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I'm not terribly worried about 3 bids being available to N.D.

Author: jakers (13851 Posts - Original UHND Member)
Posted at 5:58 pm on Jun 9, 2025
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We discussed this possibility a few months back, and in most years, if N.D. isn't among the 3 best unselected teams after you account for the teams listed in the auto-bid qualifiers, we aren't a legitimate playoff contender. Bottom line, if we are in the Top 12, we are almost certainly getting in. If we're outside of that, we are probably in one of those seasons where we really don't have room to complain.

What I don't particularly like is the Big Ten and S.E.C. being guaranteed double the number of automatic bids as the A.C.C. and Big 12. I doubt "fairness" was a big part of the discussion, but we have certainly seen years in recent past where the A.C.C.'s #3 and #4 were every bit as qualified as those of the Big Ten.


Replies to: "I'm not terribly worried about 3 bids being available to N.D."

  • Any thoughts on the 4-4-2-2-1-3 model for the college football playoff? Only 3 at large bids for ND - Hibakusha - 7:01pm 6/6/25 (19) [View All]
    • Re: Any thoughts on the 4-4-2-2-1-3 model for the college football playoff? Only 3 at large bids for ND - admiraltact - 11:35am 6/11/25
      • Re: Any thoughts on the 4-4-2-2-1-3 model for the college football playoff? Only 3 at large bids for ND - admiraltact - 11:41am 6/11/25
    • I'm not terribly worried about 3 bids being available to N.D. - jakers - 5:58pm 6/9/25
    • If I were king for a day, I’d go back to no playoffs, meaningful regular season games, and NY day - Shadow_of_the_Dome - 12:44am 6/8/25
      • I would too, but that ship has sailed and sunk. New Year's Day use to be a Holy Day. [NT] - Hibakusha - 12:20pm 6/8/25
        • ...and had a coral reef grow over it. That said, what they are morphing it into is negating what... - TakethetrainKnute - 11:23am 6/11/25
    • Hate it. Prefer the '4' model. - Nigel Tufnel - 5:14pm 6/7/25
      • 16 equates to the Top 11.9% of FBS, while the NFL sends almost 44% of the league to the playoffs - Chrisb - 5:40pm 6/7/25
        • Bullshit - Nigel Tufnel - 9:46pm 6/7/25
          • Do you not recognize the VAST difference between 44% and 11%? - Chrisb - 11:18am 6/10/25
          • Bullshit II - KWIRISH - 10:01am 6/8/25
            • Nice try, but… - Nigel Tufnel - 11:46am 6/8/25
              • HA, LMFAO, get OFF MY LAWN!!!!! GO IRISH GO! [NT] - KWIRISH - 7:43am 6/9/25
    • I like the 5+11 better, but considering the initial idea they floated was 5-5-2-2-1-1 - Chrisb - 4:26pm 6/7/25
    • The issue here is auto bids for teams that might not be near the top 15 - ndphysics - 12:12pm 6/7/25
      • Agree. [NT] - Hibakusha - 1:17pm 6/7/25
        • Re:Also Agree - nddad98 - 8:23pm 6/7/25
        • If we have 2 losses and a decent schedule we likely get in most years. - ndphysics - 2:11pm 6/7/25
    • Not sure auto bids hurts ND. - AlbanyIRISH - 7:58am 6/7/25
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