Every so often I write about how I think the college football playoff should be structured. Well this is my latest.
First we would fix the conferences to look something like this.
ACC - Division 1
Clemson
Louisville
Florida St
Wake Forest
NC State
Virginia
ACC - Division 2
UNC
Virginia Tech
Miami
Pittsburgh
Georgia Tech
Duke
AAC - Division 1
South Florida
Temple
Central Florida
East Carolina
Connecticut
Army
AAC - Division 2
Navy
Houston
Tulsa
Memphis
Cincinnati
Tulane
Big 12 - Division 1
Oklahoma
Oklahoma St
West Virginia
Kansas
Kansas St
Iowa St
Big 12 - Division 2
Baylor
TCU
Texas
Texas Tech
Texas A&M
Missouri
BYU
Big 10 - Division 1
Michigan
Ohio St
Penn St
Indiana
Illinois
Michigan St
Big 10 - Division 2
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Northwestern
Purdue
Conference USA - Division 1
Louisiana Tech
UTSA
North Texas
Southern Mississippi
Rice
UTEP
Conference USA - Division 2
Old Dominion
Western Kentucky
Middle Tennessee State
Florida International
Charlotte
Florida Atlantic
MAC - Division 1
Western Michigan
Toledo
Northern Illinois
Central Michigan
Eastern Michigan
Ball State
MAC - Division 2
Ohio
Miami
Akron
Bowling Green
Kent State
Buffalo
Mountain West - Division 1
Boise State
Wyoming
Air Force
Colorado St
Utah St
Idaho
Hawaii
Mountain West - Division 2
San Diego St
UNLV
Nevada
San Jose St
Fresno St
New Mexico
New Mexico St
Pac 12 - Division 1
Washington
WSU
Stanford
California
Oregon
Oregon St
Pac 12 - Division 2
Colorado
USC
Utah
Arizona St
UCLA
Arizona
SEC - Division 1
Alabama
Auburn
LSU
Arkansas
Mississippi
Mississippi St
SEC - Division 2
Florida
Tennessee
Georgia
Kentucky
South Carolina
Vanderbilt
Sun Belt - Division 1
Georgia St
Appalachian St
Troy
Louisiana-Lafayette
Georgia Southern
Marshall
Sun Belt - Division 2
Arkansas St
South Alabama
Texas St
Coastal Carolina
SMU
Louisiana-Monroe
Big East
Syracuse
Boston College
Maryland
Rutgers
Notre Dame
Massachusetts
Next we would reduce the schedule down to 10 games during the regular season instead of 12 and we would eliminate conference championship games. All division winners would get an automatic bid. You would only be allowed to play other FBS schools, no FCS schools allowed.
The final games of the regular season would happen as they do now on Thanksgiving weekend. The 32 team tournament would start the first weekend in December. Bowl games could still happen for schools with a 6 win record as they do now.
There would be a blind draw to determine home and away for each of the initial 16 games. This would set the four groups as well. The round of 16, 8, 4, and 2 would be played at neutral sites. Of course with it being random draw sites could end up being not so neutral.
The championship game would be played on new years day.
Here is what this years tournament could look like.
Group A
USC at Wyoming
Wisconsin at Washington
Temple at Auburn
Florida St at Washington St
Group B
Florida at Nebraska
Tennessee at Arkansas St
Notre Dame at Ohio St
Boise St at Clemson
Group C
Western Kentucky at Baylor
Louisville at Alabama
Virginia Tech at San Diego St
Western Michigan at Louisiana Tech
Group D
Navy at Penn St
Michigan at Stanford
Colorado at Ohio
Appalachian St at Oklahoma
This would be a great tournament. All of us WKU people (of course) would think you all rigged it to pair us to potentially play Louisville (or even worse, Alabama) in Round 2 and that you cleared the path for your little darlings up at Western Michigan.
ReplyDeleteTough draws for Florida State and Tennessee. I think those are going to be the big first-round upsets.