agreed with this that at least the 1st & 2nd round should be played at the higher seed. Let the cities that support these colleges year round reap the financial benefits and stop giving everything away to neutral sites. I would have no issue if it was the 1st 3 rounds.

Also give more importance to the regular season. No one wants to play in the north, midwest, or even the northwest in December from the south. A lot of value would be placed on top 4 in the final rankings.

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Is it logistically impossible to do the home games the week after?

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They don't want the playoff running up against the NFL playoffs. So, they have to get started earlier than January 1.

But, personally, I think it's only a matter of time before we see the end of the bowls. Asking the fans to travel for two neutral site games in the span of 10+/- days is asking a lot.

Wait about five more years when they expand to 16. They'll get their home games then.

Four SEC schools in bracket. Rest of college football fricked.