re: The CFP National Trophy looks ugly

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I don't understand why they changed it.

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Traditionally, "National Champion" was determined by who won the polls.

The Crystal Ball was the Coaches Poll trophy. It predated the BCS. The BCS was linked to the Coaches Poll, via contract, it went into the computer rankings and the winner of the BCSNC was guaranteed to win the Coaches Poll by agreement. The BCS didn't actually have its own trophy, they gave the Coaches Poll trophy.

The CFP does not have such an arrangement, it is determined by committee completely separated from the polls. So it has its own trophy. The Coaches Poll still exists and the trophy is still given to the winner of the Coaches Poll.