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Playoff Bracket, if teams seeded solely on ranking and not conference winners getting byes
Posted on 12/3/24 at 11:06 pm
Posted on 12/3/24 at 11:06 pm
assuming favorites won their championship game and final rankings were as follows (and Notre Dame can't be higher than 5th):
No. 12 Arizona State
No. 5 Notre Dame
Winner faces No. 4 Georgia
No. 9 Indiana
No. 8 SMU
Winner faces No.1 Oregon
No. 11 Alabama
No. 6 Ohio State
Winner faces No. 3 Penn State
No. 10 Boise State
No. 7 Tennessee
Winner faces No. 2 Texas
I think the planners of the 12-team playoffs got too cute with their rules on who gets a bye...I guess they didn't want the scenario above, where the SEC and Big Ten were getting the four bye spots...
But this would have been cleaner than the mess we will end up getting...thoughts?
No. 12 Arizona State
No. 5 Notre Dame
Winner faces No. 4 Georgia
No. 9 Indiana
No. 8 SMU
Winner faces No.1 Oregon
No. 11 Alabama
No. 6 Ohio State
Winner faces No. 3 Penn State
No. 10 Boise State
No. 7 Tennessee
Winner faces No. 2 Texas
I think the planners of the 12-team playoffs got too cute with their rules on who gets a bye...I guess they didn't want the scenario above, where the SEC and Big Ten were getting the four bye spots...
But this would have been cleaner than the mess we will end up getting...thoughts?
This post was edited on 12/3/24 at 11:09 pm
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Posted on 12/3/24 at 11:21 pm to Chicken
Not sure how that would work. They aren't having two sec teams with a bye.
Posted on 12/3/24 at 11:22 pm to thumperpait
quote:this is how it should be...Big Ten also getting two teams with a bye.
Not sure how that would work. They aren't having two sec teams with a bye.
Posted on 12/3/24 at 11:28 pm to Chicken
This is definitely more fair to the 1 and 2 seeds. The current system kinda screws over the top two teams while 4 and 5 have it better
Posted on 12/3/24 at 11:29 pm to Chicken
I agree chicken but there is no such thing as common sense in football now. Being a die hard tiger fan, everything going on now in football is hard to watch. Just glad we had 2019 before every thing imploded.
Posted on 12/3/24 at 11:32 pm to thumperpait
Oregon will have to play Tennessee or Note Dame while Penn State at the 5 would get to play AZ State and then Boise.
They screwed this whole thing up.
Go to 14 teams and only give top 2 ranked teams byes
They screwed this whole thing up.
Go to 14 teams and only give top 2 ranked teams byes
Posted on 12/3/24 at 11:36 pm to Chicken
It’s a lot cleaner than what we’ll probably see… how about 5-12 play a seeded round, then 1 plays lowest seed, 2 plays next lowest… and we do it off the CFP rankings?
This post was edited on 12/3/24 at 11:37 pm
Posted on 12/3/24 at 11:39 pm to GreyReb
It will never be right until they end the top 4 seeds are conference winners. It messes up the seeding, and the #5 and #6 teams will often be significantly under seeded.
As it is the #1 team will likely play the #5 seed in the semifinals. But the #5 seed is in fact the 3rd best team. On the other side of the bracket the #2 seed prays that they play the #3 seed in the semifinals since they will be overrated.
As it is the #1 team will likely play the #5 seed in the semifinals. But the #5 seed is in fact the 3rd best team. On the other side of the bracket the #2 seed prays that they play the #3 seed in the semifinals since they will be overrated.
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