re: The Perfect Playoff System

Should just be the 12 best teams, no automatic bids but give higher consideration to P5 conference champions

-First 4 get byes and host second round at home
-5-12 play at higher seed's venue
-Re-seed after each round so highest seed plays lowest seed
-Final 4 play as normal in bowl sites
-NC is up for bids by any site

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no automatic bids

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No I really think the conference playoff is about as fair as we can expect it to be. Nothing perfect but everyone has a chance to get to their conference playoff and I think top 8 should be in, now the order at which they are ranked, I am ok with some objective measure, such as BCS like

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However, having the automatics from the BCS conference winners will do away with rankings and biases (which will be where the screwups come from this year). If your team wins the conference, they are in.

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BIG12 would have to pick up 2 more teams at least. and i think all conferences should be required to have a minimum of 14 teams so no complaints could arise from that either

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What do you do with the bottom 4 conferences? Give them criteria where they have to be considered as at-large?

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2 conference champs would be left out. They can play a bowl, or go into pool of bowl teams like now.
Seeds 1-4 are the top ranked conference champs. Seeds 5-12, just go to best team. So like in 2011, LSU is the 1 seed, gets a bye,OSU 2 etc... Bama would be the 5 seed, play likely the 8th ranked conference champ(12th seed), in BDS. First 2 weeks are played at higher seed.

6 teams
1&2 get a bye

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BIG12 would have to pick up 2 more teams at least. and i think all conferences should be required to have a minimum of 14 teams so no complaints could arise from that either

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Would help in a couple of different ways, really not a bad idea.

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A 16 team playoff where winning the MAC or Sun Belt gives you the same standing as winning the Pac 12 or SEC...that is just not acceptable.

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They wouldn't have the same standing, they would be seeded 1:16, 2:15, 3:14...8:9.

Chances are that the smaller non-Power5 would get the lowest seeds, therefore would likely lose in the first round - also giving the top teams a virtual automatic advance to the quarter-finals.

Ultimately, there is no better way to determine a champions from so many teams in so many conferences. There is NO WAY to remove bias using any kind of polling/computer/beauty pageant type system.

People who want wild-card at large bids are just scared their team won't cut the muster and want a second chance.

You know who doesn't ask for second chances?

Winners.

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each conference champion must play in a conference championship game...thus the Big 12 would have to add a couple more teams

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I disagree. Playing a full round-robin schedule within a conference produces the truest, most valid champion, and is a LOT better than a divisional set-up with a CG. An SEC champion has to play 9 conference games, including the CG. A Big XII champion would also have to play 9 conference games. I don't think the Big XII should have to add teams and play a CG to get a bid in the playoff.

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You have a point, my position on the At Large is that if your conference is already represented, you can not be AT LARGE, NO SECOND CHANCES

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Agreed. Champions of Power5 get auto-bids, top three non-Power5 champions get in based on SOS. This gives the little guys a chance, as well as provides fodder for the big boys in the first round. A true tournament of champions.

Would the national champions be the Best Team?

That would be impossible to determine due to the fact that "Best" is a subjective term. The entire point of a play off is to have a system select a champion based on objective criteria, and not a best team based on subjective criteria. The Patriots may have been the best team of the 2007 NFL season - but it didn't matter, they don't award trophies for best team, only champions. And we all accept the NY Giants as NFL champions for the 2007 season - well, all of us except Patriots fans. [Because they're the losers]

OK, how does this look to everyone? If there is a problem with the wording or I have missed a key element, help me out, word it the way you think it should be or give me the wording for the issue you think I missed.



Make Every College Football Game Count


1. 12 Teams seeded using an objective seeding method chosen by Strength of Schedule and BCS system with computerized alorigthm.

2. All of the Top 8 Conference Champions would be automatically in the playoffs. All conference champions must play 9 conference games to be eligible for automatic bid into top 8.

3. The 4 additional At-Large teams would be included in the playoff system based on the seeding procedure. No team who's conference is already represented in the 8 conference champions can be eligible for At-Large selection.

4. Top 4 Conference Seeds would get a bye in the first round.

5. Seeds 5 through 12: Semi-final games will be played at the higher seeded teams home field. 5th seed would play 12th, 6th would play 11th, 7th would play 10th, 8th would play 9th.

6. First two weeks of playoffs would be played at higher seed home field.

7. All other teams would be go into a pool of bowl teams.

This process keeps the regular season meaningful because everyone will want to finish in the top 4 to earn the Bye. It also insures the smaller conferences a fair shot at the Championship.