re: Former SEC Commissioner Roy Kramer not a fan of the 12-team CFP recommendation

Posted on 6/16/21 at 10:48 am to Oilfieldbiology

Posted by paperwasp

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Posted on 6/16/21 at 10:48 am to Oilfieldbiology

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But it’s ok for highschool and all other divisions of college football

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The FCS playoff field of 24 is split into two different qualifiers: 10 automatic and 14 at-large.

The automatic qualifiers are the teams that win one of the 10 conferences that receive automatic bids. The at-large qualifiers are selected by the FCS Playoff Selection Committee.

Once the full field of 24 teams is completed, the committee seeds the top eight teams.

The seeded teams receive a first-round bye in the tournament. The remaining 16 teams play first-round games and are paired according to geographic proximity and then placed in the bracket according to geographic proximity to the top eight seeds.

Teams cannot travel more than 400 miles via ground, and teams from the same conference that played each other during the regular season will not be paired for first-round games.

I was also concerned about total number of games, but it looks like higher-seeded teams typically play a 12-game regular season, with four games in the playoffs (or only 16 games total).