re: I miss poll era football.

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I think you just made my point for me.

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I don't think I did.

My point is, the number in front of the team is kind of useless in a subjective system no matter what system you use. I mean...did Texas really deserve to be ranked #1 in 1977 going into the post-season? They were undefeated, sure, but they got the breaks blown off of them by #5 Notre Dame in the Cotton Bowl (the final score was 38-10). Not only that, #2 Oklahoma was blown out by #6 Arkansas that same day, 31-6.

Now...according to you, #1 Texas and #2 Oklahoma should have played each other in a re-match - that is if we're going by the BCS standard. But if we go by the CFP standard, the eventual national champions of 1977 don't even make the final field. The four teams would have been #1 Texas vs. #4 Michigan (a team that lost in the Rose Bowl to #13 Washington) and #2 Oklahoma vs. #3 Alabama. Of the four teams that make it in this hypothetical, Alabama was the only team that actually won its bowl game in reality. Notre Dame, the national champion of 1977, is on the outside looking in at #5.

But who cares? It's #1 vs. #4 and #2 vs. #3, with the winners advancing to the national championship game.

In the end, my point is this: until college football is reshaped dramatically and fewer teams are competing at the FBS level, you are never going to be able to produce a true champion, no matter the format.