Started By
Message

ACC considers having #2 and #3 ranked conference teams play in championship game

Posted on 1/19/25 at 10:59 pm
Posted by GAT BoilerPickle Doc
Member since Dec 2014
2208 posts
Posted on 1/19/25 at 10:59 pm
they should forfeit their automatic bid if this happens


LINK
Posted by LSU316
Rice and Easy Baby!!!
Member since Nov 2007
29868 posts
Posted on 1/19/25 at 11:10 pm to
It’s an interesting concept, but it would probably work better for the SEC or B1G
Posted by thatthang
Member since Jan 2012
7426 posts
Posted on 1/19/25 at 11:31 pm to
So who gets the auto bid? The ACC is trash and many/most years wouldn’t deserve two teams in the playoff. Would be wildly satisfying if they did this and their regular season champion was left out due to a provision that their championship game winner went.
Posted by jangalang
Member since Dec 2014
45008 posts
Posted on 1/19/25 at 11:36 pm to
Can they truly call that a championship game then?


Rhetorical question...
Posted by 1loyalbamafan
alabama
Member since Mar 2015
3346 posts
Posted on 1/19/25 at 11:38 pm to
Not bad....when you think about the ACC and how the teams are picked to play in the 12 team playoff.
==================================

The SEC---
UGA lost their starting QB....werre gonna get in reguardless. uTX took another loss that maybe doesn't happen if they play a team below UGA.

Interesting.
Posted by ReedRothchild
South MS
Member since Jul 2019
1522 posts
Posted on 1/19/25 at 11:42 pm to
So a conference championship game without the best team in the conference? That’s dumb
Posted by flagshipuniversity
Camden SC, Charlotte NC
Member since Jul 2024
461 posts
Posted on 1/20/25 at 4:47 am to
quote:

ACC considers having #2 and #3 ranked conference teams play in championship game
There has been rumor that the SEC is considering a regular season champion having the automatic bid and then have teams that finished 2nd and 5th/3rd and 4th do a playoff and the winners advance to the playoff provided we and the B1G get 3 guaranteed spots. That would result in 2 more SEC games and ESPN would love the extra games. That would be an easy sell if it fell into place.
This post was edited on 1/20/25 at 4:49 am
Posted by GusAU
Member since Mar 2014
4731 posts
Posted on 1/20/25 at 5:36 am to
quote:

The SEC--- UGA lost their starting QB....werre gonna get in reguardless. uTX took another loss that maybe doesn't happen if they play a team below UGA. Interesting.
Are you under the assumption that Texas missed the playoffs because of that 2nd loss? Otherwise, I have no idea what your point is.

Interesting
Posted by skrayper
21-0 Asterisk Drive
Member since Nov 2012
33131 posts
Posted on 1/20/25 at 7:08 am to
Until the playoffs fix this trend, you're going to see dumber and dumber crap like this.

The playoffs have already done everything they can to make the conference title worthless.
Posted by bamameister
Right here, right now
Member since May 2016
16463 posts
Posted on 1/20/25 at 7:21 am to
Not one conference champion or team with a bye made the final four teams. Not one of the top 4 seeded teams made the final 4. Tonight the #8 seed will play the 7th seed.

Proving once again that CCGs are tits on a bull. The tradition continues.

Posted by bamabaseballsec
Member since Dec 2020
2673 posts
Posted on 1/20/25 at 7:32 am to
Too little too late but that is the kinda forward thinking you want from a conference, do it or don’t it should be talked about. Hell it’s been suggested a bunch here. Impractical idea though. This year the acc had two teams. If Clemson plays Miami for title this year neither get in only Smu.
Posted by bamabaseballsec
Member since Dec 2020
2673 posts
Posted on 1/20/25 at 7:34 am to
They served a purpose in the bcs era, not so much in a 16 team or whatever it’ll be playoff.
Posted by bamameister
Right here, right now
Member since May 2016
16463 posts
Posted on 1/20/25 at 7:49 am to
quote:

They served a purpose in the bcs era, not so much in a 16 team or whatever it’ll be playoff.


When BEST is lost, you get LESS. Sankey and the other commishs made sure of it this time.
Posted by skrayper
21-0 Asterisk Drive
Member since Nov 2012
33131 posts
Posted on 1/20/25 at 8:46 am to
quote:

They served a purpose in the bcs era, not so much in a 16 team or whatever it’ll be playoff.


Conference titles used to be a matter of pride - you had more control over winning your conference than you did winning the national title.

Even in the 4-team playoff it was still something, as not every conference champ was assured of getting in.

Gone now are conference title games with massive post-season implications. The 2012 SECCG was the peak of the SEC title game; it will never be as impactful as it was that season.
Posted by The Scofflaw
Metairie, LA
Member since Sep 2014
1494 posts
Posted on 1/20/25 at 8:49 am to
That's a dumb rumor. If they SEC is going to force its teams to play more games just to get a spot, the other conferences should as well.
Posted by PeleofAnalytics
Member since Jun 2021
3999 posts
Posted on 1/20/25 at 8:50 am to
They are free to do that just as much as the CFP can then require their auto bid for the bye must be from championship games between two teams that are either 1 & 2 or between division winners. Pretty stupid to think the CFP won't adjust.
Posted by coachcrisp
pensacola, fl
Member since Jun 2012
30812 posts
Posted on 1/20/25 at 9:53 am to

I've been wondering how long it would take for somebody to game the system.
Posted by BigScoreboard
Member since May 2021
1608 posts
Posted on 1/20/25 at 11:17 am to
Ridiculous. If it isn't 1 vs 2, just eliminate it. No one would watch or care anyway.
Posted by NickPapageorgio
Yuma, AZ
Member since Oct 2014
849 posts
Posted on 1/20/25 at 11:29 am to
This is so dumb.

Just do selections exactly like they do the NCAA basketball tournament selections.

No rankings until the day after the conference championship games.

The conference basketball tournaments affect seeding.

If UGA/UTx didn't know their exact position in the rankings prior to the game, the championship game matters a ton.

What they did this past year was asinine.

16 teams, no byes. No rankings until all games are played. Two week break following conference championship games and then weekly games until the final which can have another off week before playing that.

They also need to move the Army-Navy game to rivalry weekend.
Posted by RTRnFlorida
Member since Mar 2024
1211 posts
Posted on 1/20/25 at 11:44 am to
Shouldn’t be auto bids.
Page 1 2
Jump to page
first pageprev pagePage 1 of 2Next pagelast page

Back to top
logoFollow SECRant for SEC Football News
Follow us on X and Facebook to get the latest updates on SEC Football and Recruiting.

FacebookTwitter