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re: 8-team playoffs - based on rankings
Posted on 12/12/18 at 1:42 pm to PEPE
Posted on 12/12/18 at 1:42 pm to PEPE
quote:Not disagreeing, but but how many people on the planet would bet on Notre Dame to beat Ohio State either (a few would, I assume)?
You can argue a lot in college football, but nobody on the planet thinks PAC12 champ Washington is the best team in college football this year.
It just needs to have a team from each conference.
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Posted on 12/12/18 at 1:53 pm to lsupride87
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It just needs to have a team from each conference.
The biggest issue is the current format of divisions in college football.
Both the Big 10 and ACC had very lopsided conference title games this year. Only the Big 12, in all fairness, does it in a manner that prevents this from occurring (the SEC has had the benefit of at least 1-2 really good teams in both divisions most years). Imagine a playoff with 9-3 Northwestern (record presumes the win), 9-3 Washington, and 8-4 Pitt along with Alabama/Georgia and Oklahoma/Texas. In a 6 team playoff, we presume ND gets in.
Alabama and Georgia would have played for the title in the Big 12 format as well, so nothing changes there. In that scenario, ND is in the playoffs with two teams they beat. Michigan, who beat Northwestern, sits at home because they were in the same division a Ohio State.
Right now any "conf champ only" scenario would need serious division balancing or Big 12 title format adoption - until that occurs, conf champ requirements are a bad idea.
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