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My guess is the amount of games (although 14 and 16 is really no different). FCS plays a max of 15 games. A 16 team playoff would mean a max of 17 games.
Which, in my opinion, is too many for a college team to play.
What does "Five highest rated conference champions" mean? Wouldn't it be the 5 P5 conference champs? If the MAC chap is rated higher than the ACC champ are they getting the bid?5 auto births to conference champs and 7 at large
How the 12-team College Football Playoff will work: Teams, schedule, bids
Here's a breakdown of how the new 12-team College Football Playoff will work — starting in 2024-25 — according to CFP officials.
The P5 is now the P4. This is a concession to the G5 conferences who would otherwise be left out a majority of the time.
Eliminate the Conference championship games, the max of 16 games at that point would only apply to two teams. We're already at a max of 15 games for the BCS champions and runner-up. What's one more game?
Then we might as well go from 12 to 8. Going from 12 to 16 only changes the maximum potential number of games for the 1 to 4 seeds, by one game.
Good questions, I took it to mean the P5 conferences but since there are only 4 power conferences now I'm not sure who they had in mind for the 5th or if it's some ranking system how they go about that.
I read it the same way. But with the power conferences only being at 4, it's going to be very difficult for the the 4 power conferences to get bounces from those 5.The way I understand it, it'll be strictly the "five highest rated conference champions". E.g., an AAC or ConferenceUSA team could get a bid over a lower rated ACC champ.
The proposed 14 team playoff staring in 2026 sounds a bit wacky with the byes. A lot will probably change before then given the money discussions.
CFP officials discussing 14-team playoff in 2026
CFP executive director Bill Hancock said the idea of a 14-team College Football Playoff starting in 2026 was discussed at Wednesday's meeting in Dallas but added, "There's work still to be done."www.espn.com
Drop the FCS game. It's pointless and they are going to end up killing the other divisions anyways. They won't be able to survive with expanded conference schedule and paydays to those FCS schools being lost. Do 1 OOC game, 9 conference games, 1 conference championship, and 4 playoff games. That's only 15 games. Maybe make it 2 OOC games so it won't hurt revenue as much. That's 16 games at most. It will get players better accustomed to an NFL schedule which is more than that with the playoffs.
Maybe 3-4 years ago but this is basically a semi-pro league at this point. Considering the teams that make the final four will probably be the ones with massive NIL budgets then the players should expect to earn their money.
I just don't see schools agreeing to drop a guaranteed home game. Power programs can make anywhere between $5 - $10 million per home game between ticket sales, concessions, parking, etc. That's a lot of guaranteed cash to give away.
A few things:
I think 1 is going to be out of individual schools option pretty soon. I think cupcakes will soon be gone because they won't bring enough eyes to the screen, or those teams that are get a smaller payout.
100% that is a decision is made to go to 11 games if the playoffs continues to expand, they will. I just think that a majority of teams would oppose that.
All I have to say is to bad. This coming from a strictly college sports fan.
That was 2008, I think, but we played WKU in Nashville in 2011 and again in 2013. That first one was the infamous (“they suppose to be SEC”) and that second one was Stoops first and it was against Bobby Petrino. I think I have it right without double checking Wikipedia.
So assuming UK made it and was seeded 11th or 12th, and the first four teams would be byes, UK would have played #5 seed like Washington or UCF in the first game.
OMG, those WKU games. 🤦🏻♂️ Wasn't one of those where Morgan Newton sacked himself?
They are professionals now . College is out the window except in name only. You heard of anyone flunking out lately lol you can buy the degree if you need it just pay tutor to take test.
You say college kid I say pro athlete that has to go to class. The money they are getting paid now, it should be all about what’s best for the fans. It’s a job. And they get paid WELL for it.
