re: The Big 10 Has Been Inquiring About the CFP Selection Format

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The human factor is a complete joke

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They've gotten it correct every year.

We need the human factor. We're not a bunch of robots. We, as humans, are able to see and evaluate things computers and rules cannot diagnose.

We once had a system that evaluated things with little human input. It was called the BCS, and it never failed to get it right either, but everyone complains and moans no matter what the format.

no they haven't.

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I just say don't lose by 4 touchdowns to Purdue and you are in.

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Even better, beat Purdue by 40 points

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1) Force NDame to join a conference or be excluded

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You are not reading the tea leaves correctly. They have already joined a conference but must wait till the Baby boomers expire in their fanbase before going all in. The older Notre Dame base writes the big donor checks and they are the ones steeped in the IND issue.

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2) Give greater credibility to a 9 game conference schedule, only the SEC and ACC play 8 games

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As an Auburn fan I am surprised as you play Clemson often enough to be considered an often played series OOC. The problem with your logic is not all 5 power conferences are equal. On one side you have the B1G, B12, and PAC with only one shared series between them and that is Iowa vs Iowa State. On the other side you have the ACC and SEC with at least 8 games of strong duration.

If say the B1G drops a MAC game to pick up Rutgers it is an easier win and you have no cost to bring a team in as it is in conference. If the PAC plays 9 conference games then plays 3 easy wins from west coast it is an easier path but looks better on paper only. Before all 5 of the P5's use this as a talking point let the B1G, B12, and PAC schedule a cross conference rival game like the ACC and SEC.

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3) Allow only one game against non-power 5 or lower teams

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Some FCS schools are actually better than some P5's so again it is not as easy as it appears. Especially as the SEC has historic scheduling with the SoCon and former members. App State beat Michigan in the Big House and took Penn State to OT in Happy Valley.

If you schedule and beat a 2-10 P5 is that really saying something? I would rather beat a 15-0 North Dakota State at that point as at least they have shown an ability to actually win at college football.

I bet anyone $10, that if Alabama lost to Vandy by four touchdowns they would still put them in the playoffs

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The arguement is that its obvious they should have gotten in over a Notre Dame with a less impressive best 12 games and ability to avoid playing Clemson for their pseudo conference title

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True, but ND was undefeated. They were a clear #3.

The BCS if it had been around:

Notre Dame already beat northwestern. At northwestern

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It's not about 2018. It's about the floating/moving criteria that the CFP puts out

They are not consistent and criteria needs to be set. The human factor is a complete joke

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:kige:

No argument here. They pick the matchups they want and then set the narrative after the fact to justify it. This is partly based on how they select the committee in the first place. The first CFP committee was overloaded with B1G, PAC, and ND votes from day 1 and the lone SEC guy (Manning) did not even serve the full first year if memory serves.

BCS and the computers actually got it right in the first place but B1G and PAC were losing ground so we went to CCG's and CFP to deal them back in. It has not worked as planned and now Delany has wet his diapers and is crying about it.

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we don’t have these same arguments with the nfl. They know what needs to be done to get in.

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Yep, win your conference, and you play for the championship.